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post #1 of 10
2/14/05 at 11:24pm
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What is general time from order to the order being shipped at pctorque??

I have been lurking around the boards here for a while reading/researching for a notebook purchase to replace my desktop. I really like all I read about the 9860 and will be ordering soon. I am just deciding between the ATI or NVIDIA graphics adapter. I have always had NVIDIA cards in my dekstop systems so I am very familiar with them. I tried an ATI once and had no luck with it or the catalyst drivers.

Is the jury still out on which cards is better/more stable? Is it a matter of taste?

The only game I really need the machine to run well is Nascar 2003 so I think either card will handle that well.

Thanks for any input.
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post #2 of 10
2/15/05 at 1:11am
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The only game I really need the machine to run well is Nascar 2003 so I think either card will handle that well.
So do I
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post #3 of 10
2/15/05 at 1:48am
I am returning my 9860 for two reasons. One is a dead pixel. The other is that I ordered the ati card.

If the game in question does not support widescreen resolutions, you either have to deal with a distorted, stretched out picture, or you have to deal with gaming in a small window at the middle of your screen.

My recommendation would be to go with the nvidia card.
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post #4 of 10
2/15/05 at 2:06am
really? so what display settings does the ati support?
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post #5 of 10
2/15/05 at 2:12am
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Originally Posted by doval
What is general time from order to the order being shipped at pctorque??

I have been lurking around the boards here for a while reading/researching for a notebook purchase to replace my desktop. I really like all I read about the 9860 and will be ordering soon. I am just deciding between the ATI or NVIDIA graphics adapter. I have always had NVIDIA cards in my dekstop systems so I am very familiar with them. I tried an ATI once and had no luck with it or the catalyst drivers.

Is the jury still out on which cards is better/more stable? Is it a matter of taste?

The only game I really need the machine to run well is Nascar 2003 so I think either card will handle that well.

Thanks for any input.

Sager takes about 3-5 business days for the order to process before shipping out. It's safe to say between 7-10 business days. There are many cases though that Sager has pre-tested systems that can go out same or next day from order.

Adam posted a review for the ATI and NVIDIA cards if you haven't had a chance to see it.

http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=62285
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post #6 of 10
2/15/05 at 12:58pm
lucidchaos, I think you will be just as dissapointed with the new nvidia card (which I have and love so far). It is the game, and not the card, that dictates whether your resolution will be supported. If you play a game (Doom 3 being a perfect example) that does not have widescreen resolutions it will either stretch or play with black bands around it. It has nothing to do with the video card.
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post #7 of 10
2/15/05 at 2:21pm
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Originally Posted by Shaun@PCTorque
Sager takes about 3-5 business days for the order to process before shipping out. It's safe to say between 7-10 business days. There are many cases though that Sager has pre-tested systems that can go out same or next day from order.

Adam posted a review for the ATI and NVIDIA cards if you haven't had a chance to see it.

http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=62285

Thanks for the response...I have read the review, and just was interested in any and all opinions.

For the delivery time I am giving my desktop to my sister at college and just wanted to kind of have an idea of the timeline for her.

Thanks
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post #8 of 10
2/15/05 at 2:30pm
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Originally Posted by ikenstein
lucidchaos, I think you will be just as dissapointed with the new nvidia card (which I have and love so far). It is the game, and not the card, that dictates whether your resolution will be supported. If you play a game (Doom 3 being a perfect example) that does not have widescreen resolutions it will either stretch or play with black bands around it. It has nothing to do with the video card.
Nascar 2003 seems to be an older type of game (doesn't require as much GPU/CPU/RAM power as, say FarCry, would).

I would think that Nascar 2003 would look good even streched out a little bit; helps to see

If not, just run it in it's native mode... the game inside a black box is going to be the same on both video cards, regardless.
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post #9 of 10
2/15/05 at 8:47pm
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Originally Posted by Boogieman117
Nascar 2003 seems to be an older type of game (doesn't require as much GPU/CPU/RAM power as, say FarCry, would).

I would think that Nascar 2003 would look good even streched out a little bit; helps to see

If not, just run it in it's native mode... the game inside a black box is going to be the same on both video cards, regardless.

Yeah the 9860 should run Nascar 2003 with no problem, and I am not concerned about the screen stretch or using in native resolution. I also am getting into making DVD's off of my digital camcorder, and my current system chokes on that a little bit. (currently have AMD Athlon XP 1600, 256mb ram)
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post #10 of 10
2/15/05 at 9:22pm
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Originally Posted by doval
Yeah the 9860 should run Nascar 2003 with no problem, and I am not concerned about the screen stretch or using in native resolution. I also am getting into making DVD's off of my digital camcorder, and my current system chokes on that a little bit. (currently have AMD Athlon XP 1600, 256mb ram)
actually your ram is choking. Get a gig if you think your system deserves it.
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