OK...failed so far for a Vid Card Deal

[Zak33]

Have failed to get a good enough package from anyone.

Simply put...SHALL I CONTINUE? I am well up for it, the intertia aint gone from my end, so I will, if Marlins want me too. I enjoy hunting a deal down

I have failed to ge the Geforce 4's I was hoping for. (well I can get them, but bigger dough than I think is ace value)

So will make a bee line for a deal on Radeons next. Aiming for 9000 Pro's 64mb OR 9000 OEM's with 128mb onboard.

Anyone interested?

[Tumble]

What sort of price are we talking that's "not so ace" ya never know, we might not be so exacting as yourself, and lets face it - Hat and me certainly will want to keep the cards as ANYTHING will be a vast improvement over what we got at present.....

[Hat]

zak.. skin flint as I am,,, i dont see myslef paying any more than 50 smackers for a gfx card upgrade at this stage.

Bro's offered me a GF3 swapsies from his kids machine (shh.. dont tell them ... and this will prolly do me very nicely until im feeling loaded and stupid enough to spank a load of wonga on a brand new gfx card

[Zak33]

Originally posted by Hat
Bro's offered me a GF3 swapsies from his kids machine (shh.. dont tell them

that card will do nicely

Tumble....they were too near £100 and thats not good value.

Gonna try to get some Rad 9000's, but we'll see.

Hat my man,,....this is not pressure selling mate....I don't mind either way AS LONG AS YOU GET A NEW CARD SOON

[Hat]

no need to justify offering opportunities m8 im perfectly capable of saying yes please and/or no thanks

Any deals going.. my mind is open

[Dakaras]

Originally posted by Hat
no need to justify offering opportunities m8 im perfectly capable of saying yes please and/or no thanks

Any deals going.. my mind is open

Just the wallett thats shut

[Capt Doufos]

This place often have 8500's for about £30 a piece or less

http://www.retekdirect.co.uk/acatalog/Video_Cards.html

Keep an eye on it.

The 8700 they have is basically an 8500.. Just a bit more optimized for OpenGL.

The 8500 and 9000 pro are about the same performance.

[Knoxville]

*edit* nm */eidt*

[Enverex]

I think you should just save up a bit and pick up one of those Radeon 9700 Pros for £150, will last you a lot longer...

NS

[Zak33]

not always as easy as it sounds Nightshade my man. Besides.....£50 to £80 will vastly improve those basic cards performances.

[joshwa]

Originally posted by Capt Doufos
This place often have 8500's for about £30 a piece or less

http://www.retekdirect.co.uk/acatalog/Video_Cards.html

Keep an eye on it.

The 8700 they have is basically an 8500.. Just a bit more optimized for OpenGL.

The 8500 and 9000 pro are about the same performance.

that site has the 9000 128mb for £42 inc vat - that sounds like a proper bargain to me

[[GSV]Trig]

So I need to be lookin at a 9000Pro or above then to replace my dying 8500....
Mite see how much longer it lasts, I've got a 5200 tho that I can use for now...

[Capt Doufos]

9000 pro will not really be a noticeable difference to warrant an upgrade. You really need to be looking at 9500/9600.

[Zak33]

9000 Pro runs similar speeds to your 8500 Trigster.

250 core and 550 mem is normal.....so while it is fractionally more modern silicon, its not much better.

Josh my old fruit...that card is what Iused for the image quality thread.....its not a fast card tho...not by any means.

Its a core of 200 and mem of 200DDR (so 400)

It plays IL-2 at 1024x768x32 tho, with no hassle....just not with Fuill Screen Anti Lollipopping and AuntiSusans Coffeee Filtering

[[GSV]Trig]

Well I cant play anything in 1024x768x32 or the card locks up in about 5 minutes, I can play in x16 for a bit but then I get my kaledescope thing going on, and yet I can play CS at 800x600 forever and its fine...
Have tried drivers have tried AGP modes have tried extra cooling all to no effect

[Zak33]

Trig.....LE's should run 250 core and 250 default......

the Retail versions run 275/275 default.

What you got yours at? 1024x768x32 should be fine.....unless its borked