ati radeon 9600xt

Now I'm thinking about getting a Radeon 9600XT AGP 8x 256MB DDR. Deal or no deal?

I had problems running my old 128 MB PCI Express X16 ATI Radeon X300 on Windows Vista, just FYI.
"Travis King" wrote in message

Now I'm thinking about getting a Radeon 9600XT AGP 8x 256MB DDR. Deal or no deal?

Deal :o) I love that programme!! Just ensure you can get Glass drivers for it :o)
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--: Original message follows :-- "Travis King" wrote in message

Now I'm thinking about getting a Radeon 9600XT AGP 8x 256MB DDR. Deal or no deal?

P.S. Video Card Died with ATI's Windows Vista Beta 1 LDDM Device Driver's.
"Kevin John Panzke" wrote in message

I had problems running my old 128 MB PCI Express X16 ATI Radeon X300 on Windows Vista, just FYI.
"Travis King" wrote in message Now I'm thinking about getting a Radeon 9600XT AGP 8x 256MB DDR. Deal or no deal?

Any clue what that card would rate in Vista? My goal is to get my computer's overall score to a 3 or higher. With my new Sempron 64 2800+, hopefully that's possible. The only thing I don't like about my Sempron is just the idea that the clock speed is only 1.6GHz even though it is much faster than my Athlon XP was. I do, however, really like that my new Sempron 64 runs over 20 C cooler than my Athlon XP did. My Athlon XP always ran in the 50's or higher where this Sempron 64 is staying right around 30 in the same case in the same room temperatures. Until I get my new video card, I'm stuck with my MX4000, which definitely won't run Glass. "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Deal :o) I love that programme!! Just ensure you can get Glass drivers for it :o)
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--: Original message follows :-- "Travis King" wrote in message Now I'm thinking about getting a Radeon 9600XT AGP 8x 256MB DDR. Deal or no deal?

It's tricky... from what you say, it's a switch between 2 and 3... probably 3. The 64-bit certainly helps (as only 64-bit machines can get a performance (WinSAT) rating of 5), but the processor speed may reduce it. With your video card now, if it can't get Glass then it might not get anything more than a 2, but with a Glass-enabled driver card, then yeh it may well hit over a 3 :o)
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--: Original message follows :-- "Travis King" wrote in message

Any clue what that card would rate in Vista? My goal is to get my computer's overall score to a 3 or higher. With my new Sempron 64 2800+, hopefully that's possible. The only thing I don't like about my Sempron is just the idea that the clock speed is only 1.6GHz even though it is much faster than my Athlon XP was. I do, however, really like that my new Sempron 64 runs over 20 C cooler than my Athlon XP did. My Athlon XP always ran in the 50's or higher where this Sempron 64 is staying right around 30 in the same case in the same room temperatures. Until I get my new video card, I'm stuck with my MX4000, which definitely won't run Glass. "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message Deal :o) I love that programme!! Just ensure you can get Glass drivers for it :o)
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--: Original message follows :-- "Travis King" wrote in message Now I'm thinking about getting a Radeon 9600XT AGP 8x 256MB DDR. Deal or no deal?

Well, I'm making sure that I have a video card that will run Aero Glass before the public beta in a few weeks, so it won't be around very long. I believe an Athlon XP 2800+ is supposed to get a 3 on the winSAT, so the Sempron 64 2800+ I would expect to then. (We'll have to see though.) I hope WinSAT doesn't judge your computer based on clock speed. It might help me out more when I get PC-3200 RAM to replace all of my PC-2700 and PC-3200 RAM. My new K8N will only detect my RAM as 133 and when I bring it up to 166 or even 160, the computer crashes. Just like when I tried to overclock my Athlon XP 2400+ that far. The new RAM that I'll be getting in June should bring my computer's performance up by a few percent. "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

It's tricky... from what you say, it's a switch between 2 and 3... probably 3. The 64-bit certainly helps (as only 64-bit machines can get a performance (WinSAT) rating of 5), but the processor speed may reduce it. With your video card now, if it can't get Glass then it might not get anything more than a 2, but with a Glass-enabled driver card, then yeh it may well hit over a 3 :o)
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--: Original message follows :-- "Travis King" wrote in message Any clue what that card would rate in Vista? My goal is to get my computer's overall score to a 3 or higher. With my new Sempron 64 2800+, hopefully that's possible. The only thing I don't like about my Sempron is just the idea that the clock speed is only 1.6GHz even though it is much faster than my Athlon XP was. I do, however, really like that my new Sempron 64 runs over 20 C cooler than my Athlon XP did. My Athlon XP always ran in the 50's or higher where this Sempron 64 is staying right around 30 in the same case in the same room temperatures. Until I get my new video card, I'm stuck with my MX4000, which definitely won't run Glass. "Zack Whittaker" wrote in message Deal :o) I love that programme!! Just ensure you can get Glass drivers for it :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Travis King" wrote in message Now I'm thinking about getting a Radeon 9600XT AGP 8x 256MB DDR. Deal or no deal?

Travis King wrote:

Now I'm thinking about getting a Radeon 9600XT AGP 8x 256MB DDR. Deal or no deal?
I switched from Radeon 9000 Pro AGP 4x/2x to a X1300 AGP 8x/4x. It

helped. I could play at medium settings with 2x AA. Using an old Asus i815ep, P3-1.4GHz, 512M.
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Travis King wrote:

Now I'm thinking about getting a Radeon 9600XT AGP 8x 256MB DDR. Deal or no deal?

It's a good solid card within the range it represents. It'll make Vista look pretty for sure.