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> OMGF. I have seen heaven and it's powered by a Sony Vaio
> and an ATI Radeon 9700.
>
> We just got a new store here, as part of a HUGE new
> shopping center, and the first store to open was a Best Buy
> last Friday morning. (It's a big chain electronics outfit, in many
> states.)
>
> We had to go into town tonight, so we finally drove over
> to see this monster shopping center, and check out the
> Best Buy.
>
> Now, granted it was a Sony 17" LCD monitor, connected
> to a powerful beast of a desktop Vaio, so I don't know whether
> it was the monitor or the Radeon, but no shit, when I laid eyes
> on the demo that was running, I literally stopped dead in my
> tracks and stared in open-mouthed awe.
>
> I must have it. OMG. I have NEVER seen anything like what was
> on that screen. The demo was a sports car on a round, rotating
> platform, and to say it was eye-popping bright and crystal sharp
> just doesn't do it justice.
> Maybe you folks have seen something this good, but I hadn't until
> tonight. None of the other stores in town that sell computers have
> anything like it set up for display, if they carry the components.
>
> So when I got my act together, I found the laptop section and knew
> I was in geek heaven. Row after row of them! Not just six or seven on
> display, but 5 or 6 of EACH brand!
>
> I picked out my dream machine, a 64 bit beauty of an AMD Athlon
> in a Compaq case. Built-in card reader for easy use of my newer
> Mavica with the memory stick, too!
> So, my mission is to build my own version of this at the Compaq
> site to get my final price, and then I'll know how much I need to get
> my dream gaming computer. The model in the store had an Nvidia
> onboard, and the salespeep couldn't find the specs for it, so he
> guessed it was a 128MB. You can bet I'll be checking out that Radeon
> 9700 though!!! No way I'll settle for a measly 128MB again after seeing
> that demo. Nuh-uh. Nope. No friggin' WAY.
>
> <deep breath> Sheesh, if I have to, I'll buy that Vaio rig with that
> monitor and the Radeon and lug the whole get-up to Maryland for the
> LAN party. OMG I'd love to see T2 on that setup!! <drool>
>
> Dudes, add another blade to my beanie- I've got true graphics lust.
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> I just put a Radeon 9800 into my comp...supposedly it can be flashed up
> to a 9800 pro, but I haven't done so yet. It's all purty and stuff.
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> I just put a Radeon 9800 into my comp...supposedly it can be flashed
> up to a 9800 pro, but I haven't done so yet. It's all purty and
> stuff.

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> MarkAndBrian.net wrote:
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>
> I *hate* you.
>
> Almost.
>
> I've got an LCD monitor, so all I need is that card..................
>
> I'll see your "purty" and raise you an "awesome".
>
> ;)
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