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I want unbiased, Spec-based judgements. what do you know about them and are they good value?
i have prices on them as:
128MB Geforce 4 Ti4800 -- £117
128MB Radeon 9600 -- £97
128MB Geforce FX5600 -- £117
They are the contenders, now all i want is hard facts - which has the least problems, most efficiency, Least memory restriction etc etc. don't forget i dont want biased judgements. Thank you all kindly, and if it turns out it's a bad choice, i'll hang you all.
i have prices on them as:
128MB Geforce 4 Ti4800 -- £117
128MB Radeon 9600 -- £97
128MB Geforce FX5600 -- £117
They are the contenders, now all i want is hard facts - which has the least problems, most efficiency, Least memory restriction etc etc. don't forget i dont want biased judgements. Thank you all kindly, and if it turns out it's a bad choice, i'll hang you all.
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Took his 3 days.
Microchips wrote:
> Dell are good to order from, so, yeah, I'd reccomend them to you.
Do they deliver very fast ? There is an offer for even more money off in PCFormat, so baring any sudden discovery of wonderful offers elsewhere it's going to be with Dell. Considered SR for a while but you have to pay extra for the TFT monitor and compared to Dell they are too expensive for me !
> Dell are good to order from, so, yeah, I'd reccomend them to you.
Do they deliver very fast ? There is an offer for even more money off in PCFormat, so baring any sudden discovery of wonderful offers elsewhere it's going to be with Dell. Considered SR for a while but you have to pay extra for the TFT monitor and compared to Dell they are too expensive for me !
Lugwig wrote:
> Here's a question. What is the best graphics card out? I'm just
> curious, and I'm sure you experts will know the answer.
Toss up between Radeon 9800 Pro or the GeForce FX5900.
> Here's a question. What is the best graphics card out? I'm just
> curious, and I'm sure you experts will know the answer.
Toss up between Radeon 9800 Pro or the GeForce FX5900.
Practical Magic wrote:
> Microchips wrote:
And they have the new Pentium
> hyperthread things, not too sure about the brilliance of them but I
> was reading through Intel's benchmark results on their site and they
> tell me all I need to know; it makes it go faster. :)
Funny you should mention Hyper-threading. I turned it on today- it makes my 2.8GHz processor work as two- it's genius, and it's easy to turn on.
Dell are good to order from, so, yeah, I'd reccomend them to you.
> Microchips wrote:
And they have the new Pentium
> hyperthread things, not too sure about the brilliance of them but I
> was reading through Intel's benchmark results on their site and they
> tell me all I need to know; it makes it go faster. :)
Funny you should mention Hyper-threading. I turned it on today- it makes my 2.8GHz processor work as two- it's genius, and it's easy to turn on.
Dell are good to order from, so, yeah, I'd reccomend them to you.
Here's a question. What is the best graphics card out? I'm just curious, and I'm sure you experts will know the answer.
so let me get this straight. the 5600 does everything the Ti4800 does, just as well too, but has faster AA?
Microchips wrote:
> www.dell.co.uk
>
> Go to Home Desktops Configure the 8300 scroll down to Video cards Tell
> me more.
*slaps forehead* Thanks, that was where I was looking, they seem very good value, compared to other places. And they have the new Pentium hyperthread things, not too sure about the brilliance of them but I was reading through Intel's benchmark results on their site and they tell me all I need to know; it makes it go faster. :)
> www.dell.co.uk
>
> Go to Home Desktops Configure the 8300 scroll down to Video cards Tell
> me more.
*slaps forehead* Thanks, that was where I was looking, they seem very good value, compared to other places. And they have the new Pentium hyperthread things, not too sure about the brilliance of them but I was reading through Intel's benchmark results on their site and they tell me all I need to know; it makes it go faster. :)
ahem, back to the topic in question.....
Practical Magic wrote:
> *semi hijacks topic*
>
> Could anyone tell me the difference between a Radeon 9800 and Radeon
> 9800 PRO ? And is the difference worth about £120 in price ?
www.dell.co.uk
Go to Home > Desktops > Configure the 8300 > scroll down to Video cards > Tell me more.
They have the difference there. And for what you get the price difference is stupid!
For the extra £150 (Bearing in mind it costs £80 to upgrade to 9800, and £230 to 9800 pro) you get 378MHz controller speed (Compared to 325MHz) and max resolution of 1920X1200 9Compared to 1600x1200).
Suffice to say I opted for the 9800 and not the 9800 pro! :D
> *semi hijacks topic*
>
> Could anyone tell me the difference between a Radeon 9800 and Radeon
> 9800 PRO ? And is the difference worth about £120 in price ?
www.dell.co.uk
Go to Home > Desktops > Configure the 8300 > scroll down to Video cards > Tell me more.
They have the difference there. And for what you get the price difference is stupid!
For the extra £150 (Bearing in mind it costs £80 to upgrade to 9800, and £230 to 9800 pro) you get 378MHz controller speed (Compared to 325MHz) and max resolution of 1920X1200 9Compared to 1600x1200).
Suffice to say I opted for the 9800 and not the 9800 pro! :D
it's ONLY those two now.
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