Will it be a waste of money

Castle · 08-21-2007, 10:59 AM

if I were to buy a radeon HD2900/geforce 8800gts and use it on windows xp home/pro?

I wanted a high performance graphic card but no windows vista as there are many hardware/software compatibility issues(many of my friends switched back to xp as their printer/scanner does not work on vista) as well as the amount of lag as compared to xp.

Will there be any conflict or problem if I use 2900/8800 with xp and will there be any game compatibility issues as well?

Many thanks and hope this helps me.

Hanamichi · 08-21-2007, 11:08 AM

Not at all it will work really great go for it.

Castle · 08-21-2007, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanamichi

Not at all it will work really great go for it.

But I am aware that vista supports dx10 but not xp.
Does it means that I will not be able to play certain dx10 games or in fact all?

lovely? · 08-21-2007, 11:30 AM

no, you will be able to play them, just without things like HDR and things like that. i dont like HDR anyways because, as seen in the game bioshock, HDR makes water look washed out and overbrightens things, in the hope of making them more realistic. frankly, some people like it, i dont

Castle · 08-21-2007, 11:38 AM

Oh I feel great to hear that. Anyway what is the HDR? As well as many other terms like AA etc? I am a noob at those.
For your info, I am getting the 2900 for speed, enhancement and for it being a new built. Am I going into the right way to spend my money?

hermeslyre · 08-21-2007, 11:55 AM

HDR- High dynamic Range
An arguably realistic (or funny) way of portraying light Ala,

AA- Anti aliasing
Removes the stair step, or jaggies, from straight or curved lines.

AS- Anisotropic filtering
Improves the detail of objects far away

RoBBy · 08-21-2007, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Castle

Oh I feel great to hear that. Anyway what is the HDR? As well as many other terms like AA etc? I am a noob at those.
For your info, I am getting the 2900 for speed, enhancement and for it being a new built. Am I going into the right way to spend my money?

Waste, IMO, look at banchmarks, the 8800 gts superclocked get the same amount of FPS than the 2900Xt, but u'll pay around 100$ less, but if u are looking for big resolution or HD TV, i'd go with the ATI, for gaming, nVidia FTW!!

[-0MEGA-] · 08-22-2007, 03:02 AM

HDR isnt a DX10 feature, so you can still use that on XP.

Those cards are great cards, even under XP, since they will play DX9 games very good.

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Castle Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 156	Will it be a waste of money if I were to buy a radeon HD2900/geforce 8800gts and use it on windows xp home/pro? I wanted a high performance graphic card but no windows vista as there are many hardware/software compatibility issues(many of my friends switched back to xp as their printer/scanner does not work on vista) as well as the amount of lag as compared to xp. Will there be any conflict or problem if I use 2900/8800 with xp and will there be any game compatibility issues as well? Many thanks and hope this helps me.

08-21-2007, 11:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,737	no, you will be able to play them, just without things like HDR and things like that. i dont like HDR anyways because, as seen in the game bioshock, HDR makes water look washed out and overbrightens things, in the hope of making them more realistic. frankly, some people like it, i dont __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

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08-21-2007, 11:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
Hanamichi Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 479	Not at all it will work really great go for it.

08-21-2007, 11:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
Castle Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 156	Oh I feel great to hear that. Anyway what is the HDR? As well as many other terms like AA etc? I am a noob at those. For your info, I am getting the 2900 for speed, enhancement and for it being a new built. Am I going into the right way to spend my money?

08-21-2007, 11:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
hermeslyre VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 18 Posts: 4,966	HDR- High dynamic Range An arguably realistic (or funny) way of portraying light Ala, AA- Anti aliasing Removes the stair step, or jaggies, from straight or curved lines. AS- Anisotropic filtering Improves the detail of objects far away