Official Beta News Thread

[Hamma]

Isnt that a Radeon?!

[MrVicchio]

GeForce4 Ti 4600 is more then enough. That raedon card maybe "faster" but it can't do everything that the GeForce4 can do. Atleast not, as good.

[Ir0nRaven]

ATI sux, imo. I've had nothing but problems with the two ATI cards i've owned. (32MB DDR and Radeon 8500)

[Hamma]

Yea I prefer to stick with the GF series

[Jinxmasta]

Can anyone tell me what they put in their beta application? Because well, mine sucked. I forgot to put about half of the things I wanted just because I had to go to the bathroom and when I came back, I forgot them. Oh well all my beta applications are horrible and that's why I NEVER get picked unless it's a stress test.

[Ir0nRaven]

all i said was, "i am l33t"... i think i'm guaranteed to get in

[Shiver]

*Owns a Radeon 9700pro*

I must be lucky, I have no problems with my card at all, everything runs on full detail with high anti-aliasing perfectly. The only problems i've encountered with upgrading were hard drive issues and a dodgy motherboard bios (which has now been sorted).

Just fyi, the new Radeon card can do everything that the GeForce 4 can do, faster The GeForce 4 launched with very few new features and was essentially a beefed up version of the GeForce 3 (unlike the jump from GeForce 1 to 2). ATI have had a lot of time to implement the GeForce 3 and 4's features and then improve them (ATI's anti-aliasing is tops atm). 3d mark shows ATI beating the GeForce wherever it used to have an edge. Some of the new features on the 9700 are simply excessive, going so far as to become the first card to fully support DirectX 9.

*Hugs his Radeon*

[Ir0nRaven]

yeah, i know. It's just, i fear buying an ATI again, since i've had MAJOR driver issues/disspointing performance with the last two cards i owned. For example, I had a radeon 32MB, and upgraded to an 8500 (paid about $200), and noticed very little difference. I know the 9700 is much better now, I've just sworn never to buy ati again. sry

[Validuz]

Here's my system:

AMD AthlonXP 2200+ 1.8GHz 266MHz FSB cpu
256MB DDR-RAM(333MHz) PC-2700 memory
Soyo Dragon Ultra mobo
Hercules Gamesound MuseXL soundcard
Hercules/Guilemot 3D Prophet II Ultra 64MB DDR nVidia GeForce2
40GB 7,200 RPM Maxtor HD with 2MB Cache

I probably going to get a 512stick of DDR ram, a better soundcard (like an Audigy or something), UNFORTUNATELY a GeForce4, and a 10,000 RPM Fujitsu/Maxtor with 8MB Cache

[Zarparchior]

I've had very little trouble with my GeForce 2 Intergrated (nForce chipset - boo yah!), but I've had little experience with ATI. My friends have alos had trouble with them, so methinks I'll go Geforce 4...

But I need to shop around first.

[PRiME]

I have already planned to rig it all, I can't fail now to start working on the Time Machine...


I didn't get into the EvE Beta... I MUST not fail to get into PS beta if I do I will need to take hostages, besides im a awesome beta tester

[TeamR]

Originally posted by Validuz
Here's my system:

AMD AthlonXP 2200+ 1.8GHz 266MHz FSB cpu
256MB DDR-RAM(333MHz) PC-2700 memory
Soyo Dragon Ultra mobo
Hercules Gamesound MuseXL soundcard
Hercules/Guilemot 3D Prophet II Ultra 64MB DDR nVidia GeForce2
40GB 7,200 RPM Maxtor HD with 2MB Cache

I probably going to get a 512stick of DDR ram, a better soundcard (like an Audigy or something), UNFORTUNATELY a GeForce4, and a 10,000 RPM Fujitsu/Maxtor with 8MB Cache

Ohhhh

You better hurry up and get a new video card. That G2 is doing more damage than good.

[jamikey]

geforce ti4600 is already out 0f date but i heard nvidia is coming out with a new chipset called the NV30 ?

[Hamma]

Indeed they are

[LoRdNiKoN]

Actually the main problem with ATI cards was that they had poorly designed drivers but ATI has pretty much worked through these problems. The 9700 pro does consistantly outperform the 4600, though I would wait till the N30 chipset comes out though before you rush to buy one.


LoRdNiKoN
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