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Location: Wollongong/Australia
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OS: XP pro SP3/Vista Ultimate
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Re: Best Video Card
Have a look at something like this
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail $130 (after rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127284
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Re: Best Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127303 is also a pretty good card. 512 Gddr4. depends what res, though. ATI normally perform better at a higher res then nvidia, but if its regular ~1024 res then go with the nvidia. 1920, go with ATI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161060 is better then both BUT no dx10 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814133186 again, no dx10 but still a very good card. you can run vista without a dx10 card (i am), it just that you cant run games in dx10. dx10 isnt that popular yet, so you might want to go for a dx9 card. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150197 is also quite a good card
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i do what i do because i enjoy it again. sometimes a little fresh air can do wonders Last edited by forcifer; 11-08-2007 at 09:22 PM. |
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Re: Best Video Card
I was thinking of a XFX PVT84JUDD3 GeForce 8600GT XXX 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
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Re: Best Video Card
the GTS is better because of a higher core and memory speed. your using XP at the moment, so you might want to stick with direct x 10. dx 9 cards are very cheap at the moment
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Re: Best Video Card
if you have vista yes
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Re: Best Video Card
no but the unifide shaders on the 8xxx cards will help in newer games while the highend 7xxx willl do just as well at max in older games
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Re: Best Video Card
even if you have vista, dx10 is new enough to really be that appearent. id go for one of the dx9 cards for now.
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i do what i do because i enjoy it again. sometimes a little fresh air can do wonders Last edited by forcifer; 11-09-2007 at 04:00 PM. |
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Re: Best Video Card
not much. it will just a bit due to the unified shader, but the dx9 cards are better and make up the difference and then some. use http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html to look at what you want. it is very handy
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Re: Best Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161060
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814133186 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150197 the 7950 is the best of them all but is $160 after rebate
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i do what i do because i enjoy it again. sometimes a little fresh air can do wonders Last edited by forcifer; 11-09-2007 at 10:45 PM. |
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