Un-freakin-believable!

[Jason]

I just went to a dif site for my comp..

I am getting what I was getting before, with a better vid card and better ram, for 250$ less!

 

[Iliaran]

nforce2= you already have a video card (geforce4mx i think)

 

[Jason]

Oh well, I can change it ..I want the radeon lmao..

 

[AxL]

Don't get the 9600SE.... It is crippled version of it's bigger brothers (9600, 9600Pro, 9600XT). It is also a 64mb video card unlike it's bigger brothers.

 

[Hot Action Akule]

Hmm i jes call gateway

 

[IDefy]

The Athlon 2400 is almost outdated its probly not much of an upgrade from what you have... go for the 3200 if u can.

 

[Master.America]

Wow, looks cheap. A lot better than my computer and only a third the price. That's the last time I ever buy a computer from Best Buy...

 

[Jason]

Idefy: My current is a Pentium II 350 Mhz..ANYTHING is better.

AxL: It's a 128 Mb card, not 64 Mb..

Besides you guys, my mom said to keep it around 400$..

After shipping it's 386$..

 

[ORC-r0x0r-ROC]

128 graphics card is pretty good it used to be the best like a year ago but now ive got a 256mg card. I dont really think thats the best place to get stuff from.. try some other sites like microdirect there really good (no i dont work there)

 

[AxL]

Originally posted by ORC-r0x0r-ROC
128 graphics card is pretty good it used to be the best like a year ago but now ive got a 256mg card. I dont really think thats the best place to get stuff from.. try some other sites like microdirect there really good (no i dont work there)

WTF are you smoking? It all depends on the card. Oh and you wasted your money on the 256 card. No game requires 256mb and the difference you get between lets say Radeon 9800PRO 128mb and Radeon 9800PRO 256mb is maybe a few FPS.

Oh and Viz the system would look a lot better if you could bring the 9600SE to at least a 9600.

 

[IDefy]

Originally posted by VizjereiMage
Idefy: My current is a Pentium II 350 Mhz..ANYTHING is better.

AxL: It's a 128 Mb card, not 64 Mb..

Besides you guys, my mom said to keep it around 400$..

After shipping it's 386$..

WOW sorry. Mine is 400mhz I know how ya feel. Im hoping to get a new comp but i know it won't happen unless i paid for all of it.

 

[Jason]

Originally posted by AxL

Oh and Viz the system would look a lot better if you could bring the 9600SE to at least a 9600.

Like I said before, price limit

 

[AxL]

Originally posted by VizjereiMage
Like I said before, price limit

If you are willing to go $27.60 over your budget, NewEgg has a Sapphire Radeon 9600XT for $152. If you did go with that your total would be $427.60. Your budget is around $400 right? If you can get your mom to cough it up or you can reach into your own pocket you will be much MUCH happier with the Radeon 9600XT.

*All prices are USD

 

[Jason]

I'll talk it over with my mom, thanks

 

[ORC-r0x0r-ROC]

Originally posted by AxL
WTF are you smoking? It all depends on the card. Oh and you wasted your money on the 256 card. No game requires 256mb and the difference you get between lets say Radeon 9800PRO 128mb and Radeon 9800PRO 256mb is maybe a few FPS.

Oh and Viz the system would look a lot better if you could bring the 9600SE to at least a 9600.

No game requires it..... yet.. the 256 is generally better than my old one which was geforce 4 128 mg. Its makes the computer run faster, it improves the graphics of games, you can increase the resoulotion... it has an "over drive" mode, **** knows what its for because it'll probally never get used... everything looks so... NEAT yes it does increase the framerate a LOT. A few frame rates my ass 9800PRO is a rip off and cant do what most 256's can do compared to the 128s.

 

[Rock_on]

Originally posted by VizjereiMage
I just went to a dif site for my comp..

I am getting what I was getting before, with a better vid card and better ram, for 250$ less!

that god damn window in the picture woudnt close damnit!

 

[AxL]

Originally posted by ORC-r0x0r-ROC
No game requires it..... yet.. the 256 is generally better than my old one which was geforce 4 128 mg. Its makes the computer run faster, it improves the graphics of games, you can increase the resoulotion... it has an "over drive" mode, **** knows what its for because it'll probally never get used... everything looks so... NEAT yes it does increase the framerate a LOT. A few frame rates my ass 9800PRO is a rip off and cant do what most 256's can do compared to the 128s.

By the time a game does need 256mb the technology on the card will be outdated compared to the newer 256mb cards. Oh and yes the difference between a 9800PRO 128mb and a 9800PRO 256mb is maybe less then 5 frames. Which is not that much at all.

 

[Master.America]

Doesn't the RAM only really affect framerates over screen sizes? For instance, a 64MB card might not perform as well at 1600x1200 than a 128MB card would?

 

[AxL]

Originally posted by Master_America
Doesn't the RAM only really affect framerates over screen sizes? For instance, a 64MB card might not perform as well at 1600x1200 than a 128MB card would?

Depends on the hardware of the card. For example my old Geforce 2 GTS-V 64mb ran circles around a Geforce MX 128mb. It depends on a lot of things.

 

[ORC-r0x0r-ROC]

Yeah you're right, though graphic cars cant run