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| I refuse to spend more money on that one small board than for the motherboard and processor combined |
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If that's the case, it's a rip-off. |
Canadian currency remember
lol. 500$ CDN is about 350$ USD ish ish.
I know the 9800 has 8 pipes instead of the 9600's 4 which is obviously better, but you also have to consider that the card Im currently running only has 2, and is in a PCI slot!... almost any card today is a upgrade... lol.
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Asus can suck donkey nuts.  |
IMHO Asus, are a good company, i've had one of thier motherboards [ a7v8x-x]for about half a year and it runs superb, the only one i don't like is the a7v8x-mx. The graphics on that are sh*te.
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another thing to consider, and since i have not read this entire thread, it might have been mentioned already..
different combinations of parts act differently..
i have an elcheapo ATI 9000 AGP card.. it works so-so for me, no real complaints considering how little it costed, but... i have seen higher benchmarks on other computers posted.. i assume its another portion of their PC compensating..
also, i have heard of conflicting parts causing grief.. picking the best card, may not be wildcards best option, considering the mixmatch his PC is in.. (high grade rams mixed with a low end microprocessor)
good luck WC
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also, i have heard of conflicting parts causing grief.. picking the best card, may not be wildcards best option, considering the mixmatch his PC is in.. (high grade rams mixed with a low end microprocessor) good luck WC |
I love it how you always forget I upgraded my CPU lol. The only thing I find inst up to par in my computer right now is the video card and PSU... maybe my internet connection too
Right now, like I said, the gap between the 9600 and the 9800 is almost double the money. Unless I end up finding a good deal either on eBay or something else. And the 9600 at its current price is also expensive already. I know prices will drop come the new gen cards but still.
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I love it how you always forget I upgraded my CPU |
ahh, i wasn't aware i was supposed to, but thats fair.. i didn't recall.
my comment still has value, even if my choices were not.
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[addsig]Someone can tell me if this is trust worthy and valid of my video card dollar?
Versus my current choice from ASUS, my brother had a ASUS card and didnt have any problems...
http://www.pccyber.ca/scrItem.asp?product_id=3477&product_subtypes_id=287&product_types_id=26
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I suppose another reason it's more expensive is because of the Intel chipset, but i like them to Bah, I don;t understand why people are so against Asus, I've had no problems with them, neither has any of my friends.Back to the graphics....
A few good sites to get hardware from.....: www.dabs.co.uk
www.scan.co.uk
www.komplett.co.uk
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I love it how you always forget I upgraded my CPU Right now, like I said, the gap between the 9600 and the 9800 is almost double the money. Unless I end up finding a good deal either on eBay or something else. And the 9600 at its current price is also expensive already. I know prices will drop come the new gen cards but still. |
Double? The difference between the 9600XT and 9800 Pro is like $50-70 bucks. NCIX.com has (and you can pricematch it for lower and also get discounts) the 9600XT for $270 or so and I've seen the 9800 Pro at $330.
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| Wild, the cheaper one is a 9600, not a 9600XT. It won't perform as well by a significant margin. It is a nightmare buying any computer part, you just have to go for it. whatever you buy, you could have spent a little less for something not quite as fast, or a little more for something a bit faster, and whatever you buy (bar RAM), you could have got it cheaper if you had waitied a month. These are two unavoidable facts that you have to accept before you go ahead and buy something OK Crono, well I like Asus and I'm not changing. We all have our hardware predjudices, mine is against VIA I suppose another reason it's more expensive is because of the Intel chipset, but i like them to |
No s**t! 
I paid 67$ for both my sticks of RAM and they are now sold at 89$... ahh isnt it good when stuff is priced to order
I guess since we're all talking Radeon though, that the FX series cards kinda went out the door lol. Bah, the 9600XT has higher clocks and as someone stated, on the ASUS board, its got plenty of overclocking potential... backed by my 4 case fans
But is it better to get the 9600XT or one of the 9800 cards? I'd be thinking of staying with the 9600XT since all the 9800 cards are really darn expensive. And looking at comparisons from ATi's website, there arent that many things better with the 9800. 4 more pipelines, higher RAM clocks, lower GPU clock, more textures..
http://apps.ati.com/ATIcompare/
Go there and compare the 9600XT, the 9800Pro, and the 9800XT. Prices are: 237$, 467$, and 587$ respextively.
http://www.pccyber.ca/scrItems.asp?product_subtypes_id=287&product_types_id=26
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| Bah, I don;t understand why people are so against Asus, I've had no problems with them, neither has any of my friends.Back to the graphics....
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[addsig]Im all for Abit
*looks left and right...*
*runs*
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| Im all for Abit
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Dude, I'm sorry. ~orders zombie army to eat WC's brains, just to have them spit out because of they're un-nutritional value~ |
Well at least that comfirms I have one
nope. I'll have a look see on ebay for cards. Cause yea, the 9600 and the FX5700 are about the highest price range I could go, the stores sell the 9800 for about 500 to 600$. Thats looking at either ASUS or MSI.