Lookin' for a new graphics card- checking compatability

[Blink1688]

I have an Olevia LT23HVX 23" Widescreen LCD TV and I'm looking to get a new graphics card (I have an Albatron GeForce 6600GT PCI-E 128MB now and it's just not cutting it)

I'm looking at getting -XFX PV-T71J-YHF9 GeForce 7950 GT PCI-E 512MB- but I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get a res.&refresh within it's range.

If somebody has the chance to try these two together let me know what the results are, please.

My current system:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3800+
MoBo: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
GPU: Albatron 6600GT
Monitor: Olevia 23" Widescreen LCD TV
RAM: Kingston KVR400 2GB (PC3200)

 

[SciFiMan]

It's unlikely someone here has that exact combination of devices. You implied that the 6600 was working but not well enough. Is that true? So if you upgrade to a top of the line card, I'm going to guess that it will work great. If it doesn't, then the card you seek hasn't been invented yet, if you catch my drift. Your best bet is to ask on a nvidia forum (Nvidia, BFG, etc.) as they might know the 7950 range. And make sure you include the rez and refresh capabilities of your monitor, because they won't want to bother looking it up for you.

Barring that, you could always just buy it and return it if it doesn't work; just find a place with a good return policy, and you're good to go.

 

[niz]

If you buy a top-end video card right now you'll be kicking yourself very soon as the new top-end nVidia cards (8600 & GTX 8800 ) will be out next month.

The 7950 does not support DirectX10 (or HDCP I think), whereas the new card will. Also, it will be much faster.

 

[IcY18]

If you buy a top-end video card right now you'll be kicking yourself very soon as the new top-end nVidia cards (8600 & GTX 8800 ) will be out next month.

The 7950 does not support DirectX10 (or HDCP I think), whereas the new card will. Also, it will be much faster.

no its not coming out next month, but the best thing is to wait although i a better alternative to the 7950GT is a ATi X1900XT 256mb, its cheaper and will perform much better than the 7950GT, it has DVI out and if you get an HDMI to DVI cable it will run on your LCD perfectly, right now i am doing the exact samething with a 28" Samsung LCD, but i'm using a ATi X1800XT, one notch below the 1900, what you have to understand is that LCD TVs dont run the resolution that monitor LCDs run at, for example the max res on most LCDs is 1380x768 i think while standard lcds run at 1280x1024, so any graphics card with DVI out will handle most if not all LCD TVs

 

[niz]

If you buy a top-end video card right now you'll be kicking yourself very soon as the new top-end nVidia cards (8600 & GTX 8800 ) will be out next month.

The 7950 does not support DirectX10 (or HDCP I think), whereas the new card will. Also, it will be much faster.

>> no its not coming out next month,

well mid-november actually seems to be the current plan. I forgot we're not in october yet :roll:

I still would wait rather than blow a large stack on something thats gonna be outdated in 6 weeks or so.

 

[enforcerfx]

I have an Olevia LT23HVX 23" Widescreen LCD TV and I'm looking to get a new graphics card (I have an Albatron GeForce 6600GT PCI-E 128MB now and it's just not cutting it)

I'm looking at getting -XFX PV-T71J-YHF9 GeForce 7950 GT PCI-E 512MB- but I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get a res.&refresh within it's range.

If somebody has the chance to try these two together let me know what the results are, please.

My current system:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3800+
MoBo: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
GPU: Albatron 6600GT
Monitor: Olevia 23" Widescreen LCD TV
RAM: Kingston KVR400 2GB (PC3200)

Try this, 50 bucks cheaper, and is almost dead even with the 7950GT:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102051

 

[IcY18]

EnforcerFX wrote:

Try this, 50 bucks cheaper, and is almost dead even with the 7950GT:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102051

Do i hear an echo?

IcY18 wrote:

a better alternative to the 7950GT is a ATi X1900XT 256mb, its cheaper and will perform much better than the 7950GT

 

[Blink1688]

As far as 7950's and HDCP... there a few that support it.

DVI... my display does not have a DVI input.

What you say about any card with a DVI being able to support the corky res & refresh of the widescreen LCD TV makes sense.

And even if the new engines don't come out for a while, I'm still going to wait till they come out because the 7900's will drop drasctilly in price shortly after.

I like the other card you are recomending but I prefere nVidia

 

[Blink1688]

First, thanks for all the feed back. I appreciate it.

Yeah you're right that makes sense about a better card than what I have now being able to AT LEAST what my current card can do.

I was just worried primarily about the horizontal refresh (on most res. I get the infamous "out of range" display because of that alone). I just wanted to make sure that I will be able to display the faster Refresh rates on my display... the other thing that bothers me is the fact that I have looked and can't find a res & refresh table on my monitor.

 

[IcY18]

As far as 7950's and HDCP... there a few that support it.

DVI... my display does not have a DVI input.

What you say about any card with a DVI being able to support the corky res & refresh of the widescreen LCD TV makes sense.

And even if the new engines don't come out for a while, I'm still going to wait till they come out because the 7900's will drop drasctilly in price shortly after.

I like the other card you are recomending but I prefere nVidia

Since your LCD TV does not support neither HDMI or DVI i'm afraid you are going to have a hard time setuping up your computer with it, either way it would not matter if the graphics card was HDCP or not cause you need HDMI or DVI for that.

as far as resolution and refresh rates go, as i stated above monitor LCDs produce way higher resolutions than LCD TVs, the max on that like i said is 1366 x 768, with a refresh rate of 60Hz, for some reason they recommend 1024x768, either way most if not all graphics cards can handle those resolutions as they are low compared to PC standards of 1280x1080 and the refresh rate is most if not always limited by the LCD, not the graphics card