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Yummy
 Post subject: Advice {Yes, please.}
PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:22 am 
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I just bought a nice 20" LCD Flatscreen monitor, but my video card is quite outdated... Any ideas on a videocard to get, that will do my new monitor justice?
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Arnwulf
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:56 am 
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I would say at least a ATI Radeon 9800 256MB. That's got some really good frame times on FFXI, it's not the best for other games but it's a great low price card to FFXI. Other than that, the ATI X800 i'm sure is more than sufficient^^.
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Matti
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 12:08 pm 
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Nvidia 6800GT

I'm a true ATI fan but I bought this just becuase and I love it. I have a 9600XT, 9800 Pro, 9500 Pro, and the 6800GT and I have to say that this card is god-like. I run FFXI at 2048x2048 background with all the textures pushed alllll the way up and I keep AA on 4X and AF on 4X. It makes the game so much more enjoyable and with that card I get zero lag from graphics. (Jeuno lag is a different story all together though :roll: )
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Vaelen
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 12:20 pm 
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If you got the cash and want ultimate video power:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... =L456-1014


The more affordable but still pretty badass card:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... =TC3J-1000
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:23 pm 
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My ati has been a great card for over a year. Has worked great with XP pro, XP Home, Win 2003 Server, Red Hat 9, and currently Suse

Here are some tests for a few games
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041004/vga_charts-04.html
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Theterk
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well, the ati 9800pro is a decent card these days, i ran Dy-San the other night with AA and AF all the way up with decent lag (1024x768btw) but i would go with the newer cards personally... they will be better for obvious reasons

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Yummy
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:29 pm 
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Vaelen wrote:
If you got the cash and want ultimate video power:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... =L456-1014


Actually bought this one on friday. Should be at my house by wednesday.
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