The "New Toys" Thread - Page 100

ESPNSTI · January 10th, 2007, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by TechZ

No SLI for me.

Im quite planned that way.

It makes sense to not do SLI today with a 8800GTX since that would be overkill.
However a few years down the road, when a 8800GTX should be relatively cheap, it may be nice to be able to get another one.

CyberMonkey · January 11th, 2007, 01:47 AM

It might make even more sense then to buy a decent midlevel card of the newest generation, which will be much smaller, consume much less power, and produce much less heat and noise.
but who am I...

Buba · January 11th, 2007, 07:41 AM

Meh, if you got a big screen and wanna run WUXGA or something...

TechZ · January 11th, 2007, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyberMonkey

It might make even more sense then to buy a decent midlevel card of the newest generation, which will be much smaller, consume much less power, and produce much less heat and noise.
but who am I...

I buy big once, thats me. Not every year or two years.

CyberMonkey · January 11th, 2007, 04:05 PM

Your loss (of money)

And performance

Speedtouch · January 11th, 2007, 09:21 PM

Just got a new Graphics Card too. not PCI-Express

- AGP

HIS ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP 512MB IceQ

See Here - Only £100!

TechZ · January 11th, 2007, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyberMonkey

Your loss (of money)

And performance

I wouldn't think so.

I built my last PC 4 years ago with a Ti 4600, it cost alot but then I haven't had to buy a vga card since.

My way works, as I've done it before, atleast it works for me.

jeffy777 · January 11th, 2007, 09:47 PM

Yeah, I would buy the 8800 too if I could afford it....but I wouldn't have been able to hold out this long on a Ti4600

I upgraded from a Ti4200 a year and a half ago when BF2 came out, and have actually upgraded twice since then

ESPNSTI · January 11th, 2007, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffy777

Yeah, I would buy the 8800 too if I could afford it....but I wouldn't have been able to hold out this long on a Ti4600

I upgraded from a Ti4200 a year and a half ago when BF2 came out, and have actually upgraded twice since then

I upgraded from a Ti4400 to a 8800GTS about a month ago.

jeffy777 · January 11th, 2007, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ESPNSTI

I upgraded from a Ti4400 to a 8800GTS about a month ago.

I never would have made it that long with that card. For one, BF2 won't even start up with a Ti card.

ESPNSTI · January 11th, 2007, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffy777

I never would have made it that long with that card. For one, BF2 won't even start up with a Ti card.

Haven't played BF2, but Doom3, LFS, Half Life 2, etc... all ran well enough with the Ti4400 for the games to be playable at 1024x768 at a reasonable resolution level.

Of course now with the 8800, I run at 1680x1050 in super duper high detail mode.

jeffy777 · January 11th, 2007, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ESPNSTI

Haven't played BF2, but Doom3, LFS, Half Life 2, etc... all ran well enough with the Ti4400 for the games to be playable at 1024x768 at a reasonable resolution level.

Those games are all more than a couple years old

BF2 is about a year and half old now, but still a pretty demanding game as far as hardware goes, especially if you want to run everything on high. I'm guessing a Ti4400 couldn't run Doom3 with everything cranked on high either.

TechZ · January 12th, 2007, 12:47 PM

Yeah, I never played BF2, the whole Ti range not supporting DX9 only games issue...

Evo7 · January 14th, 2007, 11:56 AM

Parent bought a new TV over christmas:
Philips 26" LCD hd ready

Now just need something that plays in HD

Andrew911tt · January 17th, 2007, 12:35 AM

I know i am late but for Christmas I got a MX518 mouse

and for my birth day on the 14TH I got a Xbox 360

el_maggot · January 17th, 2007, 12:41 AM

What a waste of a an Xbox360 if you're gonna play it on that tiny screen!!

CyberMonkey · January 17th, 2007, 01:46 AM

Buying an expensive tv is a waste too

Andrew911tt · January 17th, 2007, 03:25 AM

In our dorm room we 3 360's 2 on SDTVs and 1 on an 73in HDTV projector. If we want to get blown away by graphics we can play on there, but when we all want to play competitively its hard when the other people can see your screen. Games are about game play not graphics. The forth guy has Wii by the way(just to show off (jk))

Buba · January 17th, 2007, 07:08 AM

^ Nah... Disagree. When I was home during Christmas I was forced to play on my old TV which is a 32" crt, and I really didn't like it. When I got back to my apartment I would instanly hit TDU on the 37" LCD, it was sooo much better. I doubt I'm gonna take box home again...

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Andrew911tt Joined: Feb 2nd, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: San Diego Age: 23 Posts: 412 Car: 1987 Porsche 944 Turbo! Really! No not really :( Rep Power: 22	In our dorm room we 3 360's 2 on SDTVs and 1 on an 73in HDTV projector. If we want to get blown away by graphics we can play on there, but when we all want to play competitively its hard when the other people can see your screen. Games are about game play not graphics. The forth guy has Wii by the way(just to show off (jk)) __________________ Nothing better than a Porsche except a better one!! 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0

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