2900XT or 640GTS?

Tom|Nbk · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:02

flibby said:
Interesting thread

Popcorn anyone?

Already got some, I'll have to run down to the shops for more at this rate

the_champ_101 · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:04

Tom|Nbk said:
Classic, im in tears almost.

Good for you, last post here as ignoring facts are what some of you like to do the most,
2900XT produces more heat and uses more power, fan is louder, game has less performance with AA enabled, just face it, this card is a failure. It's hard for fanboys to accept but just take it like a man, the 2900 doesn't perform and drivers won't sort the AA.

willhub · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:05

the_champ_101 said:
Good for you, last post here as ignoring facts are what some of you like to do the most,
2900XT produces more heat and uses more power, fan is louder, game has less performance with AA enabled, just face it, this card is a failure. It's hard for fanboys to accept but just take it like a man, the 2900 doesn't perform and drivers won't sort the AA.

Can we continue with the swap then please? I am been serious, my EVGA ACS3 KO 8800GTS 640mb @ 2.2ghz/650 is ready to be shipped, I will ship anyday when you are ready, I miss ATi, I had a piece of NV, I want a piece of ATi now. Even if the 2900 is worse, I still want to try it to experience what its all about tbh.

Boogle · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:06

This is hilarious

. I'm waiting for someone to mention the sky is purple and argue over that

Tom, I'm out of popcorn, can you fetch me some while you're out? I like the microwave stuff with the butter & salt

Gerard · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:06

the_champ_101 said:
Good for you, last post here as ignoring facts are what some of you like to do the most,
2900XT produces more heat and uses more power, fan is louder, game has less performance with AA enabled, just face it, this card is a failure. It's hard for fanboys to accept but just take it like a man, the 2900 doesn't perform and drivers won't sort the AA.

Well seeing as you're a source engine expert (clueless 15 year old) how about you go to amd and tell them how to improve their drivers. Im sure they'll take you seriously for maybe .5 of a second before collapsing in hysterics.

Boogle · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:07

willhub said:
Can we continue with the swap then please? I am been serious, my EVGA ACS3 KO 8800GTS 640mb @ 2.2ghz/650 is ready to be shipped.

I wouldn't risk it tbh.

Gerard · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:07

willhub said:
Can we continue with the swap then please? I am been serious, my EVGA ACS3 KO 8800GTS 640mb @ 2.2ghz/650 is ready to be shipped.

Will tbh i wouldn't bother, with the way this guys getting on here id be very suprised if the deal went well. Sell it on Members market and add the difference to buy the ocuk branded card.

killer_uk · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:08

willhub said:
Can we continue with the swap then please? I am been serious, my EVGA ACS3 KO 8800GTS 640mb @ 2.2ghz/650 is ready to be shipped.

As said, don't give him anything.

Tom|Nbk · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:09

Boogle said:
This is hilarious . I'm waiting for someone to mention the sky is purple and argue over that

Tom, I'm out of popcorn, can you fetch me some while you're out? I like the microwave stuff with the butter & salt

Yea np

Will seriously don't swap with this guy he's shown his true colours in this thread alright

willhub · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:09

killer_uk said:
As said, don't give him anything.

I think champ is ok, he was on MSN at least, he's 22 and seemed to be fairly honest. swapping the cards is the best thing tbh, I am sick of NV, he is sick of ATi, might aswell swap.

Teaf · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:09

Boogle said:
I wouldn't risk it tbh.

I concur.

killer_uk · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:10

willhub said:
he's 22

Either thats a lie or we should all feel very sorry for him

willhub · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:10

flibby said:
I concur.

I could sell my 8800 and buy a HD2900XT, but I cant afford to wait and all the maths is confusing me (Sorry, if you all met me, you would know, I am the worst person you would ever know at maths).

I could sell my 8800 on the MM or the Bay for £250, 230 I rekon on MM, then buy the OcUK brand 2900, but I would have to put the 300 quid I have now in the bank then spend that on the 2900 and put the 8800 up for sale, see how much effort it is compared to a straight swap?

Gerard · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:10

killer_uk said:
Either thats a lie or we should all feel very sorry for him

Or its a typo with an extra 2 added. :eek:

Tom|Nbk · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:12

willhub said:
I think champ is ok, he was on MSN at least, he's 22.

LIES. Will you really should always be cautious even if someone seems "ok" over the web. Most of the reg's in here I trust fully. But him no no.

willhub · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:13

Champ aint that bad man, Its just these forums, think of it as the big brother house, lots of arguments happen in the forum, just like the BB house, he is fine outside of the forums on MSN tbh.

Tom|Nbk said:
LIES. Will you really should always be cautious even if someone seems "ok" over the web. Most of the reg's in here I trust fully. But him no no.

Why dont you trust him? because of the arguments?

Tom|Nbk · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:14

willhub said:
Champ aint that bad man, Its just these forums, think of it as the big brother house, lots of arguments happen in the forum, just like the BB house, he is fine outside of the forums on MSN tbh.

Play with fire and you'll get burnt. You cant go by impressions of someone you have spoke to for a few days over the net, you really can't

Boogle · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:14

Tom|Nbk said:
LIES. Will you really should always be cautious even if someone seems "ok" over the web. Most of the reg's in here I trust fully. But him no no.

^ What he said. If this guy is 22 we should do what killer_uk said, feel very sorry for him.

Chronictank · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:14

the_champ_101 said:
Good for you, last post here as ignoring facts are what some of you like to do the most,
2900XT produces more heat

True but hotter cards usually overclock better on more efficient cooling

and uses more power

Marginally, the difference is so little its a joke its used as a argument at all

16w or 61w which equates to £0.072 or £3.60 p month
Some people here really need a reality check now and again tbh

fan is louder,

Very true, but if you plan on really overclocking you would be using water anyway

game has less performance with AA enabled,

Plain wrong, proven countless times it is on the par/faster than a GTS in the majority of cases

Chronictank said:
As said in the other thread
If you are/plan on using vista get the 2900, if you are using XP then a 640GTS.

Using the 7.5Beta cata's

Testbeds:
Nvidia
- eVGA e-GeForce 8800 Ultra Superclocked 768MB
- NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MiB
- ASUS EN8800GTS/HTDP/640M 640MiB
- AMD Radeon HD 2900 XT 512MiB

Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2.93GHz, 4MiB L2 cache, LGA775)
EVGA nForce 680i SLI
2GiB (2x 1024) Corsair PC8500 EPP
4-4-4-12 2T @ 800MHz (PC6400)
FSP Epsilon 600W
Dell 3007WFP - 2560x1600
Seagate 160GB SATAII (ST3160812AS)
NVIDIA platform driver 9.53
ForceWare 158.19

Ati
AMD Radeon HD 2900 XT 512MiB
Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2.93GHz, 4MiB L2 cache, LGA775)
ASUS P5W-DH Deluxe (975X+ICH7R)
2GiB (2x 1024) Patriot XLBK
4-4-4-12 2T @ 800MHz (PC6400)
Enermax Galaxy DXX 850W
Dell 3007WFP - 2560x1600
Seagate 160GB SATAII (ST3160812AS)
Intel Inf 8.0.1.1002
8.37.4-070419a-046506E-ATI (Cat 7.5 BETA)

Windows XP Professional, w/ SP2, 32-bit

just face it, this card is a failure. It's hard for fanboys to accept but just take it like a man, the 2900 doesn't perform and drivers won't sort the AA.

You really seem to have a strange ability to ignore anything that doesnt support your argument to be honest

killer_uk · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:15

willhub said:
Champ aint that bad man, Its just these forums, think of it as the big brother house, lots of arguments happen in the forum, just like the BB house, he is fine outside of the forums on MSN tbh.

Why dont you trust him? because of the arguments?

Probably because he registered not long ago and he has a low post count. While this obviously doesn't mean a GREAT deal, there would be less risk of dealing with someone who has been here longer. If you do go through with it and something does go wrong, don't say we didn't warn you.