R300

MartialArtist12 · Post by **MartialArtist12** » Sat Jul 20, 2002 8:16 pm

Not to be bias, but the IQ, speed, AA, and aniso blows everything away!

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Sat Jul 20, 2002 8:33 pm

Yep

duh

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Sat Jul 20, 2002 10:17 pm

Originally posted by Brent
Yep

duh

great insightful post there bro

LT-73 · Post by **LT-73** » Sat Jul 20, 2002 10:59 pm

Amro, you kill me !

MartialArtist12 · Post by **MartialArtist12** » Sat Jul 20, 2002 11:31 pm

What's killing everyone else is that I get one for free, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!11111

lansens · Post by **lansens** » Sun Jul 21, 2002 12:00 am

Originally posted by MartialArtist12
What's killing everyone else is that I get one for free, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!11111

Shut up!

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Sun Jul 21, 2002 12:03 am

Originally posted by MartialArtist12
What's killing everyone else is that I get one for free, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!11111

i see you show no restraint in gloating

LT-73 · Post by **LT-73** » Sun Jul 21, 2002 12:23 am

For free huh? Hmmmmmmmm, strange
I wonder what you did to get one for free.......

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Sun Jul 21, 2002 2:57 am

Originally posted by LT-73
For free huh? Hmmmmmmmm, strange
I wonder what you did to get one for free.......

so THAT's why his lips are swollen!!
.............................hehehehehehehehehehe

LT-73 · Post by **LT-73** » Sun Jul 21, 2002 4:05 am

Originally posted by Amro

so THAT's why his lips are swollen!!
.............................hehehehehehehehehehe

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

You Amro are THEE greatest !!

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Sun Jul 21, 2002 6:53 am

Ah...but do you get to KEEP it?

MartialArtist12 · Post by **MartialArtist12** » Sun Jul 21, 2002 8:04 pm

Originally posted by LT-73
For free huh? Hmmmmmmmm, strange
I wonder what you did to get one for free.......

It's a secret

Broadsword · Post by **Broadsword** » Sun Jul 21, 2002 8:48 pm

Besides all this off topic crap.... i'm goin with the R300, I can't wait. Mid August? How much do you think it will be? ATI isn't nearly as GREEDY as Nvidia is.

MartialArtist12 · Post by **MartialArtist12** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 3:47 pm

It was out a while ago I think. Anandtech has a review.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 3:51 pm

July 18th was when the NDA was lifted and the card was announced

the card will be out on shelves and online stores 30 days from July 18th

so sometime around August 16th time period, mid august

you can pre-order them now though from some places

and they are goin for $399 right now, price could change when it finally hits shelves though

tHE_0ne · Post by **tHE_0ne** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 4:24 pm

price?

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 4:46 pm

Originally posted by tHE_0ne
price?

last post, page 1 of this thread

tHE_0ne · Post by **tHE_0ne** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 5:19 pm

about $400 eh?

Ill wait untill they drop in price

Broadsword · Post by **Broadsword** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 7:19 pm

That's a lot... I was thinking about a GeForce 4 Ti 4600 though... and this ATI will double it at certain resolutions... think it will be worth it? I will wait for Tom to come out with some benchmarks. I know he doesn't lie. He's THE man.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 7:23 pm

Originally posted by OptKing
That's a lot... I was thinking about a GeForce 4 Ti 4600 though... and this ATI will double it at certain resolutions... think it will be worth it? I will wait for Tom to come out with some benchmarks. I know he doesn't lie. He's THE man.

roofle, the funnay, i love it

LT-73 · Post by **LT-73** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 7:46 pm

No doubt its a great card but i'll stick with Nvidia. For some reason i always have severe problems with the ATi cards and the Via chipsets.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 7:52 pm

Originally posted by LT-73
No doubt its a great card but i'll stick with Nvidia. For some reason i always have severe problems with the ATi cards and the Via chipsets.

just cause of 1 problem you dismiss the r300

this is the attitude I try to fight against

the r300 is NOT whatever card you tried before

the fact of the matter is the tech in the r300 IS the bestest stuff around

if you tried it i bet you would not be dissapointed, but oh no, can't do that, it's an ATI product i'm a loyal nvidia user

brembo · Post by **brembo** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 8:54 pm

ATI gotten thier crap straight with the drivers yet? I had a helluva time with an All-In-Wonder, drove me batty for days. I then got very upset and stuffed the drivers in. Once done, it was/is a great card. I tinkered with a ATI TV card for awhile and it was also a major pain to deal with, again once the install was perfected, it performed great.

64bit · Post by **64bit** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 9:10 pm

Ya I use to have mucho trouble installing my AIW too. I now know to install the capture drivers first don't reboot then the driver then reboot. It's real easy that way

MartialArtist12 · Post by **MartialArtist12** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 10:26 pm

Opening prices mean nothing. The Radeon 8500 was going for $299, I got mine for $193, and that's the first month it was out. The R300, I wouldn't surprised if it was going for $250.

And by that time, the Radeon 8500 would be around $60, the GF4 Ti 4400 around $80, and then life would be good.

MartialArtist12 · Post by **MartialArtist12** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 10:28 pm

Originally posted by brembo
ATI gotten thier crap straight with the drivers yet? I had a helluva time with an All-In-Wonder, drove me batty for days. I then got very upset and stuffed the drivers in. Once done, it was/is a great card. I tinkered with a ATI TV card for awhile and it was also a major pain to deal with, again once the install was perfected, it performed great.

What age are you in?

The drivers have been fixed since the 3286 drivers (XP) and that was early Radeon 8500 days. And since the drivers are unified, it won't get any worse. And ever since the 3286 drivers which is ANCIENT, it was no longer based on the Rage 128 code the original Radeon used although I had no problem with the Radeon.

Broadsword · Post by **Broadsword** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 11:00 pm

Makes me feel good. I can't wait, I will have BEST PC/Setup at SG.net... atleast! God I rule... I just love myself so much. Ohh OptKing, your the GREATEST.

brembo · Post by **brembo** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 11:06 pm

Originally posted by MartialArtist12

What age are you in?

The drivers have been fixed since the 3286 drivers (XP) and that was early Radeon 8500 days. And since the drivers are unified, it won't get any worse. And ever since the 3286 drivers which is ANCIENT, it was no longer based on the Rage 128 code the original Radeon used although I had no problem with the Radeon.

Ahhh it was year/year and half ago. I have since switched to a nice and zippy Ge4, but when I ditch this box, I'll have to give the ATI's a look. Seems the drivers have been improved a bit eh?

aagiants · Post by **aagiants** » Tue Jul 23, 2002 2:11 am

the 399 price tag is for the fools with too much money... They will pre-order it and brag about it, then one week later it will drop in price...

I Know this will be a sweet card, but the only thing i care about right now is, will this cause the GF4's to have a price drop??

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Tue Jul 23, 2002 2:58 am

Originally posted by MartialArtist12

What age are you in?

The drivers have been fixed since the 3286 drivers (XP) and that was early Radeon 8500 days. And since the drivers are unified, it won't get any worse. And ever since the 3286 drivers which is ANCIENT, it was no longer based on the Rage 128 code the original Radeon used although I had no problem with the Radeon.

unfortunately that's only partially true.. i started seeing huge improvements personally w/ the 6025 xp drivers..but the driver unification means nothing as the latest cats don't work w/ the r300.. another version shipped on cd to reviewers (it has a different d3d driver..not sure bout OGL tho...brent may shed light on that..)

Amro