Would a ATI Radeon 9800 RUN....

[kevsthabest]

without a doubt
it will run, and im almost sure you'll be able to max out all the settings too..

thing is, if you buy a really powerful card.. and your computer isnt up to par with it.. all that will happen is you wont get the potential FPS that you could.. just that simple..

but with 2gigz,, shouldnt be a problem running some of the current games...

best way to know is, if the recommended specs are below your system, it will run like a dream, if its right on the reccomended.. it will run as smooth as ice.. if its over. say hello to some sweet FPS

[elterion]

Is NVidia better then ATI? (Geforce vs. Radeon)

ATI 80% of the time makes faster cards that nvidia.

[kevsthabest]

also 80% better chance of having driver conflicts.. which Ati is renowned with.

[elterion]

Well the new geforce has better direct x 9.0 support and nvidia has more support from other companies.

[kevsthabest]

*sighs* if i would have the money.. or i wasnt living in canada where prices for things are so F***ing expensive...(hell, the athlon fx-51 is over a 1000$)

i guess we can look at it this way about the two cards... nvidia - stable, supported ati - brute speed.. crashy

[elterion]

Alienware is going to release a new area 51 model with 4.0 gigs and slots to hold 2 memory cards at once

[kevsthabest]

lol just wait till you'll see how much it would cost up here..

i was looking at one system they had. 3000$ american.. so hmm, about 6000$ canadian on a good day


i will never -ever- buy a brand name computer, no matter how advance or how great they are.. just something i aint willing to do for some reason. i love the thrill of building my own.

[splintercell]

WOW now that will be a nice card. Maybe I should wait for that and do a full processor upgrade along with it..like upgrade to a P4 3.5 ghz

I have my own custom but the case is sony Vaio lol.

[elterion]

despite what all of you say i still know that i have the worst computer

[splintercell]

so...upgrade it or get a new one?