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From: vasko@bastun.net (Vassil Stoyanov)
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Subject: Re: Doom3 videocard suggestions
Date: 1 Sep 2003 13:27:29 -0700
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"Marshall" <Marshall@nospam.com> wrote in message news:<1NL4b.5123$Lk5.450@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>...
> "Vassil Stoyanov" <vasko@bastun.net> wrote in message
> news:de4941dc.0309010443.4ee75154@posting.google.com...
> > Stragiht to the point - how much $$ should i get ready for a new
> > graphics card and what should be my choice?
>
> We won't know until next spring sometime, by the sounds of the
> current rumors leaking out of id. By then, we'll have at least one
> new and improved round of video chips/cards coming out of the
> top vendors, and until we know what the pricing and performance
> is on those new products, we couldn't say. Currently, if you're going
> to buy a card today, in anticipation of Doom3 coming out sometime
> next year, I'd definitely go with either the high-end Radeon or the
> GeForce FX 5900, and get a card with 256MB of video RAM on it.
> I've heard that Half-Life 2 and Doom3 will actually be making use
> of all that RAM, once they come out. You'll be looking at anywhere
> from $350-$450+, depending on how good a shopper you are and
> what part of the world you live in.
> -Marshall
Thats quite alot, considering the fact that I live in
Bulgaria...Nevermind...So right now I'm kinda guessing that it'll be
best to wait for the games to actually come out and THEN buy a new
card. Sounds fair enough, 'specially when there really are gonna be
some new chipsets coming out till then...
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