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Posted 3/21/2006 8:25:06 PM
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The entire Fx line of nvidia cards is worthless. I wouldnt suggest a video card under an ATI 9600. For anything. Not just vista, but really, anything. If you were going to purchase a new card, I'd go with at least a 6600GT (nvidia) or x800 (ATI). I personally use a 6600GT pci express and it really performs exceptionally. You can see what my clocks are in my sig, and they've bee like that for over a year now without a problem. Prices are low enough to even go with 6800GTs or the ATI equivs, x800 I think ? I'm not sure about that one though. I've been a nVidia user since I upgraded from my Voodoo 3 hehe.

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Posted 3/21/2006 9:35:07 PM


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My 9550 will beat a stock 9800SE.
So it all depends on your mad skills.



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Posted 4/2/2006 5:17:31 PM
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For ATI I'd say atleast 9200, or 9500.Nvidia, 5200 or MX4 series.Voodoo, I doubt it but probably Voodoo 5 series.Matrox, don;t know.VGI, Volari Duo8.

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Posted 4/3/2006 2:34:25 AM
 

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Nvidia 7800GTX works fine with Vista. And glass is very addictive.

3DMark06 scores: 4861 (Vista build 5342 x64, driver 87.15)

Asus P5WDG2-WS (i975X Express) | 3.73GHz @ 4.08GHz | 2GB DDR2-800MHz @ 864MHz 5-4-4-9-5 | Raptor 2x150GB SATA/RAID 0 | Gainward 7800GTX 256MB | Samsung 24" | Enermax 660W 35A @ +12V | 5049 3DMarks 2006 | XP Pro x64.

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Posted 4/3/2006 5:54:08 PM


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Where is a good place to download 3dmark? is it free?

AMD64 X2 5200+ 2.60GHz | 3GB DDR 667 | RAID 0 SATA3.0 WD Caviars 320GB total | Foxconn MCP61VM2MA-RS2H Geforce 6100 nforce400 chipset | Vista Ultimate x86
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Posted 4/4/2006 10:36:15 AM
 

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There is a free version as well as a $ version.

http://www.futuremark.com/products/

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Posted 4/4/2006 2:39:15 PM


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If you need 3DMark, let me know Jason.


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Gateway MX3410
AMD Turion 64-X2 TL-50 "Taylor"
512 MB DDR2 PC4300/533 MHz
NVidia GeForce GO 6100
80 GB HDD @ 5400 RPM
8x Multi +/- DVD-RW
Windows Vista RC1
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Posted 4/4/2006 7:02:00 PM


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Im overclocking it pretty good and it runs stable:

Core: 320mhz
Memory: 528Mhz

Before OC:
Core: 250mhz
Memory: 400mhz


AMD64 X2 5200+ 2.60GHz | 3GB DDR 667 | RAID 0 SATA3.0 WD Caviars 320GB total | Foxconn MCP61VM2MA-RS2H Geforce 6100 nforce400 chipset | Vista Ultimate x86
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Posted 6/20/2006 9:34:07 PM
 

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My system (below) runs Vista very nicely 

EDIT:  Except there are no (working) drivers for my X-Fi card

A8N5X
4800+ X2
X1900XTX
Creative X-Fi

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