Something I would like to ask

[Zynk]

I havent posted on this forum in a few weeks but anyways. I would like to ask what is the BEST video card for what you pay for it. I really cant over 200$. I have a FX 5600 and its a POS the card has just went downhill.... I have no idea what is wrong with it the card isnt even a year old.... I would just like some feed back on this.

[Doppelganger]

if you really need to replace it for 200, get the 9600xt, no problems with it in my comp (other than damn caseis so stuffy that normal temp is >40 degrees C)

[Zynk]

What do ya think of the 9600 or 9700 pro?

[Blue Yoshi]

Personally, I'm waiting for the PS2 version to come out. It seems cheaper to me to spend an extra $50 on an HDD than to have to go out and buy a super-charged video card.

[Zynk]

To tell ya I been thinking of that now that you said it. I'm not sure for it tho.

[Doppelganger]

either 9600xt (regular isn't anywhere near as good, pro costs same as xt) or 9700 (or pro) are good video cards that kick the crap out of most other cards... i thought hdd was more like $100...

[Blue Yoshi]

It's $100 total. The game alone costs fifty, and the hard disk drive costs another fifty. It's a pretty good deal - but I seriously doubt the graphics will even compare to the PC's. Don't quote me on this, but I think the emotion engine is slightly more advanced on the PlayStation 2 version. I'm not positive though. :spin:

[Zynk]

Well I played both PS2 and PC back in beta it's not that bad.

[Doppelganger]

yoshi, the "emotion engine" is not a software thing, it is the chipset powering the PS2 (therefore has nothing to do with ffxi).... ps2 is pretty powerful for games, but it runs at a lower resolution (normal tv handles 640x480 in ntsc) and at a lower max framerate possible (game capped at 30 fps on pc, ntsc runs at 29.97 i believe, though that is almost impossible to differenciate).... the big difference is that my sweet video card has normal anisoscopic filter and antialiasing set to a pretty high level, 8x and 4x....

if you have a ps2+keyboard+network adaptor, and don't already have teh game, get the ps2 version and save yourself a few bucks, but if yuo don't have any of those requirement, it may be cheaper to just replace the card and get a good looking game


*i know there are a lot of misspellings,but, im jus to lasy adn careles too bather fixin thim

[Blue Yoshi]

I have no idea what you just said, but you seem to know your stuff. I am just saying what I heard. Although the PS2 version is cheaper, in my opinion, the overall quality on the PC is better (that is, if you meet all of the hardware requirments).

[Blue Yoshi]

requirements*

[Zynk]

Yeah, I'm just getting the PS2 kit.