Building a new pc, which of these video cards? please help!

[Guest]

Hi,
I'm building a new computer and can't decide which video card to buy. I have these in mind:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161252

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127382

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150316

Some people complain about heat in 9600 GT, I don't know which one to buy. My budget is maximum $120 you can come up with a different model.

Thanks.

 

[turboflame]

This would be the best card in that price range:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102803

 

[mactronix]

Looks good to me

Mactronix

 

[Guest]

thank you for the quick reply, is that card suitable to this motherboard?

http://www.motherboardpro.com/ASUS-P5KPL-VM-Motherboard-LGA-775-ASUS-G31-Micro-ATX-ASUS-Motherboard-p-690.html

 

[turboflame]

Looks like it'll work

Do you know what power supply you're using?

 

[Guest]

yes I have Antec Neopower 500 WATTS.

 

[turboflame]

Alright, looks like you're good to go then

 

[Guest]

ok, how can we decide whether it is suitable for the motherboard or not, I mean where do we look? Thank you very much for the responds by the way.

 

[turboflame]

Well it has a PCI-express slot, that's all that really matters.

 

[Jamess]

not sure how it compares to the ati card above but i would have thought this would have been a good choice ??

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133205

 

[mactronix]

The card is PCIE2.0 X16 and your board says under Expansion slots that it has a PCIE X16 slot.
Now the motherboard slot is a 1.0 or 1.1 X16 slot and the card is 2.0 but the two are perfectly compatable, while a 2.0 X16 slot in theory can carry twice the information that a X16 1.0/1.1 slot can it dosent mean the performance will suffer. The reason being the full bandwidth (which is the amount of info it can shift) isnt fully used on the 1.0/1.1 slot yet and the main advantage of th e2.0 standard is that it allows for twice the power to b efeed to the card through the slot.
Mactronix