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My Almost-daily Journal |
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| About I love trying out new things, especially when it comes to internet technology. I never really kept a journal, but it's something that I've always wanted to do. Now, everybody will get a chance to look inside my twisted, and somewhat-warped mind.
I've also subscribed to Audio Blog, so a few times a week, I'll leave actual voice blogs. Very cool!XML Newsfeed Previous Posts
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Tuesday, June 03, 2003
Radeon 9800 Pro: A New Toy... Why Not? I bit the bullet and purchased an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card. Why? Well, I've had my ATI Radeon AIW 7500 for a few years, and it was definitely time to upgrade. I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for the huge graphics paradigm, and it's finally here. I originally wanted the AIW 9700, but my analog video capture days are pretty much over. I've captured almost all of my video archives other than a few Greece '93 tapes. Also, I don't watch TV on my computer anymore. It was a nice novelty, but the excitement of watching TV while I web develop was short-lived. So, I opted for the non-AIW, which finally allows me to run dual monitors. I've always wanted/needed more real estate on my desktop, and the dual monitors will work perfect for what I do. I'll be able to run Photoshop on one monitor and Dreamweaver on another. Or, I'll be able to view two open Perl scripts side by side. It's definitely a plus to have two monitors. I ran a few of the demos that came on the install disk, and all I can say is, "WOW!". Remember the movie Monters, Inc.? That's what this card can do. My jaw literally dropped when I experienced the capability of this card. Snot bubbles? Yes! Finally! I can now play Medal of Honor or 1942 and see snot bubbles coming out of some of the soliders' noses. It's incredible. Plus, I can now run games at 1600 X 1200 with 32 bit color, and the graphics card doesn't even flinch. Also, I can now finally play UT2003 with the highest graphics setting versus a low graphics setting. I'm actually pretty excited to play some of my good ol' games with the graphics setting slammed all the way up. And, if I ever want to do any analog video capture, I'll still be able to do it with one of my other computers. Actually, Peter gave me an old Asus KV7 motherboard and an AMD processor running at 500 Mhz (overclocked to 600 Mhz). I'm going to replace the family room 233 Mhz computer with this setup, and I'm throwing in my old graphics card. This is cool because now we'll be able to record TV shows (as if I watch a great deal of TV), as well as play DVD's in the family room. Pretty exciting, I think. And the way I'm going with computer recycling/salvaging, I'll end up having a computer in every room of my house. I'm sick. I think I'm going to put the 233 Cyrix in the garage and somehow network it (either hardwire or wireless) so I can add a GarageCam! Oh boy! posted by Dino at 2:41 AM (permanent link) |