Have fun with the card man, and tell us how well it works with Battlefield 2, I'd really like to know.
i finally got the card and installed, i downloaded the bf2 demo just to see if i installed everything right and it works. i looked at my motherboard and it only has 2 fan plugs and there both used so i dont know how i can put anotehr fan in it.
Case fans usualy come with a 4 pin power plug the same kind that plugs into your harddrive, you should have a spare one in there somewhere if not just get a power splitter which looks like this , unplug a 4 pin from a device, plug this in to the device & case fan reattach the power 4 pin, turn the p.c on & off you go .....yes they even do dayglo ones .../shakes head in bewilderment/ edit: Turn the power off before you do this
Yes I'd like to know how your system hanndles it as well...I dunno if mine is up for it...*grin* as ddp stated, a PCI fan is a really good option in this case. It will blow air directly at the Video Card keeping it even cooler.
The card u guys recommended he buy was made by Sapphire. I just bought what seems to be the same card, 9600xt 256mb, but was made by Diamond. I paid 143.00 for it. Did I get ripped off or is there something different between the cards that Im not seeing.
There could be something different between the 2 cards, like their speeds. Could you give us a link to the card you bought...or if you didnt buy it online, could you give us the specs of your card?
Or if you dont know what the specs of your card are, go here and download the utility, it tells you lots about your comp and video card. http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.php?pid=1&lang=en
Well from what I have heard Sapphire is the worst GFX Card manufacturer... I wouldn't be surprised if you card warrants the price difference.
WHAT!?!? in the worst card manufacturers list, manufacturers like MSI would be on top. MSI is a good mobo manufacturer, but their video cards are below average. Sapphire...no no, Sapphire is a very good manufacturer, they manufacture LOTS of cards.
diamanod viper ati radeon 9600xt agp 8x core clock speed: 500mhz installed video memory: 256mb Memory Clock Speed 2x275 [550MHz DDR]MHz Pixel Pipelines 4 Texture Units Per Pixel Pipeline 1 Vertex Units 2 Pixel Shader Version 2.0 Vertex Shader Version 2.0 Memory Technology DDR SDRAM Memory Bus Width 128-bit Integrated RAMDACs 2 400MHz RAMDAC Multiple Display Support Yes (2 Monitors max) /O Connectors TV-out Compatible Slots 1 x AGP There must be a difference cuz newegg sales this card for a 149.99 and I paid 143.
I reckon the difference is that the Sapphire card os an [bold]O.E.M[/bold] (original equipment manufacturer) item and doesn't come in a fancy box with or a games pack & all you get is a card, driver & vga cable where as the Diamond card is a [bold]retail[/bold] card so comes with a fancy box, extra software & a DVI-AGP adapter ...... same cards, different packaging, greatly affected price ......and for the guy with the Diamond card an extra $10 would have got you this card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130220 which kills a 9600xt ...
it plays bf2 pretty good, a bit of lag probably because my internet connection i have settings on medium cause i havnt gotten a fan yet, but other than thats its all good..easy to install too
the game was designed around an nvidia card unless you get a very new ati at the very new price i'd stick to nvidia anything better than a 5700 with 128 ram bandwidth is more important than ram
Glad your enjoying your new card, now you need to convince your mom that you need another 1 gig of memory for your p.c