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feylic   03-10-2009 at 10:49:29 PM

Hey, I'm looking for a video card but I'm not sure if my motherboard can take an external card, or which kinds would work with it. Anyone know potential cards for an nvidia MCP73 motherboard?

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theAnimal   03-11-2009 at 12:05:31 AM
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What resolution is your monitor? Is this for gaming? What CPU do you have?

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feylic   03-11-2009 at 12:29:37 AM
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Monitor is a 22 inch, and displays 1680 by 1050. The graphics card will be used primarily for gaming, and it has a Q6600 CPU. It doesn' t need to be top of the line, I was just looking for more, what would fit with that Motherboard, and what would be the best value.

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boulard83   03-11-2009 at 12:43:47 AM
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GTX260 or HD4870 arnt the TOP but very good card.

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rochin   03-11-2009 at 01:53:04 AM
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The GTX 260 (55nm) are under 200 bucks and a heck of a deal. I got mine before the price plunge, still worth it.

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feylic   03-11-2009 at 02:33:28 AM
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and my board can take either Nvidia or ATI? I thought some boards could only take one or the other.

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boulard83   03-11-2009 at 02:57:48 AM
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NM. even a SLI board can have ATI card ... the only thing you can do is CF on a SLI board or VIS VERSA. new X58 chipset can do both SLI and CF

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feylic   03-11-2009 at 03:59:08 AM
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Ok, thats good. I checked out those two you mentioned, both look good, I'll see if i can decide on one, thanks :D

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Jaysin   03-11-2009 at 06:55:43 AM
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102810

That is generally faster than this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814187050

Both are good cards however and should be more than adequate for your needs.

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