ATI Graphics Cards

[Burai]

I think maybe when I touched it, I transfered some sort of energy into the chip

You might have turned it into a super hero.

[Super Stu]

Short answer is yes.

No wonder they're charging ahead then.

Any idea of 3dfx patents are starting to make it into nVidia's guff?

[Ish]

I thought something on the last set of boards came, originally, from 3dfx. Can't remember what though.

Ahhh they were good days. With my twin Voodoo 2 boards. They seemed unstoppable for a long time .

[choddo]

I think the FSAA in the GF cards comes from 3dfx, they had some clever AA stuff they were putting in the Voodoo5s before they went barking mad

[nips]

What do you guys think of the 9800 LE cards?

http://www.overclockers.co.nz/ocnz/review.php?id=03vga00r9800se0powercolr9800se00105

[choddo]

Well depending on the price, and if you manage to enable the other 4 pixel pipelines, it looks like a frikkin bargain

C

[blazing-star]

Where did you all buy your ati cards from then?

[Ciaran]

The most popular ones are:

https://www.dabs.com

https://www.overclockers.co.uk

https://www.komplett.ie

Overclockers currently have a deal on a PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro EZ 256MB for ?115 for anyone interested.

[blazing-star]

Thanks I'll have a look.

[Baroque]

Or you could hold on for the 9800XT & 9600XT, both being cards of choice for HL 2, which are due this October alongside Catalyst Version 3.8

[hugejeans]

for those that want to know the screen when from bad to worse,the monitor just turning off then XP restarting with out a prompt.

Then windows cutting to 4bit resolution with error messages with problems with video device or drivers.The pc is only 2 months old and had worked fine and now all this.Have took out the card and sent it back so fingers will get a new one by the end of the week.

[Hodge]

Have you got AGP fast write enabled in the bios as i`ve heard this can cause corruption on the Radeon cards?

[Spatial]

Or you could hold on for the 9800XT & 9600XT, both being cards of choice for HL 2, which are due this October alongside Catalyst Version 3.8

If I hadn't already upgraded I would seriously think about one of these (though I may still do if my current card is b0rked and needs returning - I'm checking out a few things like power supply and all possible driver updates before it has to go )

While I gather its not much faster than the 9800 Pro as it stands, its apparently rather nifty in that it self-overclocks

The first ones are out now in limited numbers, and Half Life 2 is free with it - except all you get in the box is :-

"IOU One Copy of Half Life 2 when its released signed ATI" cos its still not out yet ( see my bitching and moaning in the other thread )

And get this, the voucher allows you to get the game off Steam or on traditional retail but you still have to pay extra shipping costs