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Henry Rollins II
09-10-01, 05:39 PM
In search of a new mighty video card, I stumbled upon a guy who was auctioning away 8 ATI Fire GL3 cards on ebay. Retail priced at about $2250 at my place, I gave it chance for a while. For a few hours I was the top bidder at some $250, sweet. But when it hit up to $600, I sorta pulled out.

I am willing to pay the price of a GeForce3 card(even though it is hurting my wallet), so why not try and go for something really cool? Agp Pro50, full lenght and 128 Mb DDR sounds cool. :cool:

But then I come to think: Would a GL3 make me any happier over a GF3 rather than just over the mere fact just of owning a video card that costs more than a high-performance computer? If I was making broadcast quality special effects it would be one thing - but I donīt.

So, if one just is mere gamer that occasionally render some 2/3D images, is there at all an advantage of using such a video card? Or might it even be the other way around?

Best of regards,
Henry.

funnyperson1
09-10-01, 06:01 PM
the best bang for buck for you would be the radeon 8500 when it comes out.....it has better 3d than the gf3 and as usual the ati 2d is superb, and it will probably have vivo