I'm in the process of buying a new computer and am not interested in a kit build or the like, as such, I'm stuck with a pre determined GPU.
The comp's mainly to be used for older games, stuff from 2004 and earlier, MUDding, which requires nothing in terms of GPU power, HD movies without latency would be nice for a change, but also with the option to possibly run newer games at decent visuals should something good show up, which seems unlikely with games these days.
The GPU options are an Nvidia 260 GTX, which judging by the charts really doesn't seem that amazing. With 1,8 gigs of mem. Comes with a quad core computer.
240 GTS, again with a quad core.
230 GT, quad core. Don't have any info on this card at all. Possibly a rebranded 220 GT OEM?
Or finally, an ATI HD 5450, that comes with a dual core i3. Not too sold on this one, although the i3 is just about all I'd need. The 64 bit bus seems like a joke considering cards almost 10 years old were already sporting 128 bits. But the lack of a fan would be a nice change from the loud one from the 7600 GT I've been using over the years.
If I were to buy a new card, I'd most likely have to buy a new PSU too as manufacturers never seem to pick even a half decent PSU for their ready made computers. But yeah, those are the choices, and I'm not immediately looking to buy a new card either.
The comp's mainly to be used for older games, stuff from 2004 and earlier, MUDding, which requires nothing in terms of GPU power, HD movies without latency would be nice for a change, but also with the option to possibly run newer games at decent visuals should something good show up, which seems unlikely with games these days.
The GPU options are an Nvidia 260 GTX, which judging by the charts really doesn't seem that amazing. With 1,8 gigs of mem. Comes with a quad core computer.
240 GTS, again with a quad core.
230 GT, quad core. Don't have any info on this card at all. Possibly a rebranded 220 GT OEM?
Or finally, an ATI HD 5450, that comes with a dual core i3. Not too sold on this one, although the i3 is just about all I'd need. The 64 bit bus seems like a joke considering cards almost 10 years old were already sporting 128 bits. But the lack of a fan would be a nice change from the loud one from the 7600 GT I've been using over the years.
If I were to buy a new card, I'd most likely have to buy a new PSU too as manufacturers never seem to pick even a half decent PSU for their ready made computers. But yeah, those are the choices, and I'm not immediately looking to buy a new card either.