I wish I could get away with that .

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Mustang - You don't call Taw a "fan boy" do ya?

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Yup 'kin oath he's a fan boy, listen to him dribbling on about transparencies. I don't even know what the hell transparencies are, he's just making stuff up to make ATI sound better than they really are.

just listen to the desperate weaving and spinning to try to big up such innate inferiority, while totally failing to answer the point don't you worry Esqy, you stick with your Uncle Taw, not Mustafa Nvidia.

when/if Nvidia come up with something better than Ati, I'll be the first to admit it. I used to swear by Nvidia's, but their last worthy offering was the Ti4200, once they brought out the FX chipset and I stupidly bought not one but two, thinking there couldn't be anything intrinsically wrong with Nvidia, oo was I wrong. FX series? complete cr*p, the very top end one's were/are ok, but for the wodge yer expected to shell out, ATi gives better performance for less money. Am I not 100% right, Esqy?

I knew that'd get y'all riled up. BTW, I do agree, the mid-low end FX's were/are utter crap. But I still think the 6800 and X800 are so evenly matched that I would only buy on price. All that minor "it doesn't have this this feature" crap doesn't make a lick of difference when you're playing. I've yet to see anyone who's said "Wow you really notice that the pixel shader shades those pixels a lot better than the other card." That is unless they're studying a screenshot under a microscope and even then it's still pretty hard to say.

I've been toying with the idea of getting a Matrox Parhelia, what do you think?

LOL - Didn't know you still could get one. I thought the last ones came out in 2002. Is Matrox still around? Seriously, I haven't seen much about them since the 9K Radeons came out.

I read somewhere a while back that they got a bad rap for no good reason but it all depended on what you wanted. They were better at multi-monitor support as I recall or was it anti-aliasing? Something like that but expensive as sin.

Matrox

always very good cards, preferred choice for CAD etc without going to full-on pro kit like Pure or Wildcat. It's been a while since i last owned a Matrox, a Mystique 4 waaaay back when, but it was bl**dy good in it's day,a nd gave me no bother ata ll. Cost an arm and a leg at the time. Gave it away to some slob.

Apparently the definition is mint with a Parhelia esp if you have a good CRT monitor. if it doesn't pan out, I've still got me Raddy and i can sell the Matrox on.

I envy you. You're able to pick things up as you think it is needed. Is that a professional discount thing? *sigh.....feels sudden twitch and reaches for medication*

order em on the firms account for "trial" purposes, and if we keep em we pay trade ie what the firm was charged. i haven't paid retail for anything puter for over a decade, and tbh I haven't paid my tab with the firm for 18 months.

That sucks, I tried pulling that one on my company but they wouldn't have a bar of it. Still I suppose they unknowingly supply me with quite a bit of software.

hmm, maybe we should be sending order forms to Taw, the governer of Tawsung corp - he could start his own line in 'backhanders' - and I aint talking about the cheek turnin ones, but the broken light, dark alley tradin

A Matrox Parhelia?!?! Sure, if you want 10 FPS in every game except for Doom . The Mystique was a great card in its day though.

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i say, wait.
Damn, i just got a 9800pro
for my birthday.

I have assumed the Title of:
Tawakalna!

oh jolly good luck.