There both crap, save up the extra couple of bucks and get a REGULAR radeon 9800 pro all nvidia geforce fx's are garbage because they cant do directx 9 shader etc well. Any video card that has "se" beside its name means s**T edition. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I know im not being too helpful, but i'd rather a 8500 over te fx <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-DaMu+Aug 13 2004, 02:52 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DaMu @ Aug 13 2004, 02:52 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I know im not being too helpful, but i'd rather a 8500 over te fx <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Are you nuts? My 5900XT runs everything I got perfectly fine. I'm sure an 8500 wouldn't.
<!--QuoteBegin-Spooge+Aug 13 2004, 09:41 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Spooge @ Aug 13 2004, 09:41 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Can you spend $163?
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-331&depa=1' target='_blank'>ATI 9600XT</a> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Shelling out the extra 13 bucks is worth it, I have this card, and I love it to death.
GG 20-60 fps on doom 3 800x600 on high quality. With an amd 2700+ and 512 DDR400.
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I'd say for a budget card go w/ a 9800 pro or if you want to wait a month or two check out the newly announced 6600 series.
$300 is way too much.
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-331&depa=1' target='_blank'>ATI 9600XT</a>
You can get custom Omega drivers that unlocks 4 pipelines and turns it into a PRO.
Edit - Make sure the memory is 256bit, not 128bit, then it will softmod to a Pro. It should be right in the product description, 128MB 256bit
Are you nuts? My 5900XT runs everything I got perfectly fine. I'm sure an 8500 wouldn't.
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-331&depa=1' target='_blank'>ATI 9600XT</a> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Shelling out the extra 13 bucks is worth it, I have this card, and I love it to death.
GG 20-60 fps on doom 3 800x600 on high quality. With an amd 2700+ and 512 DDR400.