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i have the latest catalyst drivers now, things r looking better now. far cry is still low though (i think 1 gig of memory would help that). does ne one know when the next card for ati comes out (so the current cards x800, x850 come down in price)??

I want to be able to play current games @ high settings and future games @ medium to high settings. i upgrade about every 1 1/2 to 2 years. my 9800pro can only display medium to low settings on games such as farcry, half-life 2, etc. is this about normal? so will the x800xl (or x700 for that matter) give me the next 2 years on at least medium settings?? thanx for the predictions.

have u tried the card on another working system to see if its not the card itself? i know when i took mine out to upgrade fan/heatsink i put it back in to have the same problem. got it replaced @ no cost and everything worked. good luck

one year old: sapphire 9800pro 128mb (w/ artic cooler) $240 thinking: sapphire x800xl 256mb $325 http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814102538 looking to sell the 9800pro for around $140 (still taking offers) worth it for gaming?

thanx for the ideas... for muffin: so ur saying put your #1 and #2 partitions on the RAID0 setup and #3 (Backup) on the IDE? How would that work if my IDE is 120GB and my RAID0 will be 320GB? have read about backup programs, but don't know much about how they work cuz never used'em. i do like the setup though. if i formated/reinstalled the C:\ w/ the OS on it, would previously installed games/programs still function right?

Hello everyone, been looking through the boards, lots of good info and smart ppl. I searched around but i couldn't find a post where ne one mentions a good strategy for installing windows xp. i have two 160gb SATA drives in RaidO and one 120gb IDE drive. wondering what would be best setup (performance, cleaning, and stability wise). Example: windows xp in seperate partition on SATA drives paging file in seperate partition on SATA (needed?) Most used programs/games in seperate partition on SATA long term storage, rarely accessed stuff on IDE ne ideas, suggestions, explanations, wutever, would be mighty helpful. thanx in advance.