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Well i know i have done a thread like this a while back but i thought i would try again and see if any of the noobs are interested in this sort of thing and want some advice and help from us pro's :).

c.b.

Cactalyst they are called right.. alot of people i've asked say they have no problems.

AMD_MAN wrote:

> Snipe, one thing i would warn you with them Radeon 9700's is the
> drivers are not that great with all radeons and you can get crashes
> alot esspecially when comeing out of games

That is a lie I have been using a Radeon 8500 for over 5 months now and have never had a single crash coming out of a game, ATIs driver problems are in the past...

AMD... isn't that with old games?
i'm not sure people say its fine.
But a Ti4800 is more assuring with its drivers i'm not sure.

Smashed wrote:
> Is it agp tho and why you say its rubbish do you play a lot of games.
> i only need for simple and small games. well not small stuff like
> simcity and nightfire

I said it was a "PCIMX400" so yes, and I used to play games on it, until I got a new one, I was using it in an Athlon XP2000 system with 512mb DDR RAM and it still struggled in most games.

Now I am well kitted out with an ATI Radeon 8500 (better than 9000, more pipelines etc.) I will wait for turbo to jump in any minute to diss my selection of an ATI card.

I can't imagine going back to the old GeForce 2 though, as for getting a radeon 9000 PCI just go to google.co.uk and search for "Radeon 9000 PCI" with "show pages from UK" checked, in fact SR have a PCI Radeon 9000 in the mag, but not on the site, strange.......

well i aint too keen on spending loads so id say 40 maybe 50. i know its a lot but i aint willing to use it a lot. i know but if i put the grahics down a little on the game it would be ok also games like night fire i aint a big fan of im more into racing games ,flying and stratergy.

Taka you could probably get 1100+ from that cpu, also that would be an older thunderbird they can be multiplier unlocked with a pensil, Try downloading a software like hmonitor or motherboard monitor this willrun in windows and show you the temps, as the only time you can see the temps in in the bios and that isnt using much cpu power at all, are the other temps in the bios disabled?,

smashed A geforce 2 mx200\400 will struggel with nightfire, what is the max price you would spend on a video card smashed?.

Snipe, one thing i would warn you with them Radeon 9700's is the drivers are not that great with all radeons and you can get crashes alot esspecially when comeing out of games, also that card will require a seperate floppy power plug, you woudl be better off getting either a geforce 4 ti4600 or geforce fx or even and ABIT soliro ti4200, i love the abit card as with a bit of overclocking it can reach better performance than the ti4600 for a lot cheaper price.

c.b.

i'm hoping to get a comp in march.... with a Radeon 9700

oh and were can i find the radeo 9000


Memorandum wrote:
> Smashed wrote:
> http://www.pcnextday.co.uk/product_detail (space)
> .asp?stype=5&productcode=1511-3043&group=PCIV&pgroup=VID
>
> Look at this one amd, mx400
>
> I have an MX400PCI in one of my PCs and it is rubbish, trust me, the
> extra for the MX440 would be worth it, you should also try looking for
> a PCI Radeon 9000 as they offer full DirectX8 harware.

Is it agp tho and why you say its rubbish do you play a lot of games. i only need for simple and small games. well not small stuff like simcity and nightfire

Smashed wrote:
> http://www.pcnextday.co.uk/product_detail (space)
> .asp?stype=5&productcode=1511-3043&group=PCIV&pgroup=VID
>
> Look at this one amd, mx400

I have an MX400PCI in one of my PCs and it is rubbish, trust me, the extra for the MX440 would be worth it, you should also try looking for a PCI Radeon 9000 as they offer full DirectX8 harware.