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Graphics help... confussedd??
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saadzaman
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18. April 2008 @ 12:17 |
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I was looking around and I read that if you buy a good graphics card and then a cheap monitor it is a waste of money because a worse grpahic card can still max out settings like 1280 x 1024.
So my question is what graphics card would be able to max out or be good for -
800 x 600 -
1024 x 768 -
1280 x 1024 -
1600 x 1200 -
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18. April 2008 @ 14:03 |
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Well, it depends which size monitor you're going with, there's far more to graphics cards than this. What sort of games will you be playing? What's your budget?
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saadzaman
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18. April 2008 @ 14:15 |
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monitor size is either 17" or 19" as for budget i can afford up to HD 3870 maybe a 880 Gt if i can stretch it
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saadzaman
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18. April 2008 @ 14:40 |
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sorrry as for games max resolution isn't a big deal I want to be able to play starcraft 2, i play fear the latest NFS.
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18. April 2008 @ 15:09 |
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In this case your resolution is only likely to be 1280x1024 or 1440x900. A single high end card will be fine for these. If you're in the US, an 8800GT is nice and cheap, but in the UK they're more expensive. If you can get an 8800GT, however, do. I used to recommend HD3870s to people but after a few months' first hand experience, it's clear to me that the 8800GT is the better product.
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saadzaman
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7. May 2008 @ 12:39 |
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k ill check it out
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ddp
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7. May 2008 @ 14:05 |
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saadzaman, idiotic posts deleted.
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saadzaman
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11. May 2008 @ 22:45 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
In this case your resolution is only likely to be 1280x1024 or 1440x900. A single high end card will be fine for these. If you're in the US, an 8800GT is nice and cheap, but in the UK they're more expensive. If you can get an 8800GT, however, do. I used to recommend HD3870s to people but after a few months' first hand experience, it's clear to me that the 8800GT is the better product.
how is the evga superclocked 8800 384 mb gs compared to the 8800 gt
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12. May 2008 @ 07:23 |
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Nowhere near as good. Stick with the GT, and additionally avoid EVGA, especially the superclocked ones.
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saadzaman
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12. May 2008 @ 15:54 |
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why is it faulty of something
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12. May 2008 @ 16:09 |
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Pretty much, yeah.
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saadzaman
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12. May 2008 @ 16:10 |
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how?
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12. May 2008 @ 16:14 |
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EVGA cards just go wrong more often than other brands recently, I think there's a bit of a quality control issue at the factory. Their superclocked cards seem to suffer worse.
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saadzaman
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12. May 2008 @ 16:24 |
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ok but what about the 8800 gs is that a good card by itself... also what about palit 9600 gt and sonic how are those
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12. May 2008 @ 16:38 |
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They're both satisfactory cards.
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saadzaman
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12. May 2008 @ 16:40 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
They're both satisfactory cards.
satisfactory... wow then wwhats great for u... cause i hear the they are amazing cards, plus both can play and games out on the market now can't they...
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12. May 2008 @ 16:43 |
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Oh well they're very good cards for the price, by satisfactory I meant that they don't go wrong.
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saadzaman
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12. May 2008 @ 16:45 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Oh well they're very good cards for the price, by satisfactory I meant that they don't go wrong.
wrong as in like faulty wrong
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12. May 2008 @ 17:12 |
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get the 8800gtx rather than the 9600gt
stay away from evga they have chonic quality control probs and a completetely useless support staff
i7 3770 12GB ram terrabyte sata drive 1 750Gb sata drive 285GTX graphics Sony dvdwriter same NZXT Nemesis case
Still playing Black Hawk Down why did I upgrade?
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12. May 2008 @ 17:16 |
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sam looking at your pc's
Late Summer 08: ->Alexandra v2.2 - addition of Intel Core 2 Quad 45nm CPU
drop me a pm when you want one prolly do you a good deal for oem
just the chip added over a 1000 to the 3d mark score
i7 3770 12GB ram terrabyte sata drive 1 750Gb sata drive 285GTX graphics Sony dvdwriter same NZXT Nemesis case
Still playing Black Hawk Down why did I upgrade?
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saadzaman
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12. May 2008 @ 17:19 |
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Originally posted by pcrepair:
get the 8800gtx rather than the 9600gt
stay away from evga they have chonic quality control probs and a completetely useless support staff
problem is that 8800 gtx is way outta budget i maybe be able to fit in a 8800 gt but i dunnoo
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12. May 2008 @ 17:44 |
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The 8800GTX is much more expensive than the 9600GT. It's better, but not as cost effective.
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12. May 2008 @ 19:00 |
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sorry was thinking performance
i7 3770 12GB ram terrabyte sata drive 1 750Gb sata drive 285GTX graphics Sony dvdwriter same NZXT Nemesis case
Still playing Black Hawk Down why did I upgrade?
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saadzaman
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12. May 2008 @ 19:12 |
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what about sli or crossfire anything cheap around $150-180 but can equal a 8800 gs or 8800 gt or 9600 gt
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12. May 2008 @ 19:26 |
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Nowhere near it. Dual graphics solutions should only be used to get a higher level of performance than one card can provide - so it's really for high budgets only. Now that high end cards are so cheap it's pointless SLI'ing lesser ones.
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