- Best graphics/video card?
- Posted by monomaniac1@gmail.com on March 13th, 2007
Which is best? I see many brands, Nvidea, ATI, etc. Please advise on
what would be the best, especially with Vista!
- Posted by grappletech on March 13th, 2007
"monomaniac1@gmail.com" <monomaniac1@gmail.com> wrote in
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go to newegg.com and use their database to narrow down the video cards to
your criteria--like "pci-express", "256mb", etc., then read the customer
reviews. Whatever brand gets a higher percentage of 4 or 5's on the rating
scale would be the best. Or if raw performance is what you are interested
in, I think Nvidia usually out performs the others, at least they did a few
years ago. go to google and google "video card shootout".
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- Posted by gowanoh on March 13th, 2007
The Nvidia 8800 goes for around $600. It is the fastest video card
available, supposedly will work with Direct X 10 in Vista (Direct X 10 deos
not yet exist).
- Posted by grappletech on March 14th, 2007
"gowanoh" <fac_187@hotmail.com> wrote in
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I just bought a circa 2002 Nvidia GeForce MX 64MB card for the wife's PC
for nine bucks off ebay. 9 bucks. It sure is a HUGE improvement over the
crappy 16mb onboard video she was using. And it plays the games that are 3
or 4 years old just fine. See, if you're 5 years behind in technology,
you'll save TONS of money. :-)
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- Posted by babaloo on March 14th, 2007
And if you want the ultimate in video processing get two NVidia 8800s in SLI
configuration. $1200
However in order to obtain the ultimate -you can not acutally see the
improvement unless you have a computerized implant in your occipital lobes
which, like Direct X 10 does not exist (the implant, not your occipital
lobes)--you need a few more extras.
Like the fastest Intel Dual core (better quad core) extreme processor:
another $1200-$1500. If you can find one.
At least an 800 watt power supply: $200-$300
Liquid cooling for the CPU and video cards $300-$500
The ultimate Asus Motherboard $300
4 gbs of adujstable RAM $600
To feed data off the hard drive think two 10,000 rpm Raptors in Raid
Configuration: $400
Semi-custom machines of this ilk are available for around $7000.
Get the picture?
However if you just want to play games the PS3 or X-box, while not
technically equivalent, are alot cheaper and look just as good . . .
- Posted by grappletech on March 14th, 2007
I've played games on an Xbox and games on a PC, and the games on the Xbox
seem to have better graphics, playability, more fun, etc.. Game machines
are dedicated to one thing -- gaming, and it shows.
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