I've been out of the computer wagon since geforce 9800 came out, so I'm not 100% on what I should do with these new cards (Like which stand up how well against which for price and yadda yadda). I tried looking on my own but I just don't seem to know enough to make an educated decision.
I went into a local computer store and the card the guy recommended was like $400 and basically told me I shouldn't get anything else because of how it will stand to the test of time or something.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Not too picky but sometime this month. Maybe after the 15th if not soon.
BUDGET RANGE: ~$200 after rebates please
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT:
-Gaming (I'll usually have an MMO like WoW or Warhammer Online, but I'd like to play games like
Borderlands and Oblivion at higher settings)
-watching movies
-College work (word, excel and powerpoint)
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: Nvidia Geforce 7600gs silent x2 and OKIA-550 power supply (at the time of writing this I'm not actually next to my computer to open it, so if that's not enough info lemme know)
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: Athalon 64 x2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.21 ghz, Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe MoBo , 2gb RAM, I don't know if this'll matter but I have 2 fans, a 13cm and a smaller, average, one)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: None, but if I had to choose I'd do newegg.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
PARTS PREFERENCES: None
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1280x1024 I might be changing monitors, though.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I've noticed these two cards do shadows TERRIBLY but can run very high amounts of textures without a problem. If I recell correctly newegg used to tell you how many pixel and texture pipelines the card had but I haven't been able to find out if they still do. If anybody would like to explain a little more to help me learn what pipelines actually are and how to look out for them or whatnot that would be awesome.
I'm going to get another 2gb maybe 4gb and upgrade my processor before the end of the year, in case that topic comes up
I went into a local computer store and the card the guy recommended was like $400 and basically told me I shouldn't get anything else because of how it will stand to the test of time or something.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Not too picky but sometime this month. Maybe after the 15th if not soon.
BUDGET RANGE: ~$200 after rebates please
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT:
-Gaming (I'll usually have an MMO like WoW or Warhammer Online, but I'd like to play games like
Borderlands and Oblivion at higher settings)
-watching movies
-College work (word, excel and powerpoint)
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: Nvidia Geforce 7600gs silent x2 and OKIA-550 power supply (at the time of writing this I'm not actually next to my computer to open it, so if that's not enough info lemme know)
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: Athalon 64 x2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.21 ghz, Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe MoBo , 2gb RAM, I don't know if this'll matter but I have 2 fans, a 13cm and a smaller, average, one)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: None, but if I had to choose I'd do newegg.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
PARTS PREFERENCES: None
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1280x1024 I might be changing monitors, though.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I've noticed these two cards do shadows TERRIBLY but can run very high amounts of textures without a problem. If I recell correctly newegg used to tell you how many pixel and texture pipelines the card had but I haven't been able to find out if they still do. If anybody would like to explain a little more to help me learn what pipelines actually are and how to look out for them or whatnot that would be awesome.
I'm going to get another 2gb maybe 4gb and upgrade my processor before the end of the year, in case that topic comes up