Glad i bought a nvidia card.hehe

Hog54 · Sep 7, 2002, 12:52 AM

just found this

AGP8X-Working or Not?:
A pretty good read over at the Rage3D boards. (Hi DoomTrooper, we love you too! Smooches.) Thanks Randall Kendall.

Spent over an hour with ATI Customer Service Canada and more important, the Engineering Dept. The subject: Our testing shows the Radeon 9700 will NOT work at all on the Asus P4S8X (SiS648), Gigabyte 7VAXP (KT400/8235), and VIA P4PB (P4X400/8235) which are the only 8x AGP boards on the market. Customer Service was not completely aware of this, but Engineering is.
http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthre...adid=33634403.

Sep 7, 2002, 12:37 PM

Hmmm im just curious but what the going price for a 9700 ?

NO NO NO my friends ..never again will i get an ATI card.

Maybe ok for one that wants a All-in-wonder type but you still pay alot for that type of card.

I remember getting the rage 128 all in wonder and when i tried the gforce 256 then at less than half the money i dropped to the floor.

Hog54 · Sep 7, 2002, 01:29 PM

Yeah i bought the rage maxx for $275 bucks and it was the biggest rip off ever.i found after i bought it that the duel gpus only worked as one and it didnt run at 4x agp.what a piece of crap

So-Unreal · Oct 2, 2002, 10:37 PM

hmmm I'm not "Glad"

~~Optimummind~~ · Oct 3, 2002, 09:03 PM

Although it's true that ATI is the current champ with their Radeon 9700, it won't be long before NV30 reclaims the throne. True, ATI is also working on their NV30 killer but as far as I can tell, I think nVIDIA still has the edge in everything from manufacturing techniques to driver support.

My first card was an ATI card and I can still remember the long nights of frustration and anger due to ATI's lackluster driver support. Then I tried the PNY Geforce 4 Ti-4200 and it was like I was in heaven.

Go nVIDIA!!!

RIV@NVX · Oct 5, 2002, 10:09 AM

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Originally posted by Optimummind
Although it's true that ATI is the current champ with their Radeon 9700, it won't be long before NV30 reclaims the throne. True, ATI is also working on their NV30 killer but as far as I can tell, I think nVIDIA still has the edge in everything from manufacturing techniques to driver support.

My first card was an ATI card and I can still remember the long nights of frustration and anger due to ATI's lackluster driver support. Then I tried the PNY Geforce 4 Ti-4200 and it was like I was in heaven. Go nVIDIA!!!

I went from NVIDIA to ATI actually. First Creative Labs TNT, then Elsa TNT2 Pro, Then MSI GeForce 2MX and then Radeon 8500. Good card.

Sep 7, 2002, 12:52 AM	#1
Hog54 HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2002 Location: Boston Posts: 164 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Glad i bought a nvidia card.hehe just found this AGP8X-Working or Not?: A pretty good read over at the Rage3D boards. (Hi DoomTrooper, we love you too! Smooches.) Thanks Randall Kendall. Spent over an hour with ATI Customer Service Canada and more important, the Engineering Dept. The subject: Our testing shows the Radeon 9700 will NOT work at all on the Asus P4S8X (SiS648), Gigabyte 7VAXP (KT400/8235), and VIA P4PB (P4X400/8235) which are the only 8x AGP boards on the market. Customer Service was not completely aware of this, but Engineering is. http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthre...adid=33634403. __________________ AMD PHENOM II 965 BE ASUS M3N72-D 4 GIGs GSKILL PC-8500 EVGA GTX460 SC 1GB WINDOWS 7 X64 Ultimate

Sep 7, 2002, 01:29 PM	Thread Starter #3
Hog54 HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2002 Location: Boston Posts: 164 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Yeah i bought the rage maxx for $275 bucks and it was the biggest rip off ever.i found after i bought it that the duel gpus only worked as one and it didnt run at 4x agp.what a piece of crap __________________ AMD PHENOM II 965 BE ASUS M3N72-D 4 GIGs GSKILL PC-8500 EVGA GTX460 SC 1GB WINDOWS 7 X64 Ultimate

Oct 3, 2002, 09:03 PM	#5
~~Optimummind~~ Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Orange, California Posts: 632 Rep Power: 0	nVIDIA > ATI...so far anyways Although it's true that ATI is the current champ with their Radeon 9700, it won't be long before NV30 reclaims the throne. True, ATI is also working on their NV30 killer but as far as I can tell, I think nVIDIA still has the edge in everything from manufacturing techniques to driver support. My first card was an ATI card and I can still remember the long nights of frustration and anger due to ATI's lackluster driver support. Then I tried the PNY Geforce 4 Ti-4200 and it was like I was in heaven. Go nVIDIA!!!

Sep 7, 2002, 12:37 PM	#2
GREEKRAGE Guest Posts: n/a	Hmmm im just curious but what the going price for a 9700 ? NO NO NO my friends ..never again will i get an ATI card. Maybe ok for one that wants a All-in-wonder type but you still pay alot for that type of card. I remember getting the rage 128 all in wonder and when i tried the gforce 256 then at less than half the money i dropped to the floor.

Oct 2, 2002, 10:37 PM	#4
So-Unreal DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 56 Rep Power: 0	hmmm I'm not "Glad"