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looking for a new video card

Postby bum » Mon Jan 05, 2004 5:11 am

ok im looking for a nice, chea new video card. ive currently got a gf4mx440 and not haveing a pixel and vertex shader sux. my budjet is around $180AU ( which is around $130-$140 US ) and my mum doent let me use her credit card so i cant by online. anyone got any help ?
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Re: looking for a new video card

Postby SS5_Majin_Bebi » Thu Jan 08, 2004 10:48 pm

bum wrote:ok im looking for a nice, chea new video card. ive currently got a gf4mx440 and not haveing a pixel and vertex shader sux. my budjet is around $180AU ( which is around $130-$140 US ) and my mum doent let me use her credit card so i cant by online. anyone got any help ?


http://www.gamedude.com.au

the cheapest prices on PC components pretty much anywhere here in Australia. You can order for COD as well, including postage and handling and shit. Theyre a damn good shop. pretty much every one of my PC wise friends go there.
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Postby bum » Fri Jan 09, 2004 9:21 am

im not going to brisbian to buy a video card :(
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Postby klinky » Fri Jan 09, 2004 5:48 pm

If those prices are indictive of "the Best Prices in Aussieland". I would be worried about you getting anything worthwhile for that price. The best I saw there was ti4200 for $189AU, w/o shipping.

You can get a Money Order and purchase from online stores that way. I did a brief lookup on Pricewatch for international shippers, I found Axion Tech, but they use wire transfer which costs a $35 US fee.

If you have a friend or proxy in the US, you can get a MSI Geforce4 ti4200 64MB DDR card for $74US shipped:


http://www.target-sale.com/tusa/items/v ... 03899.html

Then add $9US(I think) for a International MO:

http://www.auspost.com.au/IXP/0,1083,CH ... 19,00.html

Then about $24 for USPS International AirMail Parcel Post:

http://ircalc.usps.gov/speed.asp?Countr ... Contents=1

Total: $107US, $138.06AU

Ofcourse you would have to wait about two - three weeks for it to come... But... unless you find a sale, I doubt you're going to get a better deal... You might be able to eek out a 128MB card...

You could also just go for a Radeon 9200, that has DX8.1 shaders like the GF4 does, but that's about the only advantage. I didn't really notice a big speed increase going from a Geforce2 to a 9100(same core as the 9200). It does do shaders though... It's about on par with a Geforce3 ti200.


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Postby bum » Fri Jan 09, 2004 9:57 pm

a ti4200 for $189 ? my god, i can get a radeon9600 for $10 less
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Postby klinky » Sat Jan 10, 2004 3:52 am

ti4200 or a 9600/9500 would be fine ;o
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Postby chuckg31 » Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:20 am

If you are looking at the 9600 pro, I would also suggest checking out a Geforce FX 5600 ultra. It should be in about the same price range. I just built a computer a few weeks ago. According to the benchmarks from www.tomshardware.com in the article about the Radion XT's and the Geforce fx 9500's (I may have some of the model's wrong, I can't remember, the highest-end cards) the Geforce FX 5600 ultra beat the 9600 pro in many tests.

I would advise against getting an old generation card like the geforce 4 ti200 ect. because they can't perform properly in all direct x 9 applications. If you are looking at a geforce, I would definitely dum the 4's and at least go for a low-end FX. I hope this can help :)
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Postby NicholasDWolfwood » Tue Jan 13, 2004 6:12 pm

If it's going to be used for gaming, get a 9600XT/9700Pro/9800Pro. The 9700Pro is the best for mid-range priced gaming.

Don't get a Nvidia Geforce FX card. They suck. The low end Radeons beat out the middle-end FXs in 99% of benchs.

The FX line also has incomplete features such as FSAA and antioscopic, etc.
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Postby LightningCountX » Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:17 pm

NicholasDWolfwood wrote:Don't get a Nvidia Geforce FX card. They suck. The low end Radeons beat out the middle-end FXs in 99% of benchs.


Yea, nvidia cards just plain suck =\ everyone i know that has one is up to their third card due to vid card shortages, fans blowing out, etc
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Postby Corran » Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:39 pm

LightningCountX wrote:
NicholasDWolfwood wrote:Don't get a Nvidia Geforce FX card. They suck. The low end Radeons beat out the middle-end FXs in 99% of benchs.


Yea, nvidia cards just plain suck =\ everyone i know that has one is up to their third card due to vid card shortages, fans blowing out, etc


I'm sure that is why they are doing so well in business right now. :roll:


Most of that happens because of the element between the chair and the keyboard.
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Postby bum » Wed Jan 14, 2004 12:19 pm

hahahaha, so true. nvidia cards are awsome and unlike some other graphics chipset maker, their cards dont hate me. oh and, yes the fx5800 did take up an extra 2 pci slots alond with the agp, and its probaly the loudest thing you can put in your pc (77 decibles), but once you see the nv flow video on it, you realise that not only are theys guys geniuses, they also have a kick ass sence of humor
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Postby the Black Monarch » Wed Jan 14, 2004 2:57 pm

Might I humbly suggest the Radeon 9200 or the 9600 SE?
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Postby Corran » Wed Jan 14, 2004 5:36 pm

the Black Monarch wrote:Might I humbly suggest the Radeon 9200 or the 9600 SE?

He ended up getting the 9600 Pro.
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Postby the Black Monarch » Wed Jan 14, 2004 6:05 pm

Oh well, as long as it's a Radeon 9x00 something...
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Postby bum » Wed Jan 14, 2004 10:35 pm

well, actualy i got the SE :D
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