Widescreen -- used often?

[Thanee]

OK, OK. I'll see if I can reach for the 7900GS (the next performance to price ratio of note, IIRC) if someone talks me into it. It's only marginally more than the 7600GT, and apparently worth the difference. True?

-- and I heard that the 8500 and 8600 are horrible. Also true?

Check out this... CLICK

Bye
Thanee

 

[GlassJaw]

If you plan to play games, especially new releases, don't skimp on the video card. I built my current system about a year ago (AMD Opteron 165, 2GB G.Skill, DFI nF4 mobo, eVGA 7900GT) and the best thing I did was splurge on the video card.

I've been playing DDO, Company of Heroes, STALKER, and now LotRO with max resolution/max effects and it's been awesome. It's the only way to fly.

 

[Thanee]

My monitor is starting to die (CRT) and I need to get a new one, but all I can find these days is widescreen. I guess it's progress, but I wish they gave a choice.

Samsung SyncMaster 203B and 204B are both very good 4:3 LCDs.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Aus_Snow]

GlassJaw, I am a-fearin' you're right there. And you probably are.

After checking out tomshardware again (which I should've done, again) - thanks, Thanee - the X1950XT is looking pretty sweet, for the cost - even locally.

I'll also try and determine how much 512+ vs. 256MB of gddr3 is going to matter. . .


And hey, if I have to wait a month or so to add some funds, that's fine. I'll go WS though, I think.