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Any real benchmarker has a dual boot setup with 1 install for benching only. Only takes up about 3 gigs or so.Quote:
Originally posted by Thunderbird1GHz
impossible without a reformat of windows :eek:
As much as you bench Tbird I can't believe you dont do this. It's also good for an emergency boot partition to get files if your main partition suddenly becomes unbootable.;)
I have other hard drives for that, but id rather not bother with installing windows and all drivers just for 3dmark when I can do 3dmark now and just wait till my ram comes. Once im done with 3dmark, I am done till my a64 upgrade for over 20k
dual boot is much easier, you just install your benching drivers on one partition/hard drive, and keep all your demos and crap on the other. no reformats required.
Wow, Tbird, I can smell your BS from a mile away. Not once have I seen any substancial evidence of you even running a game on your PC. Also having to uninstall DX9 is the crappiest excuse I have heard for not posting a screenshot... or you could not uninstall DX9 and just go out and buy a R9800pro. Go back to playing 3dmark... I'm sure you could run PONG at 2048x1536!
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please edit your post and remove the "idiot" remark, thanks
I think the 4200 is a good choice. How much of a benefit is anyone seeing from the 9800 right now over the 4200.....slim to none.
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I think the 4200 is a good choice. How much of a benefit is anyone seeing from the 9800 right now over the 4200.....slim to none.
I am not believing this, R U Tbirds mysterious 'friend' he keeps talking about???? No wonder..........
baldy
Ahem... You can't compare the 4200 with a 9800. :o There is a HUGE difference. Just play around with a system with a ti4200 and then play with a 9800. The 9800 really leaves the 4200 in the dust in all games. Don't get me wrong, the 4200 is a good budget(sp?) card and for below $100 retail, it's a good deal, but the 9800 is a FAR better card. It's so much faster it's not even funny. Especially if you turn up AA/AF, but it's also much faster without that if you for some strange reason don't want to play with them on.Quote:
Originally posted by Bamapits
I think the 4200 is a good choice. How much of a benefit is anyone seeing from the 9800 right now over the 4200.....slim to none.
My god...make it stop! If you haven't done a comparison of the two cards yourself, please BE QUIET! There is a HUGE difference between the cards.Quote:
Originally posted by Bamapits
I think the 4200 is a good choice. How much of a benefit is anyone seeing from the 9800 right now over the 4200.....slim to none.
I went from a Ti4400 to a 9800, the difference is day and night ;) Particularly when you get into AA/AF scenarios, which was unusable on my old Ti4400 at 1024x768. I can play damn near any game out now (with the exception of Halo lol) at 1024x768 with 4xAA/16xAF and still have playable frames.
Oh, Tbird has posted screenshots before, of Splinter Cell.
He was betting his system at the time (4200) could run it @ 1600x1200.
It couldn't, at all.
We even made a benchmark of it. Colossus, vertices and I all ran it, and all stomped Tbirds poor 4200 into the ground.
This was with their 9700 Pros and my 5800 Ultra I believe.
It was pretty funny.
The next day he acted as if nothing had happened.
Similiar to when he was guessing the "new clockspeeds" of the 256mb 9800 Pro.
Funny, the 256mb 9800 Pro has the SAME clockspeeds as the 128mb version, which I tried to tell him 100x.
Guys, this is the secret:
Post a reply to Tbird and tell him to post a screenshot, buy a new card, stop with 3D mark, anything.
Then, get up, go to the nearest wall, and have the same conversation with the wall.
They are in fact, the same thing.
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I am just stating an opinion, if you have a problem with that take your bald *** to the highway and play in it.....
i think you mispelled ***, it isn't my *** that is bald, it is my head.
given you made this statement:
"How much of a benefit is anyone seeing from the 9800 right now over the 4200.....slim to none"
it is obvious you have not trully compared both of these cards in your system, and i was pointing that out in a round about way.
besides, i like playing on the highway, how did you know??
also, i have a Ti4400 (ASUS) and a 9800 Pro and i have run both in the system listed in sig, thus the reasoning for my original post questioning your slim to none postage.
baldy
Sure its a better bang for the buck if you never want to play anything in the last 1+ years at nice refreshrate with all the eyecandy enabled and still get a smooth framerate...Quote:
Originally posted by Bamapits
I am just stating an opinion, if you have a problem with that take your bald *** to the highway and play in it.....
What I was getting at is as of right now the ti4200 is a better bang for the buck deal...
The Radeon 9x00 series offer PLENTY of benefits over the GF4.. I own a GF4 4400.. And I LOVE my 9800Pro over that card...
It is MUCH FASTER and has Better IQ.. Not to mention when you enable AA/AF..
There are plenty of games that take the GF4 4x00 series down to its knees with 1280x1024 and high quality without AA/AF.. I am talking under 20fps.. But with the Radeon 9700/9800 It would not even drop below 55FPS...
So whatever.. You obviously never experienced a REAL video card :)
bldegle2: I really didnt need to know that your butt is not balding! :D
ROFL! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! That is great.Quote:
Originally posted by bldegle2
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i think you mispelled ***, it isn't my *** that is bald, it is my head.
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Can we say *** kisser...
carefull now........................someone could take offense
baldy
You can apologize for breaking the AUP OR I can send it to Un4given, your choice.Quote:
Originally posted by Bamapits
Can we say *** kisser...
Apologize for what?
If someone is looking for an old card that will not keep up with any new games @ resolutions above 1024x768 on medium to low details, the Ti4200 fits the bill. Look, it was a good card back in the day, but technology gets old...in a hurry. The Ti4200 is a mid level card that is 2 years old. It won't keep up with new games. That's a fact.Quote:
Originally posted by Bamapits
Look I think it as dumb as **** to keep buying the same card over and over again like T-bird is doing, but if someone is looking for a new card that has great bang for the buck the ti4200 is a good coice....
For:Quote:
Apologize for what?
1. Breaking the AUP to which you have agreed by participating in these forums.
2. On a personal level, insulting him.
From the AUP:Quote:
Originally posted by Bamapits
Apologize for what?
Read the AUP here: http://www.internet.com/corporate/privacy/aup.htmlQuote:
You will not behave in an abusive and/or hateful manner, and will not harrass, threaten, nor attack anyone.
AND, to add, how was it arse kissing? to whom is he arse kissing? you generally perform this action to someone that is in a higher position of authority... from what i can tell (being on these forums for the better part of 3 years) most are equal.
So your statement / insult is useless anyway.
what the hell? Why is everyone freaking out? It is too freakin' lovey dovey on this forum.
Time for you to leave, I guess.Quote:
Originally posted by Bamapits
what the hell? Why is everyone freaking out? It is too freakin' lovey dovey on this forum.
still here..............
not for long