HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY FOR A GRAPHIC CARD?

[illicitsc]

ppl who buy overpriced high end products are either "rich enthusiasts" or "RICH NOOBS" who dont kno how to flash bios or oc the mainstream stuff to uber highend quality

 

[pauldh]

I'd say a 9700 pro is above the 6600 and x600.

I had one for 4 days (a refurb that died). But I've had a 9800(about = to a 9700 pro), and a few 9800 pros to compare it to. I agree with Cleeve, a 9700 pro provided years of good gaming; even now.

 

[AntiHax0r]

Thats what I thought.. somewhere +/- compared to x600/6600 ... I haven't tried overclocking my 9700pro yet.. I had a 9200SE before this(Piece of Junk lmao...200/166 core/mem 64bit bus ... couldn't overclock it without getting heavy artifacts due to high latency memory modules >.<)

 

[pauldh]

ppl who buy overpriced high end products are either "rich enthusiasts" or "RICH NOOBS" who dont kno how to flash bios or oc the mainstream stuff to uber highend quality

I think you need to leave out the "rich" in front of enthusiasts. They could just demand a high level gaming experience, be picky on fps, and/or run a high res monitor. Do anything you want to a 6600GT, it isn't going to approach a X850XT, never mind a GF7 or X1800. The 6600GT pretty much dies at 1280x1024 with FSAA enabled, so forget higher res. Sure, there are some $200 cards now that are bringing in the performance once OC'ed/modded, but they still wouldn't be the optimum choice for gaming on a 24" LCD's native resolution, nor even doing 16x12 gaming on a nice CRT.

 

[lakedude]

I didn't vote because the value of a graphics card depends on many things. The most I've ever spent was about $350 for a x800-xl AIW. For the perfect (impossible) card I might spend over a grand. Right now I wouldn't spend over $300 because the 7800 GT is an awesome deal making the 1800's and GTX's not worth the extra cost (IMO).

The perfect graphics card is not really possible because of conflicting factors. For example the perfect card would be:

1) Super fast (of course) and in proportion to cost. This is not currently the case with CPUs or GPUs. Right now you got to spend a lot more and you only recieve a small return for the fastest products.

2) Low power

3) Tested and reliable.

4) Rare, so that you would be one of only a few with bragging rights.

5) Rich with software/games of many titles that looked a lot better on your rare card (this would never happen, no one would write software for only a few cards).

6) Semi-future proof and upgradable.

If a card did all that or at least 1) and 3) I'd go over $500 and maybe up to $1000 or more.

You're an idiot. You can't have a card be cheap and rare.Get back to me after you learn to read. I never mentioned anything about a card being cheap and rare. Furthermore I also already mentioned that the items in the list were confliciting and impossible.

 

[bulkypc07]

I'm goin to buy 100~200 to save money then buy second hand car 8)
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

For Example
look at this:
CASE : CoolerMaster Praetorian 730 RC-730 Aluminum Tower 420W Case (Black Color)
CPU : Intel® Pentium® 4 Extreme Edition CPU w/HT Technology 3.73GHz 1066FSB 2MB Cache, 64 Bit
MOTHERBOARD : Asus P5WD2-E Premium 955X LGA775 1066FSB DDR2/800 Dual PCIE SATA RAID w/Dual GbLAN,USB2.0,2xIEEE1394,&7.1Audio
MEMORY : (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (4x512MB) PC5300 DDR2/667 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair XMS2 Pro High Performance Memory w/ Heat Spreader & LED Lights)
VIDEO CARD : NVIDIA Geforce 7800 GTX 256MB 16X PCI Express Video Card
VIDEO CARD 2 : NVIDIA Geforce 7800 GTX 256MB 16X PCI Express Video Card
MONITOR & LCD : ViewSonic VP2130B (BLACK) 21.3" Color TFT Active Matrix UXGA LCD Display Monitor
HARD DRIVE : Gaming Hard Drive (10,000RPM SATA150) (SATA150 - Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000RPM 10MB Cache WD1500ADFD)
Hard Drive 2 : Gaming Hard Drive (10,000RPM SATA150) (SATA150 - Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000RPM 10MB Cache WD1500ADFD)
Optical Drive : SONY 52X CD-ROM (BLACK COLOR)
Optical Drive 2 : SONY 16X DVD-ROM (BLACK COLOR)
SOUND : New! Creative Labs X-FI Platinum 24-BIT PCI Sound Card
Price: $5735.00 8) -very fast machine
why not go for this instead?
8) BMW 3 Series 8)

http://www.fish4.co.uk/iad/cars/result?sid=806608E8B30A420360&page=2

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Heyyou27]

Please tell me then what does "Super fast (of course) and in proportion to cost." mean? Perhaps cheap? Also why then would you bother posting something that is impossible? ? I can't believe I've never thought of such a perfect list of what a videocard should have!

 

[lakedude]

Please tell me then what does "Super fast (of course) and in proportion to cost." mean? Perhaps cheap? Also why then would you bother posting something that is impossible? ? I can't believe I've never thought of such a perfect list of what a videocard should have!

It means that if a video card costs twice as much it benchmarks twice as fast. For example my 7800GT cost me $280 and it 3Dmarks (2005) at about 7k. The GTX cost around $460 (at the time) and benched around 8k. The GTX cost 64% more but only had 14% higher performance. It the GTX benched in proportion to the 64% extra cost it would have hit about 11k in 3dMark05. So what I'm saying is if the GTX hit 11,000 3dMarks I would have spent the extra money because the price and performance would have been in proportion. I'm not about to spend 64% more money for 14% more performance. It has nothing to do with being cheap.

 

[Heyyou27]

Okay. I'm sorry, I misunderstood you.
Yeah, the 7800 GT is a much better deal, that's why I couldn't help but get 2.

 

[RichPLS]

Want a deal, get a X1900

 

[crazywheels]

I'm willing to spend $9000 for a GPU

 

[sirkillalot]

YO neocristi

Heres the OBLIVION WEB PAGE .....

http://www.elderscrolls.com/home/home.htm

Morrowind was the 3 game in the elder scoll series
oblivion will be released in march :?

download the demos, etc.

 

[neocristi]

YO neocristi

Heres the OBLIVION WEB PAGE .....

http://www.elderscrolls.com/home/home.htm

Morrowind was the 3 game in the elder scoll series
oblivion will be released in march :?

download the demos, etc.

Thanks a lot for the info, I'm checking the link right now, I'll download somme videos to get an ideea about it.

By the way, hope the game will work on my OC 6600

Cheers.

 

[geekman]

"Someone who bought a 9700 PRO four years ago can still play any game out there. "

Even FEAR?

Sure. I have a 9600XT and A64 3000+, FEAR's performance test runs at min:56fps, max:56fps, average:56fps for me using midium setting with some custom setting (Auto detect). 9700 Pro shouldn't be slower than mine, right?

 

[aceprowler]

I have a 9700pro as well; I've had it for a year, after selling my 9800pro, modded to an XT on E-bay. I only did this after seeing that the 9700pro was basically the same card and I only paid $90 for it. And No, you can't O'C a 9700pro! I even put extra heat sinks on mine, no go. Hey, I've started from a Voodoo, TI-4600, 9800pro, 5900xt, back to my 9700pro.

You have to try them out to get your flavor. As with my processor, I tried out a 2.4 H/T, and a 2800m Barton. The 2800 gave me the best performance, with my NF7 v.2 mobo. But my CPU can run my games at high detail. So I'm happy, but will be happier on my next upgrade!

But my point I'm going to say, and like it was said earlier. I don't care if you want to flame, I won't read it anyhow.

There are Suckers out there that I can charge a mint fixing they're computers, others I can't. You really think these companies don't realize there’s A LOT of suckers out there!!

They will pay what ever it takes to have the best out there! As with anything new, those suckers are buying!! But hey, it's they're money; let them be the stupid ones. Yet us people who know how to mod our lower end chips really make the buck!

I am a serious gamer, but I play BF1942 mod, Forgotten Hope. And Quake 3 Arena Freeze tag every now and then to keep my aim up to par. Madden2k6, NHL2k6. Quake4, F.E.A.R. But, 90% of my gaming is online playing Forgotten Hope. So I'm fine where I am right now.

Why are you even question this? Just save your money until you see something you like!

Listen, I have a Logitech G5 Laser mouse. Paid $70 for it, every one says I'm crazy!! Shiot, they don't know how good this mouse is!! I would pay $150 for it easy! Only because of the accuracy in Aiming, on the fly DPI changes and feels great in my hand!

Really, I do see your point, as where are these games going. Well, you’re not up to speed with the new developments, so why worry about buying a high end card that you obviously aren't going to use.

Once I see what these X1900's are really about in the next couple weeks, I'm upgrading my nice system (Nice to me!) to something Dual Core, and at least 512mem Video Card.

 

[illicitsc]

There are Suckers out there that I can charge a mint fixing they're computers, others I can't. You really think these companies don't realize there’s A LOT of suckers out there!!

Once I see what these X1900's are really about in the next couple weeks, I'm upgrading my nice system (Nice to me!) to something Dual Core, and at least 512mem Video Card.

so are u a sucker then? lol
the G5 is nice. i hate noobs who use their shitty noname dell/microsoft 10dollar optical mice and say that they like em
im gonna get a mx610, upgrading from a mx500