ram or speed

[Czspray]

i was just wondering if it would be better to buy a videocard with faster core speed or a videocard with more memory?

and it is pci... also im willin to spend 150$.....any suggestions?
thank you!

one more thing is the "his radeon x1600xt iceq 256" worth buying?

 

[trinitron64]

if you like to play video games don't buy x1600

you don't really need 512 of VRAM... 256 is more... realistic lets say.

The speed of the GPU/Memory is important. The utilization of all 512megs of video ram doesn't really make much of a difference in the midrange cards unless you are video editing or using photoshop etc.

Get yourself a x800 series if you want to game with ATI, or if you want SM3 goodies with ati i suggest x1800 or x1900 series.

Don't go with x1600... I have x1600 with core 2 duo in a mac and it can't even play video very well and gets damn hot.

buy x1600 if you like to make bad decisions... buy x800 series if you want to game on a budget with ati, buy x1800/x1900 series if you want SM3 Gamer goodness with Ati.

Hope that helps.

 

[raven_87]

$150?

7600GT bud.

 

[Czspray]

thx for the reply!

so the x1600xt wont cut it for gameing? i mostly play cs:s and bf2. so do u think a x800pro would cut it on all high settings and with aa-af settings on?

and im upgrading form a x600pro

 

[Anoobis]

i was just wondering if it would be better to buy a videocard with faster core speed or a videocard with more memory?

Generally more memory doesn't lead to a good a large amount of performance gain compared to a faster core but there are some factors to consider such as the type and speed of memory in question. A card with 128MB of GDDR3 running effectively at 1Ghz is better than a card with 256MB of ddr running at 700Mhz. Generically speaking that is.

and it is pci... also im willin to spend 150$.....any suggestions?
thank you!

Do you mean PCI, PCI-X, or PCI-E. I would hope you mean PCI-E

one more thing is the "his radeon x1600xt iceq 256" worth buying?

It's a decent card but there are others that might suit your needs depending on what you plan to do with it. The 7600GT pwnz the X1600XT and is getting closer and closer to the X1600XT's price range and is highly worth considering.

For CS:S and BF2 you might want to consider the smoking deals at Newegg (is you're in the U.S.) on the X850XTs too. For less than a $100 after rebate you'll get a good card that can easily handle those games. The X850XT is also a better card than the X1600XT, however it does lack the SM3.0 support that the X1600XT has. Other than that the X850XT will run circles around the X1600XT.

 

[Czspray]

yeah i ment pci-e

thx anoobis im considering looking to buy the x850xt now.. but i will be able to run bf2 easly with all the settings on high with aa-af up right?

 

[prozac26]

yeah i ment pci-e

thx anoobis im considering looking to buy the x850xt now.. but i will be able to run bf2 easly with all the settings on high with aa-af up right?

X850XT or 7600GT can probably handle it.

 

[Anoobis]

Like prozac26 said you should be ok although (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) the 7600GT may not be able to handle as high a resolution as the X850XT can but both will be very playable.