Supplies of higher-end graphics chips are currently running short of demand by about 20 percent, which may affect some graphics card makers' efforts to boost their October sales, according to sources at Taiwan graphics card makers. Read more
Motherboard maker Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), which terminated its graphics card production in 2004, is looking to resume the business in 2006, the Chinese-language Apple Daily cited company sources as saying. Read more
Windows Vista, Microsoft's next generation OS, is expected to help graphics card makers see increased profits from rising high-end card demand, according to graphics card makers in Taiwan. Read more
Micro-Star International (MSI) on August 8 introduced its MSI NX7600GT Diamond Plus graphics card, the world's first, as the company claims, graphics card that is certified to support High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) technology. Read more
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Profile: stranger
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Aye, I need some help on deciding on a new video card. I've looked at a couple cards and a few ideas, and I came down to two choices. I could also take a few suggestions. The more help, the better. |
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Profile: enthusiast
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#1 will beat the pants off #2. Always.
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Profile: addict
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the 8800GS OC is a very good choice too dude on a budget:
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Profile: stranger
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I took a look at those, and they were PCI-E 2.0. I'm not sure if I could run those on a PCI-E x16 (not 2.0), but I could be wrong. Message edited by Zypheres on 07-26-2008 at 03:46:51 AM |
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FYI 9600GSO = 8800GS, Nvidia just basically rebranded the card. However I would still get both with the same name to be on the safe side. |
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Profile: addict
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yeah. |
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Profile: member
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Any card can run well on an PCI-E 16 1.1 slot with no measurable loss in performance. The bandwidth ceiling is still high enough. A gtx 260 might be your best bet because it will give you the option have sli-ing them later, but with you budget the 4870 is still the best single GPU. |
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Some call me ... Tim?
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As mothergoose pointed out, the PCI-E 2.0 standard is backward compatible, so the v2.0 cards will run in your v1.1 slots.
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Profile: stranger
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Another thought popped up. Wouldn't dual-input decrease my bottlenecking, or the use of 2 GPUs be better?
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Rich and Chocolatey
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Choice 2 is only better at very low resolution - Choice 1 will always be better at higher resolutions or with anti-aliasing enabled. |
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Profile: stranger
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Okay, thanks for all the help. I'm off to build this beast. But before I do, any advice with my other parts?
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I am ten
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http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] CatId=2349 180 after rebate plus vision tech has lifetime warrenty.
Message edited by kelfen on 07-26-2008 at 04:41:16 AM |
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Bah, get 2 8800GT for $130 each after rebate
Message edited by dirtmountain on 07-26-2008 at 05:10:02 AM |
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Profile: addict
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2 8800GT from EVGA or 2 8800 GTS would be reallly good better then a GX2 in most cases too |
