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Video Card Shopping
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xXxBG
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25. December 2007 @ 01:50 |
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I need the Best card for around $200 or so, PLS HELP
I do have PCI Express x16
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25. December 2007 @ 13:13 |
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If you can spare an extra $50, then the Ati 3870 is the way to go. If not, then the ATi 3850.
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xXxBG
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25. December 2007 @ 13:53 |
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Are your Sapphires running Good?
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25. December 2007 @ 16:24 |
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Unfortunately I haven't got my mobo yet, as it is being shipped from Canada.
However, I haven't heard of anyone having problems with them, newegg has real good reviews.
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ddp
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25. December 2007 @ 16:36 |
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why canada?
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25. December 2007 @ 16:48 |
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Well newegg didnt sell the watercooled version, so I couldnt get it from there, and I looked on ebay for it, found one for $260 US and bought it. On newegg it was 310 when it was in stock, so I guess I saved quite a bit of money, at the cost of having it come later.
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He_Man
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25. December 2007 @ 17:57 |
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Originally posted by Waymon3X6:
Well newegg didnt sell the watercooled version, so I couldnt get it from there, and I looked on ebay for it, found one for $260 US and bought it. On newegg it was 310 when it was in stock, so I guess I saved quite a bit of money, at the cost of having it come later.
Wont you have to pay import tax?
I did when i shipped stuff in from USA.
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25. December 2007 @ 19:25 |
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Nope, total was 289.90, with shipping @ 19.95 and the mobo @ 269.95
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25. December 2007 @ 22:29 |
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Well the HD 3850 can be had for around 170, so if 200 is the MAX you can go for that. It's really a very nice card. I get 11,000 on 3Dmark with it.
The HD 3800 cards, it seems, have become a favorite of afterdawn members!
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xXxBG
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25. December 2007 @ 23:03 |
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I do love NVIDIA, but i might try the 3870
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25. December 2007 @ 23:30 |
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You wont be disappointed with it. Just dont expect to get 60+fps out of Crysis, as no computer in the world can do 2/3 of that on max settings.
Every other game should run like a dream though.
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He_Man
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26. December 2007 @ 08:38 |
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Originally posted by Waymon3X6:
You wont be disappointed with it. Just dont expect to get 60+fps out of Crysis, as no computer in the world can do 2/3 of that on max settings.
Every other game should run like a dream though.
This video here is quite good on showing crysis on 3870's (crossfire)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flk8QsRLi2Q
Guy puts everything to very high, apart from shaders which are at high with res of 1440x900. He gets about 29fps which looks good to me. Anyone know how much dx10 mode decreases fps by?
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26. December 2007 @ 11:16 |
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Quite a lot I expect. Of course DX10 does also disable anti-aliasing, but since Crysis doesn't support that anyway, it's no big loss.
I highly recommend an HD3870 over anything else currently.
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He_Man
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26. December 2007 @ 11:19 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
I highly recommend an HD3870 over anything else currently.
I used to think the 8800GT was the daddy this year but the 3870 IMO rules. Once i overclock it slightly ill be happy with my purchase.
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26. December 2007 @ 11:28 |
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I'd also highly recommend the 512MB version over the 256MB, especially if you'll be keeping the card for a reasonable length of time.
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26. December 2007 @ 12:15 |
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This video here is quite good on showing crysis on 3870's (crossfire)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flk8QsRLi2Q
he's also only running both cards in 8x instead of 16x. I would think he would get better performance if he enabled them in 16x.
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26. December 2007 @ 12:45 |
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26. December 2007 @ 12:47 |
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How about NO? You can get a decent HD3850 for that much money.
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26. December 2007 @ 13:08 |
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Hmm, let's see, two 7600GTs in SLI, no DX10, and 15 frames per second. An HD3850, DX10.1, and 70 frames per second.
Go figure.
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26. December 2007 @ 13:22 |
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Haha, see? This is why SLI is mostly useless.
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26. December 2007 @ 13:27 |
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Indeed, I've got into a lot trouble pushing that argument on the forums over the years, but I'm glad to see people are starting to agree...
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