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The Official Graphics Card and PC gaming Thread
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1. December 2008 @ 08:07 |
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Like Estuansis, I saw the trailer years ago. It's one of those games I gave up on because it's been in development for too long.
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1. December 2008 @ 09:41 |
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@sam
thanks for explaining how the model nums of ati work. very helpful
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1. December 2008 @ 11:40 |
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No problem. Performance-wise it'd take quite a while to explain them all, but suffice to say, AMD are the only company worth looking at in the low or low to mid end range, I just haven't seen the nvidia alternatives be anywhere near cheap enough.
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1. December 2008 @ 12:22 |
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Though if you can find an 8800GT, that's still a pretty fast card for the money. For the right price, I would have bought one over my 8800GTS 512MB.
But mostly, AMD/ATi is still the best for your money right now. Nvidia is way overpriced.
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1. December 2008 @ 12:32 |
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The 8800GT I think is being phased out in favour of the 9800GT, the only new one I can find is the XFX one for $150, and you can get a vastly superior HD4850 for that.
The 9800GT tends to go for around $120, sometimes down to $95-$100 after rebates, which is pretty good, but the HD4830 is similarly priced (though without such good rebates), and is a noticeably faster card for most games.
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1. December 2008 @ 14:39 |
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lol
How are you watching the trailer years ago when they just released it November 30th?
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1. December 2008 @ 14:45 |
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you know, i have never heard of re releasing a trailer before..... :O
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1. December 2008 @ 14:46 |
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Alright, more specifically then, a trailer. I wasn't aware another had been released, but nonetheless, it's been a long time since I first read about BM:S, I'll believe it when I see it.
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1. December 2008 @ 14:47 |
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Check out the new trailer. Looks like they did some fantastic work. It looks in game as well.
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1. December 2008 @ 14:52 |
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Website is down for me at the moment.
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1. December 2008 @ 14:54 |
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1. December 2008 @ 15:22 |
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1. December 2008 @ 16:20 |
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Finally. Thanks for the link. Now to do a 24" Widescreen some justice :)
It's definitely going to be as good as Half Life 2. But it won't be better. It should look awesome. And it looks like it's using Source 2007 so it'll probably look better than Half Life 2 and Episode 1.
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2. December 2008 @ 16:17 |
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has anyone played call of duty 5 on a ati HD4850 just woundring what setting you can run the game at. my 8600gts runs res@ 1440 x 900 and 2xAA with all setting on meduim looks pretty good to avrage FPS of 35.
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2. December 2008 @ 16:52 |
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my 8800gt can play at high settings with no aa or af at 1920x1200 with about 40fps. the 4850 should do alot better than that.
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2. December 2008 @ 16:55 |
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The 4870X2 manages about 45-60fps at 2560x1600 with 4xAA, so a 4850 should manage around 40-50fps at 1920x1200 with 2xAA perhaps.
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3. December 2008 @ 22:40 |
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If a motherboard is listed as having a slot for a PCI express x16 graphics card, will a PCI express 2.0 x16 work in that slot? Is that just a faster transfer rate or is it a different slot configuration altogether?
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3. December 2008 @ 22:55 |
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Yeah it will work just fine.
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4. December 2008 @ 12:53 |
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Thanks.
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4. December 2008 @ 13:16 |
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A single card will anyway, for the most part. I tend not to recommend doing it with things like the HD4850 and HD4870 because they're not guaranteed to work, even though they usually do.
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7. December 2008 @ 14:04 |
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a friend just ask me if i would post a question for him because i am not sure of the answer. so here we go
would this upgrade be worth the money or not.
8600GTS >>>> 8800GTS 320MB
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8600GTS >>>> 9600GT 512MB
And how dose the 8800GTS compare to the 8800GTX
Here what i said, get an ati radeon 4850.But would he listen NO!
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7. December 2008 @ 15:24 |
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Between an 8800GTS 320MB, and a 9600GT, the 9600 will be quite a bit faster. Seeing as 320MB GTSs are near extinct, I say go for the 9600GT.
An 8800GTS 320MB is like ~30% slower than an 8800GTX except in high res where it gets absolutely destroyed. And the 9600GT is like ~20% slower and holds up much better in high res.
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Here what i said, get an ati radeon 4850.But would he listen NO!
Depending on his budget, a 4850 may be out of reach. A 9600GT would perform nicely in any decent rig and I wouldn't be ashamed to use one.
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8. December 2008 @ 12:38 |
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Then get an HD4830 instead, it's still vastly better than either of those two cards. The 9600GT is much better than the 8800GTS 320MB, but both are significantly slower than the 8800GTX. However, if you're buying these cards new, you're wasting a lot of money, as the HD4670 can beat the 8800GTS 320MB and come quite close to the 9600GT, and costs $75. Neither of those nvidia cards will be anywhere near that cheap. The HD4830 mentioned is barely over $100, and will beat both of them.
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9. December 2008 @ 19:46 |
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Ok well im not very good with Computers so i could use some help.I have a slimeline PC and the video card is very poor.Its a NIVIDA GEFORCE 6150 SE.I play world of warcraft wrath of the lich king and i can HARDLY play it.Its just awful.And i have ALLL my video setting all the way down and the shadows off.I want a video card that will put me up to exelent video settings and with shadows.About 200 dollars since this is for christmas.I need help because the video card needs to be smaller then the reg ones.And i dont know how to check if they can fit in my PC.
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9. December 2008 @ 20:09 |
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Unfortunately you bought a slimline PC, so you can't play modern games at high detail. It really is that absolute I'm afraid, you can't buy a graphics card powerful enough to play games like that for slimline cases. While there are some cards that can pull it off, they require more power than your PC's standard power supply will be able to provide, so you will have to make extensive modifications to the system to run such a card. The best you can do is something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129106
However, this card is more than ten times slower than a full size card that costs the same amount, and you will still only be able to play games at low detail.
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