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I have just spoken to somebody, and he has offered to sell me his old graphics card for £35... The graphics card that he wants to sell me is the nVidia GeForce FX5700LE (256Mb).

I spoke to squall, and yet again, he has put down something that I own, so I thought I should ask on here, he said that my current graphics card is better than it... (ATi Radeon 9000 [64Mb]), I don't know what to say...

Which is better, keep in mind that I'm getting the 5700Le for £35!

there must be some flaw or click, otherwise no one would sell such a card for a lil amount as that.
have u asked wat makes him sell the card?

squall said a Radeon 900 is better than a GeForce FX5700? WTF?

Go for the GeForce mate - it's much better than your current Radeon.

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Originally posted by Rubber Stamp
there must be some flaw or click, otherwise no one would sell such a card for a lil amount as that.
have u asked wat makes him sell the card?

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No, the guy I know is very trustworthy and a good friend, which is why he is selling it to me for this price. It is 100& working condition, the main reason for selling is that his new nVidia 6800GT should be there soon .

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Originally posted by raceprouk
Go for the GeForce mate - it's much better than your current Radeon.

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But why is it, Squall comes out with all of this pixel shading 2.0 crap, I mean, speak to me like you'd speak to a normal person, not like you'd speak to the guy who actually designs the graphics cards .

The Radeon 9000 was rival to the GeForce 4 series. A GeForce FX5700LE is newer than a GeForce 4. 'Nuff said really.
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As for all this pixel shading 2.0 crap, that's only really of benefit to techheads and uber-geeks. Or advertisers, who don't understand it, but think 'Wow, Pixel Shader 2.0! Must be better than 1.0.', which it is to be fair. But anyway, most people don't care much about the details. All they want is something that does the job, and does it well.

And a GeForce FX5700LE does the job better than a Radeon 9000.

Edit: Tip for the future - don't bother asking squall about graphics cards. He goes on at length about crap no-one cares for, gets info from questionable places, and can't accept when he's wrong. If you remember the whole NTFS v FAT32 issue ages ago, it didn't matter to him how many CompScis or server admins told him he was wrong, he wouldn't admit it. And it was all about a fault that doesn't exist.

Okay then, I think I've made my mind up that I'm going to buy it, I mean, it's a bargain! £35, that includes P&P aswell, and it comes in the original box, I can either wait 2 weeks to pay for it, or sell something random on ebay...

I have sort of got to the point where I am no longer listening to Squall anymore, I've had too much of him always thinking he's right and going on about all of this tech balls, and for some reason, anything that I have, he has something better than it...

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Originally posted by raceprouk
squall said a Radeon 900 is better than a GeForce FX5700? WTF?

Go for the GeForce mate - it's much better than your current Radeon.

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NVidia is the best

nvidia>ati.

I have a 9600PRO (Asus/AGP8X, fits on 4X.) on my computer, not being mucho used, could sell it for a resonable price.

i'm using a5700le 256mb and its a decent card, i've had it running dual monitors on 1280*960 since febuary. i can run most games on decent settings.