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Off Topic / Help: New Video Card Needed!
« on: June 15, 2004, 12:29:06 PM »
Yes, its that time of year again... upgrade time!

The thing I am looking at so far is videocards, but if this goes like upgrades always do, I'll end up with far more than I bargained for.  ^_^  But, lets just do videocards for now.

First off, I was looking at the ATI Radeon 9800 card, either the 128MB memory, or the 256MB. The 9800 128MB is about $163, which looks pretty good at the moment. The 9800 256MB is about a hundred more, at $251. First question, do I shell out the extra and get the 256, or just go with the 128?

Also, my computer is not as uber as it could be, and while those cards are both AGP 8x, my motherboard only has AGP 4x. As far as I can tell, this makes no real difference, other than the fact that the card performs slower. All I have turned up suggests that they will still run, only at a lower speed. With that in mind, should I abandon the 9800s right off, and either look for a different and cheaper AGP 4x card, go digging for a PCI card, or even something else entirely?

I'm not particularly in any hurry, because while I can run Painkiller on my 64MB GF2 (that I bought years ago for Morrowind), it's not a happy arrangement. I feel it is time to upgrade, and at least before HL2 gets here. (No discussion on the HL2 point!  :D )

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Off Topic / Happy B-day Guspaz
« on: May 14, 2004, 05:34:54 PM »
First off, Happy ยค to you!

In the mad rush to wish well to other Birthday peoples, we forgot Guspaz! So, I am trying to bring that warm fuzzy feeling of birthday wishes to yet another.

Congratulations on not dying yet Guspaz, may your days be happy, long, and, uh... numbered (BIG numbered :D  )

But most importantly... Have a good one!

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