I'm now an ATI convert

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Strontium said:
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Gee...me too!
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McGrandpa stood up at show-n-tell, in
[email protected], and said:

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Hehe. Just found out about this place, myself. It's where I'm gonna
be getting my next monitor from (unless I find a better price).
They've got some pretty competitive prices for retail!
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Monitors. Components in general. I've lately been helping some
friends out as well as my kids with getting their systems up to a
happier level, with a lot of success :)
Now that leaves me short of a few things. I've only one 17" LCD monitor
left, one AGP8X vid card left, and no AGP8X mobo left :( That's why I'm
looking for another 9800 Pro 256.
I have 4 CRT's sitting on the floor in the LR and a few boxes that will
be useable with ug's and tinkering. I have a big green RubberMaid tub
full of pc cards of all kinds. Mostly older stuff but some useful PCI
sound, vid, LAN type things and a few AGP cards. None of it is cutting
edge stuff, but usable.
Anyway, getting ready for HL2 I'm looking for a few nice things for my
own self :), this time!
All these leftover parts are what I get for taking on being the Family
IT guy a bunch of years ago.
It's hard to beat the image quality on these newer and releatively
inexpensive TFT displays. Less than $400 for a new 17", and it's very
easy on the eyes.

Some of these stores we both go to, I'm sure we have seen each other
through the years, just didn't know it of course. Hoang is good at
getting brand new released stuff nobody else has. Special ram, mobos,
video and special request item. The other stores are into buying
'stock' stuff. That sells quickly. I take some dosh to Hoang, tell him
what I need, where I've seen or heard of it, he smiles and says "I'll
find it, and let you know in a couple days what I want for it". Cool!
:)
Well, me...I'm ready to 'play' again, so will be putting back and
spending for system changes for self now :))

I want a PLASMA display now :) But $$ is the drawback....
McG.
 
I also have both and the diff are not as clear-cut as the OP makes out.
Perhaps trying to "justify" his choice or gain-favor with his "new friends"
by "tweaking" NV owners?
I mainly plain IL2:FB, HH2K4, Madden2K4 and BF1942 and actually prefer the
5900/45.23 drvs over the 9800/Cat 3.7.
Of course if "real" DX9 games suddenly flood the market and perf is lacking
with the 5900, I'll just swap-in the 9800 although I expect to move up to
the next-gen to really enjoy those titles.

Mike G
 
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McGrandpa stood up at show-n-tell, in
[email protected], and said:
Gee...me too!


Monitors. Components in general. I've lately been helping some
friends out as well as my kids with getting their systems up to a
happier level, with a lot of success :)
Now that leaves me short of a few things. I've only one 17" LCD
monitor left, one AGP8X vid card left, and no AGP8X mobo left :(
That's why I'm looking for another 9800 Pro 256.
I have 4 CRT's sitting on the floor in the LR and a few boxes that
will be useable with ug's and tinkering. I have a big green
RubberMaid tub full of pc cards of all kinds. Mostly older stuff but
some useful PCI sound, vid, LAN type things and a few AGP cards.
None of it is cutting edge stuff, but usable.
Anyway, getting ready for HL2 I'm looking for a few nice things for my
own self :), this time!
All these leftover parts are what I get for taking on being the Family
IT guy a bunch of years ago.
It's hard to beat the image quality on these newer and releatively
inexpensive TFT displays. Less than $400 for a new 17", and it's very
easy on the eyes.

Some of these stores we both go to, I'm sure we have seen each other
through the years, just didn't know it of course. Hoang is good at
getting brand new released stuff nobody else has. Special ram, mobos,
video and special request item. The other stores are into buying
'stock' stuff. That sells quickly. I take some dosh to Hoang, tell
him what I need, where I've seen or heard of it, he smiles and says
"I'll find it, and let you know in a couple days what I want for it".
Cool! :)
Well, me...I'm ready to 'play' again, so will be putting back and
spending for system changes for self now :))
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HL2 looks like it's going to be interesting. Might be checking it out,
myself. I'll keep EO @ Uvalde/I10 and Hoang, in mind, the next time I need
a 'hard to find' item :)
 
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