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merwan   06-20-2007 at 02:55:25 AM

VOTE PLZ

2900 HT XT OR 8800GTS640?

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TonyStark   06-20-2007 at 05:33:20 AM
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VOTE PLZ

2900 HT XT OR 8800GTS640?



There's no poll.

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jaydeejohn   06-20-2007 at 05:41:31 AM
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I vote for the one on the left, or is it the one on the right?

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one_dollar   06-20-2007 at 05:59:48 AM
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Go do some research yourself seriously. I mean, this question has been answered SO MANY TIMES in this forum already, I am going to consider this a joke rather than a serious question.

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Xazax310   06-20-2007 at 06:20:33 AM
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I say NIETHER GET A MARTOX INSTEAD!

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joewho   06-20-2007 at 06:25:35 AM
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six to one half a dozen to the other :lol:

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Silver Graphics badge TheGreatGrapeApe   06-20-2007 at 06:37:54 AM
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I say NIETHER GET A MARTOX INSTEAD!



http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7517/calvinkr0.gif WOOHOO !! Right ON !! http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/5452/hobbesjk2.gif



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SEALBoy   06-20-2007 at 07:18:12 AM
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I would vote, but I'm not a citizen yet...

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leo2kp   06-20-2007 at 07:22:07 AM
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u shud surch ebay 4 a gud voodoo PCI card. i here thear rly oob3r.

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shellofinsanity   06-20-2007 at 08:39:49 AM
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go with the 8800GTS640, the 2900XT is an overprice, steaming pile of dog poo

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james_8970   06-20-2007 at 08:47:01 AM
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go with the 8800GTS640, the 2900XT is an overprice, steaming pile of dog poo


I believe your mixing you and the 2900XT, mine never exceeds the temperature of 62 degrees celcuis. I'm happy with that.
James

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shellofinsanity   06-20-2007 at 09:29:04 AM
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what did you have to put it on water to get that, then agian thats most likly your idel temp, try an 8800, its a better card, with better temps, and oh wait it doesnt draw 200W by its self, oh yea didnt ya know that it actully use close to the full supply of its PCIe adaptors, while the 8800GTX only uses around 170W and the 8800GTS is much more friendly at a measly 130 or so watts.

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The_Abyss   06-20-2007 at 09:31:26 AM
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Mods please just lock this thread as the responses are turning out to be entirely predictable in their inflammatory nature...

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one_dollar   06-20-2007 at 09:42:23 AM
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Agreed. Lock this thread, the OP can find his answer in several other threads had he decided to do some basic research.

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shellofinsanity   06-20-2007 at 09:47:30 AM
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no reason to lock it, he asked who was better, we are telling him

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one_dollar   06-20-2007 at 09:50:27 AM
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He should have done some research, he obviously didnt. This has been asked so many times, its almost a figure of speech.

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TonyStark   06-20-2007 at 09:53:52 AM
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go with the 8800GTS640, the 2900XT is an overprice, steaming pile of dog poo



I don't know about the US, but here in Aus the 2900XT is cheaper than the GTS640.

According to the reviews, it performs slightly better in most games, even exceeding the GTX in a game or two. Therefore I cannot agree with your post.

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one_dollar   06-20-2007 at 09:57:06 AM
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This may be of interest, havent bothered to check if its already been posted:

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/111...ion/index.html

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Mandrake_   06-20-2007 at 11:11:58 AM
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HardOCP:

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Video Card Value

This evaluation is the embodiment of what video card value is to the gamer. We have a video card, the 320 MB GeForce 8800 GTS at around $289 providing a noticeable gameplay experience advantage compared to the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT that costs $409. In some cases the performance gap is very wide (S.T.A.K.E.R. and BF 2142), in other games performance is closer (Oblivion, Lost Planet), but in most cases the 320 MB GeForce 8800 GTS is providing higher framerates than the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT sometimes equating to a better gaming experience.

The 8800 GTS 320MB video card is $120 less expensive and provides a gaming experience that is equal to or superior to the HD 2900 XT. Not only that, but as our original evaluation proved the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT uses much more power than a GeForce 8800 GTS! The 8800 GTS is simply more efficient both in terms of power and performance.

The Bottom Line

We hoped newer driver revisions would improve performance on the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT. With the newer driver we used for this evaluation we did not see any “magic” happen when it comes to real world gaming experiences at resolutions at and above 1600x1200. The ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT is not even a match for even the much less expensive and much less power hungry 320 MB GeForce 8800 GTS.

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rtfm   06-20-2007 at 11:55:18 AM
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S3 Super Savage integrated gfx are the best. Everything up to dx 8. C&C red alert looks awsome in 640x480

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ringtone   06-20-2007 at 12:00:09 PM
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Which ever is the cheapest, they are both nice cards.

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merwan   06-20-2007 at 12:19:06 PM
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sorry for posting this thread without researching (im poor at researching lol). clearly for what has been said, the 8800GTS320 is slightly better than HD2900XT not to mention the GTS640 which i assume would be even better. i specifically asked for these two graphics cards (8800GTS640 and HD2900XT because they have more or less the same price at around 250 pounds). another reason why i picked these two was because thats the price range i would accept and not any higher eg. GTX prices are crazy.

again i repeat, im sorry for posting this thread but thank you for letting me realise which would be the right card

well its the 8800GTS640 i guessssssss thank you.

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blade85   06-20-2007 at 12:21:12 PM
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I would vote, but I'm not a citizen yet...



haha :lol: tough luck :P

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merwan   06-20-2007 at 12:33:57 PM
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you guys making fun of me, big deal i didnt research it, you only have to say one answer and how difficult could that be or even better, how much time would a simple answer waste. if you dont know the answer, well leave the thread and if you do drop your answer. sorry i wrote this in an angry tone. id blame it on my family because they pissed me off haha.

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blade85   06-20-2007 at 12:35:18 PM
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lol

well people would vote if you put a poll up on it :P

you have that option when making new posts

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rtfm   06-20-2007 at 12:38:22 PM
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Ok, go for nvidia one i think that the ati card smells (sadly)

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belvdr   06-20-2007 at 01:24:52 PM
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I vote for the S3 ViRGE 4MB model personally. Couple that with a Pentium 166, and you're king of the hill.

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turboflame   06-20-2007 at 02:02:59 PM
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I vote for the S3 ViRGE 4MB model personally. Couple that with a Pentium 166, and you're king of the hill.



Seconded, hell yea 8)

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bfellow   06-20-2007 at 02:24:00 PM
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I have an Oxygen 32MB ISA card if you still have one of those ancient slots in your PC.

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belvdr   06-20-2007 at 02:27:20 PM
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I have an Oxygen 32MB ISA card if you still have one of those ancient slots in your PC.



32MB ISA? I didn't know any ISA cards held that much memory.

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