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Which videocard should I buy? ATI? Nvidia?
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Daggy-G
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30. July 2005 @ 15:51 |
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I am going to "Best Buy" tommorow & need help on which videocard I should buy. My budget is $350
I need something thats like 1 model under the top of the line so that it will be cheaper.
Intrested in AGP 8X with 256 card memory.
It would have to be for heavy gaming & excelent graphics for dirt cheap ... (can I get that on a crt monitor)?
If a bunch of u could reply with your own opioions, that would be great thanks
Heres the page I'm lookin at ...
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/subclass.asp?catid=&mfr=&search=KWS...
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30. July 2005 @ 15:59 |
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That card is a PCI card, did you not want an AGP card? PCI & PCI-Express are different card interfaces.
I would suggest a 6800 AGP card.
(If we take PCI as the "norm", AGP can transfer the info either 4x or 8x faster. PCI-Express can do it @16x
Nvidia has far superior driver support. IMO.
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30. July 2005 @ 16:13 |
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Being an NVidia fan, I would get the 6800GT 16X PCI.......not sure if you have PCI Express on your Motheboard?? Since your budget is $350, the ATI X800xl is a 16 pipe card that competes with the 6800GT. BestBuy has the X800 for $250(Possibly $220 with a Circuit City price match + $30 rebate)that's a heck of a good price.
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Daggy-G
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30. July 2005 @ 16:23 |
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Hey all thx 4 replying ... I don't have pci express on mtrbrd just agp 8 x the page i posted has about 15 videocards (u can scroll page 1-10) but i dont know which i should get
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dlc2000
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30. July 2005 @ 17:04 |
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Daggy-G
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30. July 2005 @ 17:22 |
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I'm in canada, I believe newegg is an american site hence the duty alone on a $250 card would be $80 plus shipping lol
Do u know if they have an office in canada or anything?
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bmxer4lyf
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30. July 2005 @ 17:59 |
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you could try www.tigerdirect.ca there Canadian and they have really good deals and prices. Shipping isn't much either.
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Daggy-G
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30. July 2005 @ 18:02 |
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tiger hmmm Ima check it out thanks everyone!!
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31. July 2005 @ 02:35 |
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31. July 2005 @ 11:26 |
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Get the BFG 6600GT OC AGP since you don't have PCI 16x:))
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Daggy-G
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3. August 2005 @ 02:33 |
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well thanks to all who replied, I got the ATI Radeon x800xl today
let me know what u all think
peace!
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5. August 2005 @ 22:58 |
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Nice Choice:))
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