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Old Mar 14, 2003, 12:24 PM   #1
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Cool! Getting a 9700Pro!
I'm going to be getting a Gigabyte Maya II Radeon 9700 Pro!

293$ shipped!
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Old Mar 14, 2003, 12:45 PM   #2
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Sweeet, you're gonna love it. Wait 'till you see how good your games will look
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Old Mar 14, 2003, 12:57 PM   #3
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Sweeet, you're gonna love it. Wait 'till you see how good your games will look
I can't wait!
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Old Mar 14, 2003, 01:18 PM   #4
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It is awesome cranking up the AA and AF all games just look awesome
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Old Mar 15, 2003, 08:42 AM   #5
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Let us know how you get on with the card Dom!
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Old Mar 15, 2003, 08:47 AM   #6
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Re: Getting a 9700Pro!
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I'm going to be getting a Gigabyte Maya II II Radeon 9700 Pro!

293$ shipped!
congrats and welcome to the team !
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Old Mar 15, 2003, 09:26 AM   #7
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Let us know how you get on with the card Dom!
Sure will.
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Old Mar 15, 2003, 09:28 AM   #8
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Re: Re: Getting a 9700Pro!
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congrats and welcome to the team !
Thanks.

Always wanted to try one of these babbies out.
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Old Mar 15, 2003, 10:52 AM   #9
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im waiting for the 9800 PRO to come out... then i'll get that.
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Old Mar 15, 2003, 10:57 AM   #10
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im waiting for the 9800 PRO to come out... then i'll get that.
Yeah, not a big defference in the two though. I hear the 9800 is just a revised 9700Pro.
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Old Mar 15, 2003, 11:34 AM   #11
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whats the ETA dom?
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Old Mar 15, 2003, 11:42 AM   #12
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Estimated Time of Arrival?
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Old Mar 15, 2003, 11:56 AM   #13
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Well, guys. I won it on eBay, I'm yet to pay the seller because I'm waiting for the money to be transfered from my bank account to my PayPal account. That'll probally take 3 days from today, then I will pay the seller, and it should be shipped the next day via FedEx ground. So probally another week.
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Old Mar 15, 2003, 12:20 PM   #14
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*yuck*..... /me hates waiting but is all too familiar with it
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Old Mar 15, 2003, 03:19 PM   #15
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*yuck*..... /me hates waiting but is all too familiar with it
Yeah, especially 'cuz your in Israel.
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Old Mar 16, 2003, 04:13 AM   #16
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Nice. I might buy a new card soon too. I was thinking...

The nVidia Quadro FX 2000



But for now I'm stuck with this crappy GeForce 2
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Old Mar 16, 2003, 04:51 AM   #17
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System Specs

I had an Elsa card along time ago..think it was one of the TNT Ultra's. Great company but why a Quadro board since their optimized for specific applications?

If you want to do that kind of work this card would be better.



Evolutionary Wildcat VP Visual Processing Unit (VPU)

* Over 200 32-bit processors dedicated to graphics processing
* 512 MB 256-bit DDR memory interface, 200 Gflops, and 1.2 TeraOps of processing power to enhance speed and performance
* Dual 370 MHz, 10-bit RAMDACs for flawless color and quality display

High-Level Programming Architecture

High-Level Programming Architecture is programmable for future CAD and DCC application advancements following evolving industry standards
Geometry Processing

* 16 dedicated 32-bit floating-point geometry processors
* Flexible surface and vertex processing
* 16 lights accelerated in hardware
* 32-bit Z-buffer minimizes the annoying flicker of triangle transposition

Texture Processing

* 128 dedicated 32-bit floating-point texture processors
* Up to eight, simultaneous textures in a single pass
* Programmable texture formats and filters for maximum texture flexibility

Pixel Processing

* 64 dedicated 32-bit integer pixel processors
* Programmable antialiasing supporting a wide range of antialiasing options
* Up to eight multi-samples in a single pass
* Programmable image processing and compositing

Virtual Memory Architecture

* Memory stored as L2 cache for faster access to frequently used data
* Seamless handling of large datasets - even when they exceed the card memory limits
* Designed for optimal buffer download performance
* Automatically pages out unused buffers for maximum efficiency

Flexible Dual Display

* Full 2D and 3D acceleration on two displays from a single card
* Double buffered hardware overlays
* Two analog displays (2 DVI-VGA adapters included), or one analog and one digital display, or two digital displays
* Dual display control panel and Window Manager

Drivers

* Unified, highly optimized, certified OpenGL and Direct3D drivers that run on any Wildcat VP board
* Custom 3D Studio Max drivers
* Acuity Window Manager provides precision window control on dual displays
* Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000
* OpenGL 1.3 with shader extensions
* DirectX 8.1 with vertex shader 1.1 and pixel shader 1.2
* Prototype OpenGL 2.0 drivers on request

High-Quality Video Processing

* Hardware color-space conversion
* Native support for YUV422 video (YUY2 and UYVY)
* High-quality up/down scaling

Display Connectors

* Dual DVI-I connectors
* Two (2) analog display adapters included
* DDC1/2b/2b+ support
* VESA display power management

Package Contents

* Wildcat VP Pro professional graphics accelerator
* Installation Guide
* Two (2)DVI-VGA adapters
* Driver CD, including virtual desktop manager and bonus applications

Wildcat VP 990 Pro

The Wildcat VP 970 128 MB is only $1,199.00 so just imagine how much this beast costs!!!
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Old Mar 16, 2003, 06:47 AM   #18
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The Quadro FX 2000 retails for around $1,899, and that's cheap! Other places sell them for well over 2 grand.
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Old Mar 16, 2003, 06:50 PM   #19
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Well, If you're gonna get a Wildcat, might as well be the best of the best:
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Old Mar 16, 2003, 07:01 PM   #20
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Well, If you're gonna get a Wildcat, might as well be the best of the best:

I don't think that honkin thing would fit in my computer!
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Old Mar 17, 2003, 03:42 AM   #21
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You're right!
It needs the following things to work:
  • Intel® E7505 or Intel® E7205 AGP 8x chipset
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP2) or Windows XP
  • One AGP Pro 50 slot
  • One open PCI slots adjacent to the AGP Pro 50 slot for cooling and mechanical
  • 128MB min. system memory, 512MB or more for best performance
  • 3 MB of free space on hard drive for the video display driver software
  • 50W of available power
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Old Mar 19, 2003, 07:41 PM   #22
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OKay guys, it's all paid for, should ship tomorrow!
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Old Mar 19, 2003, 07:55 PM   #23
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I hope you recieve everything safely Dom.
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Old Mar 22, 2003, 01:15 PM   #24
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Well the card shipped yesterday via Priority Mail, altough I specificly asked the seller to send it via FedEx (he said he would), so that I may track it. Card should be here Monday, hopefuly. And of course I will provide you guys benchies for your comparing pleasure.
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Old Mar 22, 2003, 01:19 PM   #25
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I don't think that honkin thing would fit in my computer!

Hehe, I was about to say the same thing. What a big sucker...
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Old Mar 24, 2003, 08:53 AM   #26
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It's here!
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Old Mar 24, 2003, 09:04 AM   #27
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woohooo!!! just give yourself a proper install (referrably a clean OS install) and you'll LOVE it!!!
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Old Mar 24, 2003, 09:16 AM   #28
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Excellent DOM!!! Enjoy that great card bud!