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Cancel my 256 card for a 512?

jubei

jubei

jubei

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Hey guys,

My 6800GT died a few days ago so after some helpful comments on this forum i decided to order an x1950 pro to replace it. This i ordered on sunday whilst there were 2 in stock, cost me £215 inc deliverly.

Now i see that there are not only more on the way that will be £40 cheaper, but also there are 512meg sapphire cards coming in that are also cheaper than the 256 i just bought.

Would it be worth me cancelling my order and pre-ordering a 512? how big a difference does that extra memory make?

Feeling a little ripped off at the moment lol :)
 
*shakes fist in anger at jubei

You got the card I was after! :D

You got the XT I assume? Someone in a thread just below this has said it is better than the 512mb version. I'm curious as to how much faster it is though.
 
sniffy said:
*shakes fist in anger at jubei

You got the card I was after! :D

You got the XT I assume? Someone in a thread just below this has said it is better than the 512mb version. I'm curious as to how much faster it is though.
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No mate mine is AGP, so its a pro
 
Well turns out they were out of stock on gecube despite showing in stock when i ordered, i was in a queue for new batch on 29/12 paying the £215 for it.

Cancelled that and pre-ordered a 512 sapphire due on the 21/12 and saved £17.

Nice :)
 
LoadsaMoney said:
Id edit those competitor prices out as not allowed, and you should have just got the GeCube from here as its only £187, and theres loads in stock.
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Lol the prices were from ocuk, its agp versions of the card mate and when i ordered mine at the weekend it was £215 inc delivery. Prices changed since to be much cheaper but they are all out of stock, so now i getting the 512meg version.
 
Well one reason for using a 512mb card instead of a 256mb card would be for example if you play 2 games at once i.e 2 characters within a massive multiplayer online role-playing game such as EverQuest, when I used a 256mb card I would regularly run out of graphics memory i.e everything eventually turns white then crashes, when I upgraded to a 512mb card this problem did go away! :)
 
That's interesting to know, as Everquest 2 seems a right resource hug/poorly programmed.

I'm more interested in fan noise between the GeCube and Sapphire. But as the Sapphire hasn't been released yet there's no user feedback.
 
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