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Posted: Feb 14th 2007 7:23PM (Unverified) said

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Geforce FX 5200 for the win!

I got it for 30 bucks new.
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Posted: Feb 14th 2007 7:28PM Slaziman said

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I'm stuck with a Dell PC without PCI-e or AGP, I HATE DELL
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Posted: Feb 14th 2007 9:13PM Sweetz said

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Note it also has less shaders compared to the GTX; 96 vs 128.
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Posted: Feb 14th 2007 7:34PM (Unverified) said

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If you have plan on getting Vista, HOLD OFF. I cant play any games, they take a crash dump every time with a 8800 gts 640, the Nvidia beta drivers are garbage.
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Posted: Feb 14th 2007 7:42PM woooooooot said

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This is not the time to upgrade to DX10. Wait a few months (2 or 3) for the Ati/Amd R600 as well as nVidia's low + mid range DX 10 cards to come out @ a price range of $100 - $250.
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Posted: Feb 14th 2007 7:42PM piopio said

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Considering that $600 part can be had for $350 at etailers, I wonder how much this $300 part will go for...
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Posted: Feb 14th 2007 8:31PM The1 said

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I will wait until Crysis come out to buy a graphics card.
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Posted: Feb 15th 2007 9:34PM (Unverified) said

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Awesome. Fucking. Article. PUNS FOR THE WIN!
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Posted: Feb 15th 2007 1:32AM (Unverified) said

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How strange that I've had that Money For Nothing song in my head all day and here you go and EXPLOIT IT!
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Posted: Feb 14th 2007 8:52PM (Unverified) said

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@ 5: Where the hell are you finding an 8800GTX for $350? The absolute lowest I've seen for the 640MB 8800GTS is $385 (plus $30 rebate to bring it to ~$355) - I've never seen a GTX for less than $500.
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Posted: Feb 14th 2007 8:24PM (Unverified) said

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Why does joystiq have to hate? Microwave installers could be hella rich, and just do it for fun. :p

Unfortunately Dx10 will have to wait, I operate strictly of a laptop... But then Crysis is supposed to be scalable all the way to pong level graphics.
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Posted: Feb 14th 2007 9:00PM Shockz said

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The thing they never mention is that there's plenty of pre-Crysis and even pre-DX10 games that are getting DX10 patches...FSX is, obviously, as is Company of Heroes. CoH alone is a reason for me to get a DX10 card ASAP...

Supposedly, though I can't find any reliable sources, even WoW is getting a DX10 patch. Hopefully it'll actually look good after that...
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Posted: Feb 14th 2007 10:29PM (Unverified) said

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hmm...I'll wait. By the time Crysis comes out something new and great will be on the way in, and ATI's new DX10 unified shader cards will be out. The funny part is, people are paying $600 for these 8800GTX's now, and Crysis will likely run on them and look good, but within months of the Crysis release, something will be out that will make it look much better.
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Posted: Feb 14th 2007 10:52PM (Unverified) said

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Every time i decide what video card im going to buy, a new one comes out

Now i have to decide on either this, or the X1950XT because they are about the same price. Im going to guess this card performs better so i guess im getting this now. (Although arent there problems with DX9 on DX10 cards? i dont plan on getting vista anytime soon so maybe i should avoid this?)
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Posted: Feb 15th 2007 12:45AM (Unverified) said

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If you're in the market for a new card, just wait till dx 10 cards are more reasonable, why blow money on a dx9 card when you have the next generation graphics card?
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Posted: Feb 14th 2007 11:39PM (Unverified) said

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Most of the benchmarking they did with the DX10 cards was on DX9 games because frankly there aren't any DX10 games out yet (I saw some Crysis bench numbers but with the Nvidia drivers the way they are on Vista, who knows how reliable) and the results with DX9 games were awesome. The differance between the DX10 Nvidia card you mentioned and the DX9 ATI card you mentioned is astounding (as far as FPS in Windows XP DX9 games) with the DX10 Nvidia card being the clear winner. I'd definatly go for the DX10 card if I were you. Unfortunatly not that long ago I spent 600 dollars on a pair of 7900GT's to SLI together, only for the 7950GT to come out a week later for the same price (with much greater performance >
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Posted: Feb 15th 2007 8:56AM (Unverified) said

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whoa! what a collosal waste of money..
You could get a Wii or a 360 for that.. or just wait a few months and pick one up for $100.

I'm glad someone buys these things, as it at least drives the market forward.. and they are the guys who will sell it to me on ebay in 6 months for a bargainous price when they just have to buy the next big thing.

I picked up a laptop for less than one of these top of the range graphics cards, and so far its played every game i've thrown at it. Even if not in the highest resolution.
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Posted: Feb 15th 2007 11:26AM (Unverified) said

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I love the Dire Straits references!
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Posted: Feb 15th 2007 12:02PM (Unverified) said

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I see what you did there.
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Posted: Feb 16th 2007 11:44AM (Unverified) said

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!Oh nnoo, you people better wait ATI is bringing the new R600 it`s a dual video card ala Nvidia GX2 called x2800xtx2 this is a little monster that will make Nvidia 8800 gtx thrumble...
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Posted: Feb 17th 2007 6:50PM (Unverified) said

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whoops
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