Impressed by the 9700-Pro

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Buzz
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Impressed by the 9700-Pro

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Just read a review of the 9700-Pro, and got pretty impressed :)
Was thinkin of a desent Ti4600 card... but the 9700-Pro is way faster and i've heard ATi cards have the same crisp output as Matrox cards do... but how is the drivers for ATi these days?

Any thoughts? :)
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Post by Hipnotic_Tranz »

I loved my AIW 32mb DDR when I had it and I love my 8500 64mb DDR now. I too am thinking of upgrading to the 9700 Pro :D I've not ohad any problems with the drivers as of late. You can always check out the rage3d boards (http://www.rage3d.com) and see what others have to say about 'em. Keep in mind, there are bound to be a ton of people talkin' about problems but keep in mind again only people with problems are posting :)
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Post by Insane Morphius »

I love mine!

Cant even pry it from my cold dead hands....that is until the next latest and greatest comes out :)

Did not have a problem with the drivers at all, unproblematic and a wonderful quick install
http://www.heatware.com/

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Post by Buzz »

humm... :) dont have the cash yet... but i'l definetly will be thinkin of ATi this round.
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currently running 8500dv,8500/64mb,7500aiw,7000 64/mb/pci :)

new drivers are very simple for the straight video cards and are upgraded on a fairly regular basis - the drivers for the aiw cards are still kind of a pain, because you need to start with the original disk and then upgrade different drivers in a certain order - i really like the video quality - i just replaced a gf2 pro with an 7500 aiw and the difference in clarity is noticeable.

my 8500dv runs stuff like bf1942 fine, and has all the other goodies
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Post by busheadfox »

Originally posted by Hipnotic_Tranz
I loved my AIW 32mb DDR when I had it and I love my 8500 64mb DDR now. I too am thinking of upgrading to the 9700 Pro :D I've not ohad any problems with the drivers as of late. You can always check out the rage3d boards (http://www.rage3d.com) and see what others have to say about 'em. Keep in mind, there are bound to be a ton of people talkin' about problems but keep in mind again only people with problems are posting :)

Have you thought about going to the 9700 pro AIW board when you move up?
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