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Geekster
24-03-2002, 15:54
Ok, i'm on a sub £150 budget here, so i'm looking for the fastest meanest card money can buy. currently looking at:
ATI Radeon 7500 64meg DDR VO
GeForce 4 440MX
GeFroce 3 Ti 200

Any suggestions? comments on those 3 much appreciated.
LANcaster
24-03-2002, 23:08
RADEON RADEON RADEON RADEON RADEON RADEON RADEON RADEON RADEON

(this as un-baised as I get!)
RaD
24-03-2002, 23:38
:eek: What mister LANcaster there said he speaks the truth AYYYYYYEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
LANcaster
24-03-2002, 23:49
ATi Radeon 7500 Retail (Dabs Value) 64Mb DDR DVI-OUT = ££91.64 inc. VAT
here: http://www.dabs.com/products/prod-info3-info.asp?&m=y&quicklinx=16Y3
Thorburn
25-03-2002, 02:52
Personally, I'd say the GF3 Ti200 as its the only DX8 compatible card there. Good for games in the future and that sort of thing.
I'd pass on ATi, they still don't have the drivers for gaming
Geekster
25-03-2002, 11:48
your making my life harder... lol
i think it's going to be the Ti200, as it's only the 7500 Radeon i can aford. it's all going inside my new YY-A102 aswell :D
Thorburn
27-03-2002, 00:40
Personally I wouldn't buy anything without Pixel shader support now, but then I'm like that :P
Could always make me an offer for my Creative Labs GF3
Geekster
27-03-2002, 01:33
i'll give you 100 quid for it, this is asuming its a vanilla GF3, and the HSF is easilly removed, but heatsing removal isn't THAT important (just cos i like to overclock everything till it explodes. in a heated-silicon fusing-mess :D)
Thorburn
27-03-2002, 10:37
Heatsink is easy to remove and has full VIVO support.
Will have a think about it.
Thorburn
28-03-2002, 01:06
Just sold it to a mate for £110, sorry :/
Geekster
28-03-2002, 13:49
Too late, competitions over, just saw this (http://www.msi.com.tw/products/multimedia/vga/spec/8850vt128.htm)

[ 28 March 2002: Message edited by: Geekster ]
iggy
28-03-2002, 23:57
red wunz go fasta
iggy
28-03-2002, 23:59
cheapest place(i forgot to mention) for them is ebuyer
Jason Crompton
29-03-2002, 10:05
i got a redeon 8500le from scan for £160 on a today only, it thing is i saved £10 because i live right next to it and dabs
Geekster
29-03-2002, 20:24
Radeon LE doesn't look like it'll do the buisness, the GF3-ti200 with 128meg ddr can load some serious amount of textures... The more textures it loads in one go, the less textures it has to load from disk! it's still 128meg standard in lower end systems for RAM!, ohh, i can hear the frames a churning
Jason Crompton
30-03-2002, 17:46
does any 1 know when the redeon 8500 128mb card out and how much is it
The Pimp
10-04-2002, 22:32
Originally posted by Jason Crompton:
<STRONG>does any 1 know when the redeon 8500 128mb card out and how much is it</STRONG>

Very soon ;) ;) Believe me and it is VERY impressive (Wifes Family own the main ATI distribution company in the UK :))!!!!!!