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Goodbye NVIDIA!!!
Well, had my last bad experience with a crappy NVIDIA card yesterday. I
purchased a Verto FX 5900SE on sale at Compusa for $199. What a hunk of junk. Performance is slightly better than my old TI-4200. Yeah, it has some cool new features that the 4200 didn't have, but if you turn them on, the frame rates go to crap, so in effect, they are useless. Either way, the part that really makes me mad is the huge amount of ghosting I get on high contrast areas...like the black text on white background here. The ghosting is horrid...it's like each letter has its own drop down shadow its so bad. It's almost unreadable. The old 4200 was clean and sharp. Taking this thing back to Compusa, and just gonna bite the bullet and drop the cash on a Radeon 9800XT. I can't believe an upper level card like this has such poor output. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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ATI deserves you..............
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like what was said stay away from the SE cards either nvida or ati they are
not that great of a card for games but thatd dont explane why you had the txt problem on high contrast areas. and the ATI group will welcome you. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, the Award Winning Anti-Spam Filter http://mail.giantcompany.com "D.L." wrote in message ... Well, had my last bad experience with a crappy NVIDIA card yesterday. I purchased a Verto FX 5900SE on sale at Compusa for $199. What a hunk of junk. Performance is slightly better than my old TI-4200. Yeah, it has some cool new features that the 4200 didn't have, but if you turn them on, the frame rates go to crap, so in effect, they are useless. Either way, the part that really makes me mad is the huge amount of ghosting I get on high contrast areas...like the black text on white background here. The ghosting is horrid...it's like each letter has its own drop down shadow its so bad. It's almost unreadable. The old 4200 was clean and sharp. Taking this thing back to Compusa, and just gonna bite the bullet and drop the cash on a Radeon 9800XT. I can't believe an upper level card like this has such poor output. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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D.L. wrote:
Well, had my last bad experience with a crappy NVIDIA card yesterday. I purchased a Verto FX 5900SE on sale at Compusa for $199. What a hunk of junk. Performance is slightly better than my old TI-4200. Yeah, it has some cool new features that the 4200 didn't have, but if you turn them on, the frame rates go to crap, so in effect, they are useless. Either way, the part that really makes me mad is the huge amount of ghosting I get on high contrast areas...like the black text on white background here. The ghosting is horrid...it's like each letter has its own drop down shadow its so bad. It's almost unreadable. The old 4200 was clean and sharp. Taking this thing back to Compusa, and just gonna bite the bullet and drop the cash on a Radeon 9800XT. I can't believe an upper level card like this has such poor output. Just don't buy an off-brand ATI or you'll be back in the same boat. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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"Courseyauto" wrote in message ... ATI deserves you.............. 5900's need a powerfull processor to be fed, if that's your case. On a xt test I've seen, it was compared the same card on a 1333tb and a barton 2500+ (wich ain't that leap of a processor), for what I remember, in dx8@1024 the no AA's or aniso the difference was 85% more fps!!! On my tb1333 from a ti4200 to a 5900 "se", as this model doesn't even exist, it's just a normal 5900 with cpu rated with the same 400mhz but only 700mhz mem instead of 850, guess what, makes no difference. I gained 300 3dmarks, no big deal, wouldn't even be worth the investment but should make some 6000 difference when my 64 parts arrive. |
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you should of known not to by a se, its not a gaming card!
hey dont put nvidia down jsut becuse you made a mistake and bought your self a crappy card, read your details about your card then purchase it. "D.L." wrote in message ... Well, had my last bad experience with a crappy NVIDIA card yesterday. I purchased a Verto FX 5900SE on sale at Compusa for $199. What a hunk of junk. Performance is slightly better than my old TI-4200. Yeah, it has some cool new features that the 4200 didn't have, but if you turn them on, the frame rates go to crap, so in effect, they are useless. Either way, the part that really makes me mad is the huge amount of ghosting I get on high contrast areas...like the black text on white background here. The ghosting is horrid...it's like each letter has its own drop down shadow its so bad. It's almost unreadable. The old 4200 was clean and sharp. Taking this thing back to Compusa, and just gonna bite the bullet and drop the cash on a Radeon 9800XT. I can't believe an upper level card like this has such poor output. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 09:38:28 -0600, "D.L."
wrote: Well, had my last bad experience with a crappy NVIDIA card yesterday. I purchased a Verto FX 5900SE on sale at Compusa for $199. What a hunk of junk. Performance is slightly better than my old TI-4200. Yeah, it has some cool new features that the 4200 didn't have, but if you turn them on, the frame rates go to crap, so in effect, they are useless. Either way, the part that really makes me mad is the huge amount of ghosting I get on high contrast areas...like the black text on white background here. The ghosting is horrid...it's like each letter has its own drop down shadow its so bad. It's almost unreadable. The old 4200 was clean and sharp. Taking this thing back to Compusa, and just gonna bite the bullet and drop the cash on a Radeon 9800XT. I can't believe an upper level card like this has such poor output. First mistake ---- you bought a PNY card (of any type). Cheesy vendor. Hopeless RMA service, takes months. Poor quality parts, especially capacitors. PNY lack of quality and support reported a nauseum on this newsgroup for the past few months. Been asleep ??? Second mistake --- you did no research. I bought a second 5900 a few weeks ago. BFG5900/128 --- genuine nonXT, SE, SP 5900, including VIVO, DVI with all adapters and the full version of Call of Duty for $175 (including shipping ) from Newegg. Overclocks nicely to 475/925 and could go higher but I have decided to limit the worst-case max GPU core-temp to just over 70 degrees C. First-class video output up to max 1600x1200. By the way, the very same BFG5900 was on the Sat. thru Tuesday sale at Fry's for $199 about 2 weeks ago. I posted that information to this newsgroup. You were asleep at the wheel, no doubt ? Third mistake --- you exposed yourself on this newsgroup as either a fool or a Troll. Fourth mistake -- you should enjoy the once every 2 weeks update of the Ati drivers. Seems as if the users function as the Ati QC personnel. Peruse the ATi newsgroup and (for example) survey the items broken in 4.2 that apparently used to work in previous releases. Non-trivial too... several matching complaints from different users with regard to BF1942 crash problems, which vanished when the previous driver was re-installed. Of course, the problem here might not be the driver itself, but a faulty ATi update mechanism in the 4.2 release which did not remove vestiges of the older driver. In either case, extremely sloppy QC............. John Lewis -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Don't put Nvidia down? Didn't Nvidia make the crappy card? Why do u think
they made a crappy card? Why all the advertisment to lure buyers into buying a crappy card? "raj" wrote in message ... you should of known not to by a se, its not a gaming card! hey dont put nvidia down jsut becuse you made a mistake and bought your self a crappy card, read your details about your card then purchase it. "D.L." wrote in message ... Well, had my last bad experience with a crappy NVIDIA card yesterday. I purchased a Verto FX 5900SE on sale at Compusa for $199. What a hunk of junk. Performance is slightly better than my old TI-4200. Yeah, it has some cool new features that the 4200 didn't have, but if you turn them on, the frame rates go to crap, so in effect, they are useless. Either way, the part that really makes me mad is the huge amount of ghosting I get on high contrast areas...like the black text on white background here. The ghosting is horrid...it's like each letter has its own drop down shadow its so bad. It's almost unreadable. The old 4200 was clean and sharp. Taking this thing back to Compusa, and just gonna bite the bullet and drop the cash on a Radeon 9800XT. I can't believe an upper level card like this has such poor output. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:04:20 -0600, Stanlin877 wrote:
Don't put Nvidia down? That's your choice. Didn't Nvidia make the crappy card? Um... nope. Nvidia make the chipset. Why do u think they made a crappy card? Why have cheap hardware? Why not make hardware at all one performance level? Why not remove peoples choice? Why all the advertisment to lure buyers into buying a crappy card? Why read reviews? |
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Stanlin877 wrote:
Don't put Nvidia down? Do what you want to. Didn't Nvidia make the crappy card? Why do you think it says "Verto" on the box? Maybe because "Verto" made the board? Why do u think they made a crappy card? You'll have to ask Verto. Why all the advertisment to lure buyers into buying a crappy card? Does Verto advertise a lot? I hadn't noticed. "raj" wrote in message ... you should of known not to by a se, its not a gaming card! hey dont put nvidia down jsut becuse you made a mistake and bought your self a crappy card, read your details about your card then purchase it. "D.L." wrote in message ... Well, had my last bad experience with a crappy NVIDIA card yesterday. I purchased a Verto FX 5900SE on sale at Compusa for $199. What a hunk of junk. Performance is slightly better than my old TI-4200. Yeah, it has some cool new features that the 4200 didn't have, but if you turn them on, the frame rates go to crap, so in effect, they are useless. Either way, the part that really makes me mad is the huge amount of ghosting I get on high contrast areas...like the black text on white background here. The ghosting is horrid...it's like each letter has its own drop down shadow its so bad. It's almost unreadable. The old 4200 was clean and sharp. Taking this thing back to Compusa, and just gonna bite the bullet and drop the cash on a Radeon 9800XT. I can't believe an upper level card like this has such poor output. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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