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Old 14-03-2004, 14:02   #16
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Re: Graphics card reccomendations ?
i am doing a mechanical engineering degree, i need to be able to CAD things
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Old 14-03-2004, 15:47   #17
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Re: Graphics card reccomendations ?
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I wouldnt bother with the SE's and other 4 pipe cards there just not worth it when you can get an 8 pipe card so cheeply.
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That may be the case now but when I bought my AIW 9800se (aound £150) the cheapest AIW 9800(pro) based cards were £300 plus. So for me the 9800se offered much better value at that time - and you have a 50% ish chance that you can run it as full 9800 as well
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Re: Graphics card reccomendations ?
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i am doing a mechanical engineering degree, i need to be able to CAD things
lol if only my uni thought the same way.
you dont really need a 512mb video card todo cad work certainly not at degree level at least.
For the most part we use p4 2ghz machines with 512mb of system ram and 64meg mx440's and there fine. If we're really good and really lucky we get to play with the SGI's which have shed loads of everything not really needid though.

I'd seriously consider not wasting your money on a wildcat if you really did need it (3d studio max stuff etc) a firegl or quadro would probably be a better choice anyway.

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Old 14-03-2004, 16:08   #19
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Well, I went for an MSI FX5700 Ultra, for £138... .
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Old 14-03-2004, 16:33   #20
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Re: Graphics card reccomendations ?
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lol if only my uni thought the same way.
you dont really need a 512mb video card todo cad work certainly not at degree level at least.
For the most part we use p4 2ghz machines with 512mb of system ram and 64meg mx440's and there fine. If we're really good and really lucky we get to play with the SGI's which have shed loads of everything not really needid though.

I'd seriously consider not wasting your money on a wildcat if you really did need it (3d studio max stuff etc) a firegl or quadro would probably be a better choice anyway.

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im not going to go around paying full price for one, im a student not made of money u know i just happen to be able to get one of these cards very cheapy second hand , cheaper than i could get a quadro or firegl for anyway
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Re: Graphics card reccomendations ?
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I would look at the Ati 9800se. This is a good card in it's own right. However there is also a 50/50 chance that you can run it as a full 9800 card, with just a small driver change.
WOW!!! Just intalled the hacked driver!! i cant believe it!! My 3D mark 03 score has gone from 3747 all the way up to 5746!!!!

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WOW!!! Just intalled the hacked driver!! i cant believe it!! My 3D mark 03 score has gone from 3747 all the way up to 5746!!!!

Cheers for the info!!!!
no problem - glad it worked for you

Just keep an eye out for 'artefacts'. As I said before, for me they only really showed up when using the video capture capabilites of my AIW card.
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Re: Graphics card reccomendations ?
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WOW!!! Just intalled the hacked driver!! i cant believe it!! My 3D mark 03 score has gone from 3747 all the way up to 5746!!!!

Cheers for the info!!!!
Sounds nice

BTW - Can I have two eggs sunny side up and some bacon please. Watch the card temp
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Sounds nice

BTW - Can I have two eggs sunny side up and some bacon please. Watch the card temp
I did worry about card temp using the full 8 pipelines and did quite a bit of testing. Form what I could determine there was not real increase in temp using 8 pipeline vs using 4. I guess they are not like the main GPU - and it's not a case of 'overclocking' (increasing gpu or memeory clock rates) - more a case of using stuff that is there but normaly unused. I also understand that the fan on the hercules 9800se is the same as on a standard 9800 - so it's 'rated' for 8 pipeline use.
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Re: Graphics card reccomendations ?
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i am doing a mechanical engineering degree, i need to be able to CAD things
Good choice of card, apparently though, they do support the latest version of Direct3d, so you should be able to get some gaming mileage out of them (kinda contrary to what I said before, sorry)
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