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Best video card for a mild gamer @ $200
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18. February 2006 @ 15:57 |
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I am looking at spending around $200.00 mabye $250.00 if it comes down to price and quality. I am running a AMD 3800+ athlon64 X2, ATI onboard X200, 1 Gig Ram, 1280 x 1024 @ 60htz, want to play Quake 4 at normal settings. I also ave DVI connections and would like to utilize it (if its wort it).
Now for the Questions.
1. If I get an ATI card will it work with my current onboard card or will I have to shut it off as usual?
2. Knowing I will more than likley have to disable the onboard what would be a better video card to go to?
3. Is there a big visual difference between DVI and analog at the moment?
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dg0896
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18. February 2006 @ 19:08 |
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1. It should work.
2. I would go DVI because in the future there may be more capabilites.
3. A little bit however in the future there will be a big difference so it's worth it.
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18. February 2006 @ 19:57 |
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19. February 2006 @ 02:46 |
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System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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19. February 2006 @ 06:23 |
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In your opinion what is better ATI or Nvidia? Persoanl prefrence is ok I have always had Nvidia so I guess what I am asking is if ATI's quality is as good as Nvidia?
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19. February 2006 @ 13:14 |
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21. February 2006 @ 19:36 |
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I still think DVI, you have some pretty good points but I am unchanged.
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21. February 2006 @ 20:32 |
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dg0896
I did not respond to you answers because I did not really understand them in the sequence you answered them. Please explaine the answers.
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21. February 2006 @ 21:42 |
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22. February 2006 @ 02:19 |
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see if u can get the xl or xt editon they have beter preformance
CPU:e6600
MoBo:eVga 680i-A1
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22. February 2006 @ 08:37 |
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Distorded i have my eye on that exact model over in the uk, i think thats a good choice.
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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22. February 2006 @ 08:38 |
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It is a good choice.
If you have any questions that have not been awnsered send me a private message ASAP.
Newbies guide to backing up and playing ps2 DVD games:
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22. February 2006 @ 14:36 |
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Thank you for not telling me I made a big mistake. Now onto RAM. See my new thread.
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22. February 2006 @ 15:27 |
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lol, no problem
If you have any questions that have not been awnsered send me a private message ASAP.
Newbies guide to backing up and playing ps2 DVD games:
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visit i_suck's ps2 website http://ps2burns.host.sk
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24. February 2006 @ 20:43 |
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Thia card f'n kicks ass. I can play Quake 4 at max everything and it is flawless. Thank you wdowsing for the recomendation. BTW I still haven't OC'd it with the software included.
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Mobo: MSI Amethyst-M
ATI X800GTO (THX to Sammorris)
2GB Ram (need more)
250 Gig SATA HDD WD
320 Gig SATA HDD SG
HP DVD (it has it all)
HP-DVD Reader
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24. February 2006 @ 23:38 |
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no problem more and more ppl are using my recommendations ... help im scared lol.
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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