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9800 Pro All-in-Wonder, plus a few other questions
I'm in the early stages of upgrading my PC, again. Since I now have a job,
live at home, and therefore have no bills to pay (yet), I can finally afford to purchase hardware that is top-of-the-line now, not 6 months - 1 year ago. One of the things I'll definately be buying is the 9800 Pro. While shopping around, I noticed the 9800 Pro All-in-Wonder is generally less than $10 more than the 9800 Pro. I do a small amount of video editing, and my old WinTV card is starting to show its age. Would it be worth it to get the All-in-Wonder? Will it perform exactly as well as a 9800 Pro, with the added VIVO features? The card I am looking to purchase (9800 Pro All-in-Wonder 128MB) is manufactured by Sapphire. Also, I have a question about dual-displays. Currently I am using 2 monitors, the primary display driven by a GeForce4 Ti4200, the secondary display by a GeForce2MX. Will I run into issues with conficting drivers by having the 9800 Pro and GeForce2 running simultaneously? Or would it be easier to just purchase an older ATI card to replace the older GeForce card? Thanks in advance for any help or advice you can offer. |
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If you live at home and have a job, you should worry about paying your
parents rent before you worry about buying a top of the line computer. Learn responsibility, it makes you much happier in the long run. "Venadium" wrote in message ... I'm in the early stages of upgrading my PC, again. Since I now have a job, live at home, and therefore have no bills to pay (yet), I can finally afford to purchase hardware that is top-of-the-line now, not 6 months - 1 year ago. One of the things I'll definately be buying is the 9800 Pro. While shopping around, I noticed the 9800 Pro All-in-Wonder is generally less than $10 more than the 9800 Pro. I do a small amount of video editing, and my old WinTV card is starting to show its age. Would it be worth it to get the All-in-Wonder? Will it perform exactly as well as a 9800 Pro, with the added VIVO features? The card I am looking to purchase (9800 Pro All-in-Wonder 128MB) is manufactured by Sapphire. Also, I have a question about dual-displays. Currently I am using 2 monitors, the primary display driven by a GeForce4 Ti4200, the secondary display by a GeForce2MX. Will I run into issues with conficting drivers by having the 9800 Pro and GeForce2 running simultaneously? Or would it be easier to just purchase an older ATI card to replace the older GeForce card? Thanks in advance for any help or advice you can offer. |
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Careful, the soapbox is unsteady.....
geesh, does it affect you in ANY way how the guy spends his money....? TH "Guess Who" wrote in message news If you live at home and have a job, you should worry about paying your parents rent before you worry about buying a top of the line computer. Learn responsibility, it makes you much happier in the long run. "Venadium" wrote in message ... I'm in the early stages of upgrading my PC, again. Since I now have a job, live at home, and therefore have no bills to pay (yet), I can finally afford to purchase hardware that is top-of-the-line now, not 6 months - 1 year ago. One of the things I'll definately be buying is the 9800 Pro. While shopping around, I noticed the 9800 Pro All-in-Wonder is generally less than $10 more than the 9800 Pro. I do a small amount of video editing, and my old WinTV card is starting to show its age. Would it be worth it to get the All-in-Wonder? Will it perform exactly as well as a 9800 Pro, with the added VIVO features? The card I am looking to purchase (9800 Pro All-in-Wonder 128MB) is manufactured by Sapphire. Also, I have a question about dual-displays. Currently I am using 2 monitors, the primary display driven by a GeForce4 Ti4200, the secondary display by a GeForce2MX. Will I run into issues with conficting drivers by having the 9800 Pro and GeForce2 running simultaneously? Or would it be easier to just purchase an older ATI card to replace the older GeForce card? Thanks in advance for any help or advice you can offer. |
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On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 22:51:31 -0500
"Guess Who" wrote: If you live at home and have a job, you should worry about paying your parents rent before you worry about buying a top of the line computer. Learn responsibility, it makes you much happier in the long run. Why should he pay his parents rent if they haven't asked him to? Seems to me that that's their business and not yours. "Venadium" wrote in message ... I'm in the early stages of upgrading my PC, again. Since I now have a job, live at home, and therefore have no bills to pay (yet), I can finally afford to purchase hardware that is top-of-the-line now, not 6 months - 1 year ago. One of the things I'll definately be buying is the 9800 Pro. While shopping around, I noticed the 9800 Pro All-in-Wonder is generally less than $10 more than the 9800 Pro. I do a small amount of video editing, and my old WinTV card is starting to show its age. Would it be worth it to get the All-in-Wonder? Will it perform exactly as well as a 9800 Pro, with the added VIVO features? The card I am looking to purchase (9800 Pro All-in-Wonder 128MB) is manufactured by Sapphire. Also, I have a question about dual-displays. Currently I am using 2 monitors, the primary display driven by a GeForce4 Ti4200, the secondary display by a GeForce2MX. Will I run into issues with conficting drivers by having the 9800 Pro and GeForce2 running simultaneously? Or would it be easier to just purchase an older ATI card to replace the older GeForce card? Thanks in advance for any help or advice you can offer. -- -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:24:46 +0100
"Manu T" wrote: seems a lot of ppl in here who don't wanna pay rent :-) Seems to me that a lot of people want to tell this guy to tell his parents how to raise him. If his parents want him to pay them rent I'm sure they'll tell him. For all you know his day job could be paramedic, police officer, or some other occupation in which he gets more"responsibility" than most people can handle. And for all you know he could be living in a 50 room mansion on which an appropriate "rent" would rival the gross national product of some third-world countries. Never ceases to amaze me how many people are so sure that they have discovered the One And Only Good, Right, And True Way, and get snotty when someone suggests that maybe that might not work for everybody. It's his money, it's his business what he does with it. It's his parents' house, it's their business what they do with it. Personally my house is paid for and I've got no kids living at home so it's no skin off my butt one way or the other. "J.Clarke" wrote in message ... On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 22:51:31 -0500 "Guess Who" wrote: If you live at home and have a job, you should worry about paying your parents rent before you worry about buying a top of the line computer. Learn responsibility, it makes you much happier in the long run. Why should he pay his parents rent if they haven't asked him to? Seems to me that that's their business and not yours. "Venadium" wrote in message ... I'm in the early stages of upgrading my PC, again. Since I now have a job, live at home, and therefore have no bills to pay (yet), I can finally afford to purchase hardware that is top-of-the-line now, not 6 months - 1 year ago. One of the things I'll definately be buying is the 9800 Pro. While shopping around, I noticed the 9800 Pro All-in-Wonder is generally less than$10 more than the 9800 Pro. I do a small amount of video editing, and my old WinTV card is starting to show its age. Would it be worth it to get the All-in-Wonder? Will it perform exactly as well as a 9800 Pro, with the added VIVO features? The card I am looking to purchase (9800 Pro All-in-Wonder 128MB) is manufactured by Sapphire. Also, I have a question about dual-displays. Currently I am using 2 monitors, the primary display driven by a GeForce4 Ti4200, the secondary display by a GeForce2MX. Will I run into issues with conficting drivers by having the 9800 Pro and GeForce2 running simultaneously? Or would it be easier to just purchase an older ATI card to replace the older GeForce card? Thanks in advance for any help or advice you can offer. -- -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) -- -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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seems a lot of ppl in here who don't wanna pay rent :-)
"J.Clarke" wrote in message ... On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 22:51:31 -0500 "Guess Who" wrote: If you live at home and have a job, you should worry about paying your parents rent before you worry about buying a top of the line computer. Learn responsibility, it makes you much happier in the long run. Why should he pay his parents rent if they haven't asked him to? Seems to me that that's their business and not yours. "Venadium" wrote in message ... I'm in the early stages of upgrading my PC, again. Since I now have a job, live at home, and therefore have no bills to pay (yet), I can finally afford to purchase hardware that is top-of-the-line now, not 6 months - 1 year ago. One of the things I'll definately be buying is the 9800 Pro. While shopping around, I noticed the 9800 Pro All-in-Wonder is generally less than $10 more than the 9800 Pro. I do a small amount of video editing, and my old WinTV card is starting to show its age. Would it be worth it to get the All-in-Wonder? Will it perform exactly as well as a 9800 Pro, with the added VIVO features? The card I am looking to purchase (9800 Pro All-in-Wonder 128MB) is manufactured by Sapphire. Also, I have a question about dual-displays. Currently I am using 2 monitors, the primary display driven by a GeForce4 Ti4200, the secondary display by a GeForce2MX. Will I run into issues with conficting drivers by having the 9800 Pro and GeForce2 running simultaneously? Or would it be easier to just purchase an older ATI card to replace the older GeForce card? Thanks in advance for any help or advice you can offer. -- -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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What "it" is to me is irrelevant. This group does not exist to
discuss the merits of each others' ownership of expensive computer gear... plus paying rent is so uneconomical. He should put off moving out until he can get a mortgage. On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 08:44:41 -0500, "J.Clarke" wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:24:46 +0100 "Manu T" wrote: seems a lot of ppl in here who don't wanna pay rent :-) Seems to me that a lot of people want to tell this guy to tell his parents how to raise him. If his parents want him to pay them rent I'm sure they'll tell him. For all you know his day job could be paramedic, police officer, or some other occupation in which he gets more"responsibility" than most people can handle. And for all you know he could be living in a 50 room mansion on which an appropriate "rent" would rival the gross national product of some third-world countries. Never ceases to amaze me how many people are so sure that they have discovered the One And Only Good, Right, And True Way, and get snotty when someone suggests that maybe that might not work for everybody. It's his money, it's his business what he does with it. It's his parents' house, it's their business what they do with it. Personally my house is paid for and I've got no kids living at home so it's no skin off my butt one way or the other. "J.Clarke" wrote in message ... On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 22:51:31 -0500 "Guess Who" wrote: If you live at home and have a job, you should worry about paying your parents rent before you worry about buying a top of the line computer. Learn responsibility, it makes you much happier in the long run. Why should he pay his parents rent if they haven't asked him to? Seems to me that that's their business and not yours. "Venadium" wrote in message ... I'm in the early stages of upgrading my PC, again. Since I now have a job, live at home, and therefore have no bills to pay (yet), I can finally afford to purchase hardware that is top-of-the-line now, not 6 months - 1 year ago. One of the things I'll definately be buying is the 9800 Pro. While shopping around, I noticed the 9800 Pro All-in-Wonder is generally less than$10 more than the 9800 Pro. I do a small amount of video editing, and my old WinTV card is starting to show its age. Would it be worth it to get the All-in-Wonder? Will it perform exactly as well as a 9800 Pro, with the added VIVO features? The card I am looking to purchase (9800 Pro All-in-Wonder 128MB) is manufactured by Sapphire. Also, I have a question about dual-displays. Currently I am using 2 monitors, the primary display driven by a GeForce4 Ti4200, the secondary display by a GeForce2MX. Will I run into issues with conficting drivers by having the 9800 Pro and GeForce2 running simultaneously? Or would it be easier to just purchase an older ATI card to replace the older GeForce card? Thanks in advance for any help or advice you can offer. -- -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) -- |
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 16:17:38 -0500
bob cox wrote: What "it" is to me is irrelevant. This group does not exist to discuss the merits of each others' ownership of expensive computer gear... plus paying rent is so uneconomical. He should put off moving out until he can get a mortgage. Depends--if he can earn more on his money than the mortgage rate then it makes sense, otherwise he should wait until he can pay cash. Or until he inherits the house. On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 08:44:41 -0500, "J.Clarke" wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:24:46 +0100 "Manu T" wrote: seems a lot of ppl in here who don't wanna pay rent :-) Seems to me that a lot of people want to tell this guy to tell his parents how to raise him. If his parents want him to pay them rent I'm sure they'll tell him. For all you know his day job could be paramedic, police officer, or some other occupation in which he gets more"responsibility" than most people can handle. And for all you know he could be living in a 50 room mansion on which an appropriate "rent" would rival the gross national product of some third-world countries. Never ceases to amaze me how many people are so sure that they have discovered the One And Only Good, Right, And True Way, and get snotty when someone suggests that maybe that might not work for everybody. It's his money, it's his business what he does with it. It's his parents' house, it's their business what they do with it. Personally my house is paid for and I've got no kids living at home so it's no skin off my butt one way or the other. "J.Clarke" wrote in message ... On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 22:51:31 -0500 "Guess Who" wrote: If you live at home and have a job, you should worry about paying your parents rent before you worry about buying a top of the line computer. Learn responsibility, it makes you much happier in the long run. Why should he pay his parents rent if they haven't asked him to? Seems to me that that's their business and not yours. "Venadium" wrote in message ... I'm in the early stages of upgrading my PC, again. Since I now have a job, live at home, and therefore have no bills to pay (yet), I can finally afford to purchase hardware that is top-of-the-line now, not 6 months - 1 year ago. One of the things I'll definately be buying is the 9800 Pro. While shopping around, I noticed the 9800 Pro All-in-Wonder is generally less than$10 more than the 9800 Pro. I do a small amount of video editing, and my old WinTV card is starting to show its age. Would it be worth it to get the All-in-Wonder? Will it perform exactly as well as a 9800 Pro, with the added VIVO features? The card I am looking to purchase (9800 Pro All-in-Wonder 128MB) is manufactured by Sapphire. Also, I have a question about dual-displays. Currently I am using 2 monitors, the primary display driven by a GeForce4 Ti4200, the secondary display by a GeForce2MX. Will I run into issues with conficting drivers by having the 9800 Pro and GeForce2 running simultaneously? Or would it be easier to just purchase an older ATI card to replace the older GeForce card? Thanks in advance for any help or advice you can offer. -- -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) -- -- -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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