Grafix cards

dark_wulf · Post by **dark_wulf** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 8:28 pm

You can overclock a GFX card?? How the heck are you meant to do that?

Post by **Mackey** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 8:56 pm

With a large stick and some double sided sticky tape

dark_wulf · Post by **dark_wulf** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:29 pm

/batters gfx card

YOU OWE ME A NEW PC YOU BASTARD!

Post by **Mackey** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:51 pm

no you just need to use the tape to stick it back together. do i have to explain every little thing ?

Post by **jamie** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:52 pm

Mackey, you forgot to mention the velcro heatsink tape.

Post by **Mackey** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:54 pm

With the sig you have I would me quiet when it comes to computer matters

Post by **MrsWintermute** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:56 pm

Mackey wrote:With the sig you have I would me quiet when it comes to computer matters

/Wonders if Mackeys been on the Guinness this evening

Post by **Mackey** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:58 pm

MrsWintermute wrote:/Wonders if Mackeys been on the Guinness this evening

Maybe

Post by **MrsWintermute** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:59 pm

Night wing / joe king · Wed Aug 18, 2004 12:34 am

radeon 9000

hopefully replacing this although with what i don't know. any recommendations? Keep in mind i don't know what the hell i'm doing with the inside of my computer, and i'm only ikkle so don't have too much cash. could have about £250 in a month if i didn't spend at all.

Blade! · Post by **Blade!** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 12:37 am

go get a NVIDIA 4200 Ti ,i'll get a link tommorow

thats what i use and i have no doubts about it running hl2 ,doom3 and halo 2

bout £120 i think

or is ur really going to spend £300 odd then get a 5900 i think it is

Post by **jamie** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 7:22 am

Go for a 9800 PRO instead of a 4200. Same price, about £120 quid, lots better performance.

Turkey Finger · Post by **Turkey Finger** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 7:33 am

jamie wrote:Go for a 9800 PRO instead of a 4200. Same price, about £120 quid, lots better performance.

As above - don't waste your money on a 4200 - these cards are way out of date compared to the 9800 pro's performance. You'll gain at least 4000 points on your benchmark between these 2 cards.

GET IT FROM HERE
Note: it comes with all the leads but no drivers. They can be downloaded at: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html

I just sold my Ti4200 to upgrade to the 9800 Pro and I was gobsmacked at the difference in performance

. Oh and Ti4200 are no where near £120 these days - not sure where Blade is getting his info from but I think he may be using bogus sources

Urb · Post by **Urb** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:34 am

If your getting a 9800 Pro, i think the MSI - recent releases only(check web)- uses the 9800XT chipset but is underclocked as 9800 Pro, ATITOOL i think will allow u to boost this backup to XT without firmware..

yer, from my GF4 Ti4200 running 1280x1024 @ 16bit in cs - fluxed at 99 but went to 70ish a quite a bit with smoke..

9800 Pro - 1600x1200 @ 32bit - 99+fps constant

massive increase and i got 6 kills in 30 mins at the planetside now i can see things a bit!!! record!

Night wing / joe king · Wed Aug 18, 2004 9:07 am

9800pro it is then, but i have no idea what most of the stuff urb said means, although he did go back to the gay bar after sum of us had left so hey it's to be expected.

Blade! · Post by **Blade!** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 9:51 am

indeed but that was ages ago ,dno what it sells for tday

Urb · Post by **Urb** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:01 am

prolly £75...

Joe/king.. what i said was resolution size and wether it was 16 bit colour or 32 bit colopur

dark_wulf · Post by **dark_wulf** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:38 am

Can anyone recommend a decent PCI graphics card that is closer to newer cards but better than a R9000? They are dirt cheap now PCI Express has been released

Although I still need to cram some cooling and a Pentium 4 in my box....

Post by **Worm** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 12:55 pm

Turkey Finger wrote:
jamie wrote:Go for a 9800 PRO instead of a 4200. Same price, about £120 quid, lots better performance.
As above - don't waste your money on a 4200 - these cards are way out of date compared to the 9800 pro's performance. You'll gain at least 4000 points on your benchmark between these 2 cards.

GET IT FROM HERE
Note: it comes with all the leads but no drivers. They can be downloaded at: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html

I just sold my Ti4200 to upgrade to the 9800 Pro and I was gobsmacked at the difference in performance . Oh and Ti4200 are no where near £120 these days - not sure where Blade is getting his info from but I think he may be using bogus sources

Ordered today

cheers for the link turks

anyone wanna buy an NVidia fx5600 256mb tv out???

Post by **BournE** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 1:39 pm

Worm wrote:
Ordered today cheers for the link turks

anyone wanna buy an NVidia fx5600 256mb tv out???

you change graphics cards more often than I change my undies