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Originally posted by Markaz
Buy a cheap card like me. I got a radeon 9600 pro and you can't tell a difference from the 500 dollar cards. Cost me 122 bucks. The only problem is it gets hot as all hell...
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Can't tell a difference? Maybe not in some games, but in newer games the $500 cards perform more than 50% better than other cards. I bought a 5900 Ultra this past summer, and even from my TI4200 it was a HUGE upgrade. It looked so much better.
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Originally posted by Hercules
Thanks for your comments.
I was thinking about a 9800 XT, which is about $415
Would that be going too far?
Is it too early to tell if 256 MB of memory on it is useful?
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Yes, the 256 MB of memory is useless. The only way that extra 128 MB will be tapped is if you run it at 8X anti-aliasing with triple anisoptric filtering on at a resolution of 1600*1280 with every graphical option turned to high while burning a DVD-RW in the background.
128 MB is enough. Like I said earlier, I'd save the money and buy a GeForce FX 5900 NON-ultra or a Radeon 9800 NON-Pro. Then again, if you DO have the money to spend, go for the 9800 XT or 5950 Ultra. They're amazing cards, but it will put ya back on the wallet.
-Lasereth