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Posted by phasedout on Jul-22-2002 00:55:

ATI's new Radeon 9700

ATI is heating up the competition with its new card and anandtech has done a comprehensive review on it:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1656&p=1

What do you guys think of this new card? Retailing at $399 USD and due out in 30 days.

Posted by Fir3start3r on Jul-22-2002 02:22:

I read a full article on this card...
It's sic sic sic!
Blows away the GeForce4 cards...(yes even the Ti4600...)

Posted by yujie__ on Jul-22-2002 02:46:

i want it. i read like 5 articles on it and it looks promising and nvidia cant beat it till nv30 comes out. but first i need to do whole system upgrade to use its powers. i have a "slow" p3-550.

Posted by phasedout on Jul-22-2002 03:06:

Yeah and the article mentions that nvidia will release the nv30 in 2003....so its gonna be while till they beat ati

Posted by Shudder on Jul-22-2002 03:46:

thats insanity. i just got an ati 7500 8 months ago and now i want the 9700. boo hoo

Posted by k.k.d. on Jul-22-2002 15:22:

Yeah, i've been drooling for a couple of days over this one...

Now, let's start a "send uncle kkd 400$" action, shall we?

Posted by Fir3start3r on Jul-22-2002 16:14:

Please give...

That would be after giving to the Firestarter's Upgrade Benevolent Fund...

Posted by u4ea:[soulstar] on Jul-22-2002 18:04:

Re: Please give...

quote:
Originally posted by Fir3start3r
That would be after giving to the Firestarter's Upgrade Benevolent Fund...

ROFL! I liked Kyro II architecture. Too bad, ATI and Nvidia already had an impregnable foothold in the 3D market. Even the games developer can't even keep up with tech that's driven by competition. I'd say I'd be wasting my money by buying the 9700.

The GF3 and GF4 are average expensive pieces of circuit boards I would only want if they were free.

Posted by lMIlk on Jul-22-2002 22:15:

it seemed like yesterday that i payed 250something for my 7500

Posted by Fin.K.L on Jul-22-2002 23:05:

Impresive~~
now it's 9700!!!
I liked 7500. It is pretty good and solid.
now I just have wait until 9700 goes under $200

Posted by gOOD-tRiP on Jul-23-2002 04:05:

i think hardware is growing way faster then the software. theres no games that NEED this much power.

Posted by malek on Jul-23-2002 06:32:

you are wrong good-trip. Software is WAAAAAAY ahead of hardware now... just take a look at Doom 3, this has been developped for years now and ATI 9700 might barely run the game at full detail and full resolution.

Also, look in the industrial-strength video cards and you'll see that the latest ATi will barely be able to simulate a fly in one of those fat ass CAE simulators (ok I'm exagerating just a bit now ).

If only I had the cash, but hey, Civilization 3 don't need 3D! W00T I'm still good for a couple of years

Posted by extulas on Jul-23-2002 06:51:

Very very very nice, I would have definatly gotten this over my geforce, But I didnt have the money!

Posted by k.k.d. on Jul-23-2002 15:57:

good-trip: thou art wrong ;(

both Unreal 2 engine and Doom 3 engine run pitifully on any current-generation graphic card.. ;(

Posted by DJ CLUSTER on Jul-23-2002 18:10:

Yea, she's a nice card! I have a GFo 3 right now (64 meg)
I intend upgrading real soon, although I think I will be going with the GForce4 128meg instead of the ATI. Just a preference of mine

<----Loves gaming, all about ROGUE SPEAR'S "URBAN OPERATIONS"
CAN I GET A HELL YA!!

Cheers,
Zigg's
www.djcluster.com

Posted by BloodfIower on Jul-23-2002 22:06:

LOOOOOOOOOL
u have already an geforce 3, want to upgrade to an geeforce 4 ?
and what u play is RogueSpear????
muuuuuuuuuaahahahahhahaa that is like u buy the fastest street bike that can handle 300km/h and u only want it for taking your dog for a walk... hehehe

i mean even on the cheapest geforce2 RS runs PERFECTLY...

btw: nice game however, RS is still my favorite if it comes to tactial simulations. I WANT RAVEN SHIELD NOW DAMN IT! U MOFOS!