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Spaceman Spiff
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Posted: 25th Feb 2004 03:58
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Hey does anyone know where I could get a vidoe card for Cshop that costs less than a 100$?

It needs to have full OpenGL support I think.
And how do you tell if it does support openGL, does it say on the box or sumthin?(excuse the stupid NooB Q)

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Phaelax
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Posted: 25th Feb 2004 07:06
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Just about any card you buy today will support OGL. The newer ones more particularly, support OGL 2.0.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 25th Feb 2004 07:12
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GF4 MX 64mb for $30
http://www.shentech.com/vixtgemx64sd1.html


GF4 TI4200 128mb for $105
http://store.yahoo.com/shentech/vixtnvgeti12.html


PriceWatch.com

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Spaceman Spiff
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Posted: 25th Feb 2004 09:09
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Thanks!

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Cyberflame
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Posted: 25th Feb 2004 13:06
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www.tigerdirect.com (even the pny cards are uber cheap (i've compared, if you need to buy a nvidia graphics card make sure its a pny)

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Spaceman Spiff
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Posted: 25th Feb 2004 21:23
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Um Cyberflame I'm really dumb, but whats pny??

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Cyberflame
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Posted: 25th Feb 2004 22:24
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It's a brand of graphics card.

Nvidia makes the chip
Pny puts the chip on a card so it will work

other companies dont do as good of a job as pny at putting the chip on the card

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Spaceman Spiff
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Posted: 26th Feb 2004 03:44
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Oh it's all so clear now THX

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Phaelax
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Posted: 26th Feb 2004 08:10
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If you want a good geforce card, make sure its a 3d prophet hercules.

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Cyberflame
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Posted: 26th Feb 2004 12:25 Edited at: 26th Feb 2004 12:34
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Umm...no, pny makes much better geforce cards for cheap. Not to metion hercules only makes ati cards now.
heres an exameple. These are the same chip but put on two different cards the last one being a pny

Chaintech GeForceFX 5200 Video Card / 128MB DDR / AGP 8X / TV Out
Specifications:
GPU/VPU nVidia GeForce FX 5200
Maximum Resolution Learn More 2048 x 1536 @ 75Hz
Video Memory 128MB
Memory Type DDR
Memory Bandwidth 5.3GB/sec.
Interface Type AGP
Interface Speed 8X
Connector(s) TV/S-Video , VGA
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=686469&Sku=C460-7004&CatId=318
PNY GeForceFX 5200 Video Card / 128MB / AGP 8X / TV Out
Specifications:
GPU/VPU nVidia GeForce FX 5200
Maximum Resolution Learn More 2048 x 1536 @ 75Hz
Video Memory 128MB
Memory Type DDR
Memory Bandwidth 6.4GB/sec.
Interface Type AGP
Interface Speed 8X
Connector(s) TV/S-Video , VGA
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=542035&Sku=P56-2700&CatId=318

There are also other cards you can look at and compare Pny with, Im fairly sure you wont find a manufaturer better. (when i bought my graphics card i went trough about have the cards on tiger direct(the other half being over 50 dollars) and every cad in wal-mart (which were all ove 100 dollars) and i couldnt find a better one.
http://www.pny.com/

NOTE: the PNy costs the same as the Chaintech with the very nice rebate they offer not to mention that there are someother things not mentioned in that chart the pny does also.

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Posted: 26th Feb 2004 12:59
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Lets try not to turn this into a Raven Neophyte flame party if you know what I mean (no offense to either of the obove mentioned)

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Posted: 26th Feb 2004 19:17
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Ok =P. (even tho i dont know what a raven neophyte flame is)

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Posted: 26th Feb 2004 20:04
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Raven and Neophyte are these two guys who always think they are right, and spend hours arguing with each other about it.Youshould try to find one of the threads they are on its really fun to read (no offense to either raven or Neophyte)

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