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linuxman94
July 16th, 2011, 10:38 PM
I might be getting a used MSI R6950 unlocked to a 6970 soon for around 100 bucks! I'm so stoked, it'll be such an improvement over my RS780 north bridge graphics (HD 3000). Currently the bidding is at $51 US and only 2 days left!
LowSky
July 16th, 2011, 11:35 PM
ill outbid you, lol
UltraNEO*
July 16th, 2011, 11:40 PM
100 bucks.. that's like umm £50 in real money. wow! awesome..

*outbid LowSky* ;)
Bandit
July 17th, 2011, 03:43 AM
Wow I just got two video cards off the auction house for 52bucks each. :D
linuxman94
July 17th, 2011, 04:19 AM
Nice deal bandit! If I could run crossfire (i have a micro-atx board) i totally would.
Dustin2128
July 17th, 2011, 04:24 AM
Picked up my 9600 GT for a measly 44$. Ebay is great for cheap people like me.
cariboo
July 17th, 2011, 06:05 AM
I picked up a new EVGA 6250LE PCI for $35CDN a couple of months back. The early Intel atom based motherboards only have 1 pci slot, now I can use XBMC on my 32" Samsung at 1920X1080. :)
Bandit
July 17th, 2011, 07:14 AM
Nice deal bandit! If I could run crossfire (i have a micro-atx board) i totally would.

I think they was yours.. hehe j/k.. I didnt get any I was just joking.

I got like 3 very good cards put up in boxes. A Radeon4670, NV8800 and I believe a another newer nVida card only a few years older. Plus a few AGP NV5200, 6300 and a older Radeon one that low profile. They all have DVI connections so their not to to old.
Dustin2128
July 17th, 2011, 08:15 AM
DVI is at this point considered legacy, it's a 1999 connection. Beats vga though.
mips
July 17th, 2011, 08:44 AM
100 bucks.. that's like umm £50 in real money. wow! awesome..


:biggrin:
linuxman94
July 18th, 2011, 03:27 AM
Just topped $120 and still a day left. Going to get a msi 5770 instead.
LowSky
July 18th, 2011, 04:34 AM
DVI is at this point considered legacy, it's a 1999 connection. Beats vga though.

DVI isn't legacy My graphics card had 2 DVI and one mini HDMI connector on it. Its a Nvidia 460 GTX, which is pretty recent of a card.

DVI is HDMI in just a different shape.
Dustin2128
July 18th, 2011, 07:27 AM
DVI isn't legacy My graphics card had 2 DVI and one mini HDMI connector on it. Its a Nvidia 460 GTX, which is pretty recent of a card.

DVI is HDMI in just a different shape.

It was considered legacy last time I checked. Not that I agree of course, I use DVI in all my monitors, and my graphics card also has 2 DVIs, though it's a 3 year old 9600 GT.
linuxman94
July 18th, 2011, 08:48 PM
Decided I'm just gonna grab this one. Still a great card at a great price.

MSI 5770 Hawk (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127490)
LowSky
July 18th, 2011, 11:41 PM
Decided I'm just gonna grab this one. Still a great card at a great price.

MSI 5770 Hawk (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127490)

Surprised you are going Radeon and not Nvidia. VDPAU is why I stick with Nvidia myself, but I hear things have gotten much better on the Radeon front
linuxman94
July 18th, 2011, 11:54 PM
Surprised you are going Radeon and not Nvidia. VDPAU is why I stick with Nvidia myself, but I hear things have gotten much better on the Radeon front

I went with the radeon for a few reasons:

1. Hybrid crossfire with my onboard card.
2. Much better performance than a comparable nvidia card
3. Price

Also, AMD supports UVD from Catalyst 8.10 onward through XvBA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Video_Bitstream_Acceleration).
linuxman94
July 20th, 2011, 03:10 AM
Card shipped today via UPS Guaranteed 3 day, so i should get it around Thursday. Once i have it installed I'll post initial impressions and benchmarks!