Ati 2900Pro HD for new system?

Indecisi0n · 2007-10-15, 10:17

What do you guys think of this card ? I am going to be putting a new system together and am going from the x1900 to this card.

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz LGA 775 Processor
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel
CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD2900Pro 512MB 2DVI/VIVO HDCP PCI-Express Video Card

*note, no i dont want to wait for the 8800

Harrod200 · 2007-10-15, 10:32

The 2900 is roughly equivalent to an nVidia 8600. Personally I'm waiting for the 2950 to come out before I get rid of my 8800GTX (which is for sale...anybody?...damn)

zangoo · 2007-10-15, 13:31

what do you mean wait for the 8800, it is out. great parts, p35 chipset great fro the fsb. you buying from newegg. but overall that is a very nice computer for 900.

Indecisi0n · 2007-10-16, 10:29

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Originally Posted by zangoo

what do you mean wait for the 8800, it is out. great parts, p35 chipset great fro the fsb. you buying from newegg. but overall that is a very nice computer for 900.

I am at $612.95 without the card. Not too shabby

zangoo · 2007-10-16, 13:24

i would go for a 8800gts 320mb like this one. also with the oc on this card it is very very fast.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150173

here is a chart for videocards.

zardez · 2007-10-16, 13:28

lol and here i am waiting for my nvidia 7600 :P agp FTW

Harrod200 · 2007-10-16, 13:43

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Originally Posted by zangoo

what do you mean wait for the 8800, it is out.

Apparently nVidia are reworking it to make it harder, better, faster, stronger...(pauses Daft Punk song) and reshipping as the 8800GS or something like that, which will supposedly be equivalent/superior to the 2950.

Dunehunter · 2007-10-16, 14:19

Nvidia appears to be doing better than Ati atm, so I'd go for an 8800 (8600 is said to be rather sucky), or wait for a 8900. I have an 8800GTS 640MB, which is doing just fine. I feed it some World in Conflict every morning for breakfast.

~~DavidP~~ · 2007-10-16, 18:50

I have an Evga 8800gts 640mb from Launch and i love it! The HD 2900 pro is not worth getting it's beat out by cards far below it's price range(aka 8600gts, 7900gt, etc) Maybe wait 2 weeks for the 8800gt and 8800gs? They will replace the 8600's to an extent and will be better performing.

2007-10-15, 10:17	#1
Indecisi0n Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 44	Ati 2900Pro HD for new system? What do you guys think of this card ? I am going to be putting a new system together and am going from the x1900 to this card. Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz LGA 775 Processor GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive Sapphire ATI Radeon HD2900Pro 512MB 2DVI/VIVO HDCP PCI-Express Video Card *note, no i dont want to wait for the 8800
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2007-10-15, 13:31	#3
zangoo Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 974 Location: calgary,ab,canada	what do you mean wait for the 8800, it is out. great parts, p35 chipset great fro the fsb. you buying from newegg. but overall that is a very nice computer for 900.

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2007-10-16, 13:28	#6
zardez Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 128	lol and here i am waiting for my nvidia 7600 :P agp FTW
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2007-10-15, 10:32	#2
Harrod200 Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,055 United Kingdom Location: Blighty	The 2900 is roughly equivalent to an nVidia 8600. Personally I'm waiting for the 2950 to come out before I get rid of my 8800GTX (which is for sale...anybody?...damn)

2007-10-16, 13:24	#5
zangoo Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 974 Location: calgary,ab,canada	i would go for a 8800gts 320mb like this one. also with the oc on this card it is very very fast. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150173 here is a chart for videocards.

2007-10-16, 14:19	#8
Dunehunter Retired Moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 12,101 Belgium Location: Ghent Blog Entries: 2	Nvidia appears to be doing better than Ati atm, so I'd go for an 8800 (8600 is said to be rather sucky), or wait for a 8900. I have an 8800GTS 640MB, which is doing just fine. I feed it some World in Conflict every morning for breakfast.

2007-10-16, 18:50	#9
~~DavidP~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 951 United States of America Location: BF2 PID# 173555082	I have an Evga 8800gts 640mb from Launch and i love it! The HD 2900 pro is not worth getting it's beat out by cards far below it's price range(aka 8600gts, 7900gt, etc) Maybe wait 2 weeks for the 8800gt and 8800gs? They will replace the 8600's to an extent and will be better performing.