Good Temp Card

[rx7000]

I need a good temp card until the 6800 comes out, preferabley something under 300 dollars, I heard the Radeon Ultra 9800 Pro is good, anyone have any suggestions or thoughts on that? This mx440 is hurtin. I need something, anything...

This is what im consdiering
http://www.komusa.com/giatira98pro1.html
256 pro card for 290, not to bad, does geforce have anything in that price range thatll blow this away?

Asus p4c800 Deluxe,1 Gig Mushkin PC3200 400 Mhz(2-2-2 cas), Pentium 4 3.0 512k 800fsb HT, Thermaltake Xaser III, Thermaltake Spark 4, WD 80 Gig 7200, Samsung 52x24x52x16, GeForce 4 MX440 (PCI).

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Rx7000 on 04/21/04 07:27 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[scottchen]

Well the new cards are hitting retail channels early next month. Are you sure you can't wait a couple more weeks? Radeon 9800pro, you don't need 256mb, you only need 128mb, since it makes absolutely no difference, even at high res with aa/af.

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[rx7000]

Ah, I didnt think it was gonna be so soon, I guess Ill have to suffer threw the BFV chop if its only gonna be a month. The funny thing with the 9800 256 pro is it was actually cheaper on that site than the 128 pro, the 128 was 10 dollars more.

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[scottchen]

LOL, that's weird.

This may be possible for you to try, some of the local retailers near where i live, offers a 14 days return policy, they don't need any reason, so if you could find a retailer like that, buy a video card, and return it 2 weeks later by that time the new cards would probably be out.

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[rx7000]

Heh, if i wasnt lazy and didnt feel like repackaging stuff and making phone calls I probably would =D, I can wait a month though, It just sucks having a new system and having a card from 2 systems ago.... :\

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[scottchen]

Yeah lol, everything in that system's soo nice, then Geforce4 MX440 (PCI) Ouch. Oh well 2-3 weeks can't be that bad.

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[rx7000]

Heh yeah I left it in for shock factor. I still have a long way to go though, the 6800 will be a step in the right direction.

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