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Ok i dont know much about Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 Pro cards at all, i have always used nvidia but i am looking for a new video card and fancy a change.
My question is, are Sapphire a reliable company for making Graphics cards? I just want to make sure my first radeon experience aint my last.
Thanks
hmm i guess so
They're good cards...
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Depends what games you play. They'll play older generation games (i.e. Half-Life) very well. But if you're looking to play newer games I think you should get something with a bit more juice, i.e. the geforce 6600gt.
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Yer, i agree but my budget says otherwise about a 6600gt at the moment.
On the whole i am looking for a card that matches my fx5700 which i think this radeon card will do fine until i get a serious solution in the months ahead, i was more concerned about the company who is making the card as i have never used them before.
hmm i guess so
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Check this out!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814135160
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I take it back... LOOK AT ALL THOSE BAD REVIEWS! EEKS! Best to steer clear of that!
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Looks like a bad batch of cards
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If you're gonna go for a Radeon in the 9600 series, go for the XT. From Tom's Hardware:
"The Radeon 9600XT (codename RV360) takes a special place in this line-up, though, as it is based on a more modern architecture than the earlier 9600 variants. For the first time, this makes driver optimizations for trilinear filtering possible, which results in much higher performance."
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041110/buyers_guide-14.html
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Sapphire is a great brand. My X850XT-PE is a Sapphire model. It's built like a tank. I've got it water cooled and overclocked to almost the speed of a 7800GTX. Couldn't do that with my ATI-built one, so I returned it and bought the sapphire.
PowerColor's also been improving lately.
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Nvidia ALL THE WAY!!! WOOOOOO!!!! Geforce 6600 GT is what you realy want :P
Woooooooooo!
DOWN WITH ATI!
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Thanks guys but i will just buy this Sapphire 9600 pro in a few days, it will do me fine for now and my only concern was the company making the card which has been resolved, I did check out toms hardware and it is around the same power as my dodgy fx5700 so on that note thanks to you all.
hmm i guess so
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im able to play BF2 with my sad specs with no lag but i have to go in a small 24player server and lower the graphics to low lol
so what is the best video card i can get for under $200 in order to play with maxed graphics?
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I'd say a Geforce 6800 256mb:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127149RBy the way Nanaki, your PC specs are decent apart from the card, I'm guessed that's why you asked?
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I don't recommend that expensive a card on an Athlon XP 2500. You're not gonna see a difference on that system between a 6600 and a 6800.
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The outcome was i bought the sapphire 9600xt alantis and im chuffed enough :)
hmm i guess so
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