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Rukkus · #1 (**permalink**) 02-12-2004, 11:03 AM

does anyone have any ideas for a kick ass card?? people say to stay away from Nvidia but i dunno im ignorant to the subject

My current Nvidia card freezes my cpu about every 20 minutes or so it it sucks cuz i cant game like i wanna

**Technophile** · #2 (**permalink**) 02-12-2004, 11:47 AM

A 9800XT would be very nice. Are your sure the source of the problem is your gfx card and not something else?

**Tekime** · #3 (**permalink**) 02-12-2004, 11:57 AM

Jeebus Rukkus, that card still giving you a hard time? I remember posting a bunch of shit in some thread from like a year ago, did you ever get to testing that stuff out?

The Ti-4200 is an old card now anyway, if you have some loot you will lose it when you see the quality/speed on a new card. I don't know what your budget is, but these are two badass cards:

9800XT

9800 Pro

Both very speedy cards. NVidia actually has some decent cards now, their FX line started off as a flop though so their rep is kind of fuzzy.

Rukkus · #4 (**permalink**) 02-12-2004, 12:20 PM

Thanks man!! yea i have money to get pretty much any card but i just wanna make a good decision and not have it outdated TOO much in a year

**Tekime** · #5 (**permalink**) 02-12-2004, 12:38 PM

Cool cool, either of those cards will do you very well for some time to come.

Rukkus · #6 (**permalink**) 02-12-2004, 12:43 PM

sweet and btw is their any other upgrades i should make on my cpu??? fans are dusty i should probably clean them hehe OH YEA and my keyboard doesnt work now!!i tried reseting it at the light blinked 20 times then nothing happened so needless to say im stopping at walmart on the way home

**Tekime** · #7 (**permalink**) 02-12-2004, 12:49 PM

Damn man you really put the smack down on that comp! Hehe.. well you've been gaming hard on it for what like two years now? That's crazy it couldn't be that long...

I would definitely clean out all of the fans and make sure they are all working, make sure there isn't a bunch of dust in the power supply too. Dust can cause overheating which can cause all sorts of problems. Sustained overheating can damage components too which is obviously not good. If your power supply is overheating that can cause all KINDS of problems, from locking up to crashing, etc. Take a can of compressed air to your shit and clean it all off if you can.

That's fucked about your keyboard... it could have just finally died on you I guess, I don't think it'll stil be under warranty but it might be. I'd try rebooting the comp with some fresh batteries in the mouse and making sure the communication console is close to the keyboard with no major sources of interference around.

Sounds like it's time for a nice upgrade and tune up though, if you get one of those cards you'll be psyched! They suck a LOT of power though, so hopefully your PSU isn't having any heat issues.