ATI Radeon 9800 Graphic's card

[northwind]

Originally Posted by mysteryjimbo

Both wrong. Been reviewed and changed by MS.

If it has, it was within the last fortnight... I had to go through a pretty lengthy process on the phone to establish that my licence was still valid, telling them what components I'd replaced etc. Complete pain in the bum. They initially told me that my copy had been reactivated too often and I needed a new one- it was only after a lot of arguing that they gave me the code, since it was such an insignificant upgrade, and the last reinstall was caused by a hardware failure.

Originally Posted by northwind

I believe Halo 2 is the only game currently announced that will be DirectX 10 only.

May be true but all games currently under development have as their main API DirectX10, so in my eyes investment in an expensive DirectX9 only card is more like a waste of money. What's more, backward compatibility with DirectX9 in any of those games means graphics scaled down to nowhere near those fabulous screenies we are all seeing in games sites/magazines- has anyone seen any Crysis videos? They'll blow you apart, I can tell you, and it would only be a shame to shell out serious buck in new hardware without being able to get to the "kudos".

Anyway, since the GeForce 3 is indeed pretty useless now, maybe the best solution for our friend is for a cheap replacement card that'll last for a year or so, until DirectX10 capable cards reach the "affordable" range of prices. That's what I'd do...

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Damoulianos Marios

Anyway, since the GeForce 3 is indeed pretty useless now, maybe the best solution for our friend is for a cheap replacement card that'll last for a year or so, until DirectX10 capable cards reach the "affordable" range of prices. That's what I'd do...

Yes, me too... If you're after a high-end card now then an 8800 is still a decent choice, since they outperform everything else in the price range, but it's going to be a long time before there's a DX10 card in this price range.

Originally Posted by northwind

If it has, it was within the last fortnight... I had to go through a pretty lengthy process on the phone to establish that my licence was still valid, telling them what components I'd replaced etc. Complete pain in the bum. They initially told me that my copy had been reactivated too often and I needed a new one- it was only after a lot of arguing that they gave me the code, since it was such an insignificant upgrade, and the last reinstall was caused by a hardware failure.

Hit the news about 2 weeks ago and a press release came out 2-3 days after.

[northwind]

Top banana... Never saw a thing about that. I might have been the last person to be hassled under the old regime then

With such policies, suddenly the word "warez" doesn't sound too... illegitimate. For god's sake, what the **ll is going on with them, just if they haven't got enough money already.

[Richie]

Just got my ATI 9800 PRO 128mb graphics card (fleebay 23.99 & p+p) , installed and just ran BF2 for the first time... OMG makes my old card seam CACK... and looking at the price of them on fleebay it is.

So just setting myself up with Unreal Tournament 2003 again... in most heavey graphic mode...

I'm one happy Bunny now...

[northwind]

It's great, isn't it... When i got Homeworld 2, it'd just barely play, in ssomething ridiculous like 620x400... I just dug it out last week and what a pleaseure to just turn everything up to the top

[Richie]

Just a quick question...
Why did I have to re-Activate Windows XP Pro when I changed my Grapgic card ?

[northwind]

Because Bill Gates is a ****. I had to reactivate it when I installed my soundcard, FFS, took me 15 minutes on the phone.