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Whats the best and cheapest Graphics Card ?
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4. December 2005 @ 17:01 |
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I would like to know as I need a better Graphics Card to play the latest games for the PC.
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SypherTek
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5. December 2005 @ 00:33 |
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there are a few i can suggest that have mid range speeds of about 500Mhz Memory and around 400Mhz Core which should handle any recent game (depending on the rest of your system)
If your using AGP then id suggest one of these few
Gigabyte ATi RADEON? 9600 Pro
Gigabyte ATI RadeonTM X700
GigaByte 256Mb nVidia N6600
you can pick any of these up for less than £100
have a look on here for more www.eclipsecomputers.com
Studio Comp: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ OC ~ 2.35GHz runs at 40 celcius idle and 48 under stress (aerocool GT1000 really works!), Asrock K7VT4A , 1024MB Dual Channel DDR 400, MSI Nvidia FX5200 128MB OC ~ 600MHz mem 350MHz core,80GB SATA + 200GB SATA + 120GB IDE, 7.1 Channel Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX sound and midi interface. 19" Sony SDM-HS95 TFT monitor - sweeet
Comp2: AMD Sempron 2400+ OC ~ 2.0GHz (Stable), Asrock K7S41GX, 512MB DDR 333, Onboard Graphics, 40GB Maxtor IDE
set of monitors on the way soon :P
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5. December 2005 @ 05:39 |
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hmm i think its a PCI Graphics Card which it has to be? Any more suggestions? Thanks.
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rugripper
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5. December 2005 @ 05:42 |
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thats not good bro....that interface is sort of phased out cause its so slow.....sorry...peace
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5. December 2005 @ 05:44 |
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ok then, I was thinking of getting a laptop, lol, whats the best Graphics Card you can get with a Laptop? Or good for the latest pc games.
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bitchplz
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5. December 2005 @ 05:48 |
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Whats your current PC Specs?
Motherboard make & Model?
CPU?
RAM?
There's no point recommending a Good graphics card if its going to be bottlenecked by ur CPU.
Asus P4B800 Deluxe ||| Shuttlemini System
Intel Pentium 4 3.0E 800MHz ||| AMD Sempron 2400+
2 x 512mb Corsair Value RAM ||| 1GB Kingmax RAM
Radeon X700 256mb ||| Nvidia 6600GT 128MB
2 x 200GB Seagate ||| 200GB Seagate
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SypherTek
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5. December 2005 @ 05:53 |
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if you want to be playing games id suggest a PC is better than a laptop for this as pc graphics cards perform better than laptop ones. but if you must get a laptop i believe you can get an nvidia 7800 mobile graphics card in some laptops now and you can defo get most of the 6600 and 6800 series for laptops aswell. however these most definately will not be cheap as the pc versions are expensive enough and laptop parts tend to be double if not triple the price
Studio Comp: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ OC ~ 2.35GHz runs at 40 celcius idle and 48 under stress (aerocool GT1000 really works!), Asrock K7VT4A , 1024MB Dual Channel DDR 400, MSI Nvidia FX5200 128MB OC ~ 600MHz mem 350MHz core,80GB SATA + 200GB SATA + 120GB IDE, 7.1 Channel Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX sound and midi interface. 19" Sony SDM-HS95 TFT monitor - sweeet
Comp2: AMD Sempron 2400+ OC ~ 2.0GHz (Stable), Asrock K7S41GX, 512MB DDR 333, Onboard Graphics, 40GB Maxtor IDE
set of monitors on the way soon :P
Google is your friend...
WorkComp: LAPTOP, intel celeron D 2.4GHz, 256MB DDR, 20GB hd. NO SCREEN IT WAS SAWN OFF :S (bag of crap) |
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rugripper
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5. December 2005 @ 06:15 |
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dont put a laptop video card in a desktop pc...thats insane...get a 6600 or a 6800gt you will have fun but only with graphics on med....peace
thermaltake tsunami dream case windowed-all aluminium
ENERMAX EGA850EWL GALAXY ATX 12V 850W SLI..sweet huh??
amd64 3700+ san diego 64 bit
corsair 3500LLpros ddr500
evga 7800 gtx 512 mb card
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jonni3
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5. December 2005 @ 08:20 |
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Imo the best price Vs performance is the X800 GT0 2 , seeing as it can be flashed to X850 spec which is by far the fastest last generation card :)
But if your mobo has only pci & not AGP or PCI-E then your kinda limited as to what you can get .....
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SypherTek
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6. December 2005 @ 04:53 |
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I never actually said to put a laptop grfx card in a PC for i know of the insanity due to it not actually being possible...
i was mereley saying that you can buy laptops with those graphics card built in but theyre very expensive and the PC versions perform better anyway
Studio Comp: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ OC ~ 2.35GHz runs at 40 celcius idle and 48 under stress (aerocool GT1000 really works!), Asrock K7VT4A , 1024MB Dual Channel DDR 400, MSI Nvidia FX5200 128MB OC ~ 600MHz mem 350MHz core,80GB SATA + 200GB SATA + 120GB IDE, 7.1 Channel Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX sound and midi interface. 19" Sony SDM-HS95 TFT monitor - sweeet
Comp2: AMD Sempron 2400+ OC ~ 2.0GHz (Stable), Asrock K7S41GX, 512MB DDR 333, Onboard Graphics, 40GB Maxtor IDE
set of monitors on the way soon :P
Google is your friend...
WorkComp: LAPTOP, intel celeron D 2.4GHz, 256MB DDR, 20GB hd. NO SCREEN IT WAS SAWN OFF :S (bag of crap) |
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6. December 2005 @ 05:15 |
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You are asking two questions at the same time.
What is the best, and what is the cheapest card.
How much are you willing to spend total, then you can get an answer that will actually help you.
What games are you wanting to play?
BTW game playing quality will be effected by more than just the graphics card. Chances are if you system only supports PCI (not PCI-E) then it is running a slow CPU and memory as well.
I would always go AMD for gaming.
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rugripper
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6. December 2005 @ 05:55 |
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hey big nice rig.....having probs with those plats myself...ever have crashes from games,temps are fine gpu,cpu.i thinking the ram chips are beat....i have to keep raising the volts to run them.what are yours set at....2.75v,stock 2.6v.etc?thx for answering in advance...peace
btw:the best card is the 7800 gtx ko ac3 512 mb only $699 retail usa dollars...lol...best board...neck and neck...dfi or asus...lol
thermaltake tsunami dream case windowed-all aluminium
ENERMAX EGA850EWL GALAXY ATX 12V 850W SLI..sweet huh??
amd64 3700+ san diego 64 bit
corsair 3500LLpros ddr500
evga 7800 gtx 512 mb card
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6. December 2005 @ 11:55 |
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So far no problems, but I havn't cranked it up yet, its only been running 2 weeks so far.
Only played Doom 3 and Riddick so far, as I'm too lazy to load all my other games.
My mate has his stepped up, but is using Corsair extreme memory.
First time I've opted for OCZ instead of Corsair, but that was because I got it cheap to help pay for graphics card.
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rugripper
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6. December 2005 @ 12:35 |
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sweet graphics card 512 mb...awesome....me too opt for the ocz plats alot less then alot of others....mine went bad only has been 2 months...one of the modules went bad but ocz is sticking behind it.no quwestions asked rma`ed me the first day....also whats real nice is they are taking a security deposit on the bad ram and sending new out immediately,i will get credit back when they get the bad stuff back that is great.usally you lose your pc for a week or two.just figured id tell you incase you have problems mate....peace
thermaltake tsunami dream case windowed-all aluminium
ENERMAX EGA850EWL GALAXY ATX 12V 850W SLI..sweet huh??
amd64 3700+ san diego 64 bit
corsair 3500LLpros ddr500
evga 7800 gtx 512 mb card
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 6. December 2005 @ 12:36
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7. December 2005 @ 08:57 |
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Cheers for that.
Once I start to OC the system, I will see how it performs, but expect to change it later anyway for something faster.
The graphics card just blows away anything I've used before, very happy!
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rugripper
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7. December 2005 @ 10:43 |
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cheers mate...sweet rig.....post when you oc it .....peace
thermaltake tsunami dream case windowed-all aluminium
ENERMAX EGA850EWL GALAXY ATX 12V 850W SLI..sweet huh??
amd64 3700+ san diego 64 bit
corsair 3500LLpros ddr500
evga 7800 gtx 512 mb card
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