didi said:
well, i think for agp8x platform, radeon 9800 is the highest while on pci express platform the latest card is X850
lmao? The highest on AGP is not the 9800, try the x800 xt pe like in my sig, the x850 xt pe perhaps?
Glad to see an ATI fan, I'm actually ok with the in-betweens lik nubius, but the outright ATI haters like beedubya need a reality check.
Top 5 cards in order:
X850 XT PE PCI-E
X850 XT PE AGP
X850 XT PCI-E
X800 XT PE AGP
X800 XT AGP
the best manufacturer is probably HIS, but those cards are very hard to find and usually out ot stock on newegg, they come with really nice arctic coolers on them
other notables include sapphire, powercolor, MSI, gigabyte, ASUS (expensive)
all of those companies actually do their own thing with the card, but if you are looking for the lower prices then the manufacturers are going to be like Connect3D, rosewill, etc. and they will be exactly the reference design, so you know you are getting just that.
As for the step up program, I believe it is they give you $50 for your old card.