Buying an x1900xtx?

Thinking about buying an x1900xtx...

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SEALED-ATI-...1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ATI-X1900XTX-51...1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-ATI-Radeon-...1QQcmdZViewItem

I'm interested in the "low" "Buy it Nows" since God knows what those so
called "great deals" go up to by the end of the auction.

You know the X1900XTX is going for $489 at NewEgg, right? Warranty service
with an eBay purchase can be hairy, especially with something of this
expense, since you don't get a proper receipt.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16814102671

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"Jimmy" <jimmy5000@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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> Thinking about buying an x1900xtx...
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SEALED-ATI-...1QQcmdZViewItem
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ATI-X1900XTX-51...1QQcmdZViewItem
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-ATI-Radeon-...1QQcmdZViewItem
>
> I'm interested in the "low" "Buy it Nows" since God knows what those so
> called "great deals" go up to by the end of the auction.
>

Well, ofcourse it's a good card, I mean it's ATI's highest offering a
the moment. But I'll warn you ahead of time on a few things - Firstly
don't complain when the drivers for your videocard don't work, o
cause your system to become unstable and plain out bring dow
peformance. ATI is known for shoddy drivers and horrible support
both customer and software. You must purchase a powersupply that i
atleast 600 watts in power and occupying 25-30 amps on the 12v line
Secondly that card can tend to run hot, so don't be afraid if you se
it idling at 60 degrees celcius or so. Other than that, it's a grea
card, enjoy

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:35:33 GMT, no@spam.invalid (Mike L) wrote:

>Well, ofcourse it's a good card, I mean it's ATI's highest offering at
>the moment. But I'll warn you ahead of time on a few things - Firstly,
>don't complain when the drivers for your videocard don't work, or
>cause your system to become unstable and plain out bring down
>peformance. ATI is known for shoddy drivers and horrible support;
>both customer and software. You must purchase a powersupply that is
>atleast 600 watts in power and occupying 25-30 amps on the 12v line.
>Secondly that card can tend to run hot, so don't be afraid if you see
>it idling at 60 degrees celcius or so. Other than that, it's a great
>card, enjoy.

So says the Nvidia Troll....

"Mike L" <no@spam.invalid> wrote in message
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> Well, ofcourse it's a good card, I mean it's ATI's highest offering at
> the moment. But I'll warn you ahead of time on a few things - Firstly,
> don't complain when the drivers for your videocard don't work, or
> cause your system to become unstable and plain out bring down
> peformance. ATI is known for shoddy drivers and horrible support;
> both customer and software. You must purchase a powersupply that is
> atleast 600 watts in power and occupying 25-30 amps on the 12v line.
> Secondly that card can tend to run hot, so don't be afraid if you see
> it idling at 60 degrees celcius or so. Other than that, it's a great
> card, enjoy.
>

Using a OCZ Modstream 520W with my X1900XTX just fine. Also running 3 HD's,
2 optical drives, an FX-53, and 10 fans off the same PSU just fine. I'm
going to have to disagree with you on the 600W minimum for the PSU.

Gonna also have to agree with you on the driver end. They work wonderfully
for me... both the old CP style and the newfangled CCC style, though it is a
resource hog - really need 2GB RAM when using CCC.

Tony

"Mike L" <no@spam.invalid> wrote in message
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> Well, ofcourse it's a good card, I mean it's ATI's highest offering at
> the moment. But I'll warn you ahead of time on a few things - Firstly,
> don't complain when the drivers for your videocard don't work, or
> cause your system to become unstable and plain out bring down
> peformance. ATI is known for shoddy drivers and horrible support;
> both customer and software. You must purchase a powersupply that is
> atleast 600 watts in power and occupying 25-30 amps on the 12v line.
> Secondly that card can tend to run hot, so don't be afraid if you see
> it idling at 60 degrees celcius or so. Other than that, it's a great
> card, enjoy.
>


I've had a very decent driver experience in the 32 months that I've owned my
ATI card (9800 Pro), and I've updated drivers quite a few times in that time
span. Your mileage may vary, I guess.

What about Catalyst 6.3? Anyone had any experiences with that?

Not only with speed but memory consumption?

"Mike L" <no@spam.invalid> wrote in message
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> Well, ofcourse it's a good card, I mean it's ATI's highest offering at
> the moment. But I'll warn you ahead of time on a few things - Firstly,
> don't complain when the drivers for your videocard don't work, or
> cause your system to become unstable and plain out bring down
> peformance. ATI is known for shoddy drivers and horrible support;
> both customer and software. You must purchase a powersupply that is
> atleast 600 watts in power and occupying 25-30 amps on the 12v line.
> Secondly that card can tend to run hot, so don't be afraid if you see
> it idling at 60 degrees celcius or so. Other than that, it's a great
> card, enjoy.
>

Heh, 25-30 amps. Thats enough to weld stainless steel.

*coughTrollcough*

Everyone's mileage does vary, that's why I warned him ahead of time.
I've had horrible experience with ATI's drivers, maybe he won't, and
I hope he doesn't.

> So says the Nvidia Troll....

Right.. so all of a sudden I'm an "Nvidia Troll" or
"fanboy" if you'd prefer because I tried to give this guy
some reasonable, factual information that he'd like to hear? For your
information d*ckwad, I own an ATI card if that comes to you as any
surprise. So inspite of my bad experiences or anyone else's good
experiences, I think it's still worth a moment or two of listening to
some advice.

Memory consumption is only an issue if you use CCC. The Control Panel
version has negligible memory use. Download it from the FireMV driver
section on ATi's web site.

For me, Cat 6.3 fixed an annoying bug where manual AGP speed selection
previously wouldn't stick. Everything else seems to work fine as usual.
Radeon 9800Pro 128 MB.

--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."

"Jimmy" <jimmy5000@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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> What about Catalyst 6.3? Anyone had any experiences with that?
>
> Not only with speed but memory consumption?