What was the best present you got for Christmas 2005!?

[Ralle]

I thought we needed some new topics to talk about.

What was the best present you got for Christmas 2005!?

Mine was probably a very, very nice sweater which I have been used since christmas..

 

[Domed]

A new video card

 

[Ralle]

oh! what version and what brand?

 

[asasin850]

Uhhhm... Chocolate

 

[Bob27]

A new video card

Well I got an entire new computer

 

[The Darkness]

A comp and PSP

 

[Bob27]

that little laptop. That laptop is no where near as good as my comp Who can't even hear the sound on yours.

 

[Ralle]

I have a labtop too.. Bought it cause I was going to highschool-like thingy..

 

[GST_Nemisis]

A new video card

Well I got an entire new computer

same i built it myself and spent about £1200, it svery nice nd runs two 7800 gtxs in sli w00tage!

 

[Domed]

i got a ati radeon 9550 ..hope it will keep me with the new games

 

[GST_Nemisis]

isnt the 9550 of the old range? its all about the X800 or something now. nvidia is in the 6600,6800,7800 range atm

 

[Domed]

yeah but here in romania if u want a good video card you have to make command from other countrys this was the best card in the store :evil:

 

[GST_Nemisis]

oh i see! yeh i think a 9550 will handle most games so long as its xt or something (im not sure what the suffexes of the radeon cards are) but probably not at full graphics. the 9000 was very reliable (as i remember) i had a 9600 and it never failed me, untill i accedently installed some weird drivers, then i complained to my parents and instead of me having to fix it i just got nvidia. and ive been an nvidia fan ever since.

 

[Domed]

im an nvidia fan too..i mean all my other graphic cards were nvidia but this card was the best there....and they hadn't got any good nvidia cards so i had to settle with this...(i knew it was good beaucouse my brother computer uses this card)

 

[Ralle]

what actually are the differences?

 

[Kuhneghetz]

My best christmas present year 2005 is a small vaccum cleaner you can carry with one hand. Useful for me to clean some dusts in my room.

 

[GST_Nemisis]

mainly the drivers, name and somethings with the big chip in the middle. the actual chips are very similar, however the drivers, and the way the software interfaces with the hardware is different. personally i prefer nvidia because the drivers have become much more stable and catalyst is known for being a bit dodgey.

 

[Healingpoison]

I got BF2: Special Forces...

An amazing game.

 

[GST_Nemisis]

i also have it, although i dont think the extra £29 (and the extra 1.7, YES THATS !!!!1.7!!! gb of space it takes up) is worth what you get. bf2 original is still more popular than SF, why did they remove the planes?!!?!?

 

[Healingpoison]

I dont know. But they are putting planes back in for Euro Force, which should be coming soon.