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ATI Radeon

best video card on the planet.

edit: i'm on my 3rd ATI card in the past 5 years... first i had a Rage Fury Pro, then a Radeon 7000, and now i have the Radeon 9600 Pro All In Wonder and i love it!

edit 2: don't go lower than a 9600 radeon

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rawr isn't really here., Wed 21 Apr 2004, 22:51, archived)

yep, best buy right now. quite cheap actually

nVidia's new GeForce Ultra 6800 scores better though as far a i'm concerned. but it's very expensive. not sure it's worth it

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edovan, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 22:55, archived)

the only issue i have with my card

is that the tv tuner is not HD compliant... other than that it's an amazing card.

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rawr isn't really here., Wed 21 Apr 2004, 22:56, archived)

i suspect a separate tv-card is the thing to go for

if you want stability/performance/etc/blabla. Hauppage or something..

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edovan, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 22:59, archived)

i love the integrated one in my card

but if i want to go with high def i will have to wait for the next generation of AIW cards i think... i honestly think that my AIW 9600 pro is one of the greatest components i have ever had in a computer

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rawr isn't really here., Wed 21 Apr 2004, 23:01, archived)

i've never had a AIW.

i have a GeForce 4200 which i'm quite pleased with. recently a mounted a passive Zahlman heatsink onto it and now my comp is sort of silent :)

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edovan, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 23:08, archived)

that's cool

my computer sounds like a fighter jet firing up when i turn it on... i'm so used to the sound of the fans in it that if i turn it off i can't sleep

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rawr isn't really here., Wed 21 Apr 2004, 23:10, archived)

i'm the complete opposite

i'm very sensitive to noises when I sleep, even those i'm used to. so my computer goes off or i'll use earplugs.
if i could afford it i'd go for water cooling just to get it noiseless (HD and stuff will makes sound though....)

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edovan, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 23:23, archived)