Quake3World

This is the one I had, that broke:
XFX GeForce 7950GT 512MB DDR3 TV-out DUAL DVI RETAIL AGP

And this is the one they sent me:
Sapphire Radeon HD3850 512MB DDR3 TV-out HDTV DUAL DVI RETAIL AGP

I'm not very good at hardware. Is this card as good, or are they screwing me?

The 3850 is DX10 where the geforce was DX9. That's good news for starters.

you got a great deal. be happy.

ps. dx10.1. there is a difference.

point one of a difference?

.1 lol

9600 came out today

it's the next dx. why would ms bother if it didn't do something good? it adds performance features.

why is the next nvidia card going to be 10.1?

SoM wrote:9600 came out today

And at around $200. Damn, I should have waited. Just bought an 8800 gt a few weeks ago.

I think I'll wait on the 9800 anyway.

aye this a shame

9600 is 40% faster then a 8600

Whenever anyone says 9600 or 9800, I think of the old ATI 9600/9800's.

indeed,

i wonder how they worked that in the legal department...

I don't think they can trademark a model number. If nVidia called their card the Catalyst 9800 or something, I'm sure you'd see suits and briefcases popping up spontaneously.

they can't and it's ridiculous to think otherwise.

SoM wrote:aye this a shame

9600 is 40% faster then a 8600

Did some checking. The 9600 gt is about par with the 8800 gt which I already have. Definitely at least waiting on the 9800s.

i should have waited and done more research myself, i have the 8800gts 320, if i had waited i'd get the 8800gt 512, oh well