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mariotme   06-07-2009 at 06:16:22 PM

[url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102831][/url]Hey guys.
Am a new guy here i got really impressed by the ammount of threads in here.
I am planning to upgrade my VGA card and i am getting soooo confused at the moment for taking a decision. I dont have any experiance with ATI cards.
my System:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
ASUS Triton 79 Amazing CPU Fan
Asus P5ND Motherboard
8 Gb OCZ (800) Ram
Asus EN9600GT TOP
GIGABYTE chassis 3D Mars.

my CPU and VGA arent OC coz i know nothing about it ><

i was checking newegg and had my eyes on a nvidia 275 and a 4890 ATI
here are the links

NVIDIA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814127429

ATI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102831

I would love to hear your comments.
thanks
Mario

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AMG   06-07-2009 at 07:02:26 PM
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hi,


what resoultion and games do you play, and well done those two cards are well matched.

one extra thing, is that mobo SLI?

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   06-07-2009 at 07:07:00 PM
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GTX275, or two if you are flush with cash.

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mariotme   06-07-2009 at 07:14:29 PM
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Well i usually max out the Resolution of 1680*1050 wide and my screen is the SAMSUNG SyncMaster 2253bw 22''

yeah its supposed to be SLI :)

well mousemonkey tbh am not planning to spend any extra money to buy x2 VGA but in the near future i will get another one and run it in SLI

i forgot to add my PSU is EPSILON 600 Watt SLI READY

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AKM880   06-07-2009 at 07:16:38 PM
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AMG wrote :

hi,


what resoultion and games do you play, and well done those two cards are well matched.

one extra thing, is that mobo SLI?



Yes his motherboard has SLI capablilties.

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   06-07-2009 at 07:22:21 PM
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If you plan to get another card later to run in SLI then there isn't much point in looking at ATI cards IMO.

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mariotme   06-07-2009 at 07:38:03 PM
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i agree with you coz my mobo doesnt support crossfire.

is that MSI vga i linked is the best thing i can get with my money? or is there any better one with same or less price?

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   06-07-2009 at 07:50:11 PM
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I'm in the UK so therefore have no idea which are the cheapest shops in the US.

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mariotme   06-07-2009 at 08:17:57 PM
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am not in the US but i usually buy stuff from the US and have them forwarded to me.. so u can either use ebay or newegg or Amazon :D

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AMG   06-07-2009 at 08:56:17 PM
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yeah your best of with the Nvida card than, as your mobo is SLI capable

I m also based i the UK or I would say get it from OCuk

------------------------------ Q9550 3.8Ghz//ramapge formular//OCZ reaper 4Gb// 3 seagate HDDs// sapphire HD4870 512 // CM HAF 932
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mariotme   06-07-2009 at 09:01:40 PM
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no other recomondation other than that 275 MSI?

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   06-07-2009 at 09:13:46 PM
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XFX cards have a double lifetime warranty & EVGA offer a step up program, do some research and choose the one that suits.

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Irish   06-09-2009 at 12:37:41 AM
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Nvidia Cards, Newegg.com Have fun.

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mariotme   06-09-2009 at 12:25:32 PM
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well guys after loads of searching i found out that the ZOTAC GTX 275 AMP is a better choice over the MSI i card i linked in my first post i think i will order the ZOTAC

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814500107

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