The Official Graphics Card and PC gaming Thread

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The 9200 happened to come in a PC, so that wasn't through choice. The next card was an X800, which was back when ATI really did have a significant IQ lead. By the time I got the next card, I was knowledgable enough to know that ATI were the right company to have to get the best picture quality

Late indeed navskin, I'm from the UK too.

 

can somone tell me about the model nums of ATI cards is it the same as nvidia like 8800gts is better than an 8600gts dose the same go with ATI.

 

Probably like a 4670 no?

 

Generation

Geforce 4 MX400/440/4000/ 4 Ti 4200/4600 - Radeon 8000,8500,9000,9500,9700
Geforce FX5200/5500/5600/5700/5800/5900/5950 - Radeon 9200,9600,9800
Geforce 6200,6600,6800 - Radeon X300, X600/X700, X800, X850
Geforce 7300,7600,7800,7900,7950 - Radeon X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
Geforce 8400,8600,8800 - Radeon HD2400, HD2600, HD2900
Geforce 9400,95009600,9800 - Radeon HD3450, HD3650, HD3850, HD3870, HD4550, HD4650, HD4670, HD4830, HD4850
Geforce GTX260, GTX280 - Radeon HD4870, HD4870X2


There's a rough list.

 

aghhhhh you got me!

 

Well that sure killed the discussion.
On a slightly more related note, I played some more Crysis and Warhead.

Crysis, 'Contact' 2560x1600 All High, 4xAA Applied, 17-24fps
Crysis Warhead 'Adapt or Perish' All Enthusiast, 4xAA Applied 3-8fps

Also, in contact at least, without the AA, not only is all High playable, it's actually smooth... I was amazed, the game actually runs well. I'll post a couple of screenies.

 

Crysis All high 27fps: http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/7641/crysisallhigh27fpsxe9.jpg

Crysis Warhead All high 13fps: http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/3715/crysiswarheadallenthusiaz3.jpg

 

LOL just recently had a scare with my 500GB Samsung. Had a power outage due to the snow. And when I restart, it boots fine, but it starts clicking when I try to run any apps. A CHKDSK F/R/ reports a bad sector replaced in my Firefox user data and it runs fine now

Wow. 400GB+ of data is not something I feel like replacing right now. And to keep it OT, it's 400+ GB of games XD

 

It's funny, that's exactly what I had with my HD400LJ, but I didn't know the cause, perhaps I disconnected it from power a few too many times You were better off than me as it BSODed my PC when it happened unless it was in a USB enclosure. Reformatted it to solve the problem, it now gets 99% health in a SMART test not 100 as it has one reallocated sector, haha

 

Are bad sectors permanently marked as unusable when you reformat? It says that it's been reallocated to the "bad sector file" or something like that. Is that a permanent archive on the disk or is it in Windows?

Damn. We don't start working with hard drives in class until spring.

And as far as SMART ratings. All of the drives I've ever had hover around like 97-99 in fitness and performance. So I assume there's a reasonable margin of error???

 

As far as I'm aware, they're locked down for good to ensure no data loss or instability.

 

Well the HDD still gets a 98 rating for fitness and like a 96 for performance. So I'm assuming it'll be fine either way.

That's comforting though. Computers are just awesome that way

 

haha, alright done.

I think my HD3450 is having problems playing videos. I don't think it can handle HD video then?

 

Depends on the processor, it will only work well in tandem with a good CPU. A lower-end mobile one won't work so well.

 

2Ghz C2D?

 

2Ghz Mobile Core 2 Duo may be a bit on the weak side. A 2.4Ghz AM2 X2 needs around 60% CPU usage to render full HD video on a basic HD3000 chip.

 

Have you guys seen the Half Life source trailer? Should make most of you GIDDY with excitement.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/01/fan-made-black-mesa-source-trailer-reinvents-original-half-life/

 

Meh, heard about that years ago now.

 

lol

No watch the trailer. I DOUBT you will go meh after that.