How Much Is That Video Card In The Window?

[Ulatoh]

MOER POWA!!!!

so yea, $200 bucks, i want a video  card...

my problem is i cant decide between ATI and Nvidia


Discuss.

[Isamil]

9600 XT?  Or wait for the 9800 Pro's to be $200.

[Bijiy]

What Isamil said, I'm kinda tired of Nvidia.

[Dirty Harry Potter]

Radeon is supposedly a bit faster than Geforce, at least with every fancy effect turned on, and with Direct3D games. but it's quite close.

Try to find Toms hardware tests for a proper comparison, that's where i looked.

EDIT: I just remembered..... Let's -not- turn this into a fanboy OMG THAT PWNS thread.

[Anarki3x6]

radeon 9600 or 9800 if you want to spend a bit more :p
i bought the 9600 ^_^

goooo ati!

[Sancho]

I have been considering ATI myself.

Aren't there like 28360983 different variations of the 9600 and 9800?  Or are they all the same with a different name slapped on?

[Niteowl]

ATI, since they sponsored that tourney,and all.

[BobTheJanitor]

A 9800 pro is just an overclocked 9800. If you can still FIND a regular old 9800, you can soft overclock it and get the same performance. Or you could just leave it alone and get almost the same performance (like a 3 fps drop or something). And save 100 dollars.  

[Dirty Harry Potter]

I have been considering ATI myself.

Aren't there like 28360983 different variations of the 9600 and 9800?  Or are they all the same with a different name slapped on?

Sancho it's the same Chipset(that's why it's named Radeon you know :p), so yeah, it's basically the same.

[Lightning Blue]

ATI, since they sponsored that tourney,and all.

The Tourney that never took place huh? :p

[Dubbilex]

ATI, since they sponsored that tourney,and all.

The Tourney that never took place huh? :p

Waitaminute - isn't it still going to happen, once 3.0 has been officially officially released?

[Jefe]

When that happens the 9800s will be ancient

[Ulatoh]

actually guys, IVe made a different decision
ima have about 3k in the bank at the end of the summer, and my parents are willing to spend 1.5k on a laptop for college... im thinking i can add my 3k to the laptop, and get an Awesome laptop a 4.5k laptop would be nice

[Uranium - 235]

Cept laptops are ass for gaming, but whatever...

[Ulatoh]

yea, but if i spend 4k on a laptop its bound to be better than spending 3.5k on a laptop, AND upgrading my comps ram, os, monitor (which is going out anyway), vid card, processor, and hard drive

cause i have to have the laptop anyway...

[Jefe]

cause i have to have the laptop anyway...

Then get a dinky laptop and concentrate on your desktop.  The laptop is going to be out of date sooner or later.

[Anarki3x6]

yeah, just get a decent laptop for internet/schoolwork use and stuff like that, and for gaming build some kick ass desktop or something

[Uranium - 235]

$600 can get you a great rig

[Fewlio]

Get a mediocre laptop so then you can play Starcraft on it olll .


But yeah, neither company matters much, its usually just one slightly faster than the other in some areas. Go with whichever you find cheaper.