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I ordered this card (http://www.amazon.com/nVidia-GeForce-Displayport-PCI-Express-ZT-40702-10L/dp/B004M8SBFM) let me know if i should return it as soon as it gets here I paid $90US and would like your opinion on it, I'm coming from a GF 210 LOL so lets not be mean, I'm looking at mid lvl gaming(Dragon Age 2, Black Opps and such) I'm only home during the winter and home video rendering also any system compatibility problems would be great to know.
Biostar GF7050v-m7 se
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.3GHz
4 Gig DDR2 Ram Come On No One?
2 1T Hard Drives in a Stripe
Thanks IN Advance
 
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Well, if you look at the specs of a video card, you will see things such as shader clock, core clock, and stream processors and CUDA cores. (CUDA is strictly Nvidia) If you compare a Phenom II X4 945 (3.0Ghz) vs. a Phenom II X4 955 (3.2Ghz) which will win? The 955 of course, but if compare a 2.93Ghz core i7 to a Phenom II X4 955, (3.2Ghz) which will win? The 955, right? Wrong, the i7 2.93Ghz runs on a better architecture. The same rule applies to GPUs. (Graphics Processing Unit) So, if you took a hd5850 with the standard base clock of 725Mhz and standard memory clock of 1000Mhz vs. a hd5850 with 765Mhz base clock and a memory clock of 1100Mhz, the one with the 765Mhz and 11000Mhz will win because of the higher clocks. There are also...
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Well, if you look at the specs of a video card, you will see things such as shader clock, core clock, and stream processors and CUDA cores. (CUDA is strictly Nvidia) If you compare a Phenom II X4 945 (3.0Ghz) vs. a Phenom II X4 955 (3.2Ghz) which will win? The 955 of course, but if compare a 2.93Ghz core i7 to a Phenom II X4 955, (3.2Ghz) which will win? The 955, right? Wrong, the i7 2.93Ghz runs on a better architecture. The same rule applies to GPUs. (Graphics Processing Unit) So, if you took a hd5850 with the standard base clock of 725Mhz and standard memory clock of 1000Mhz vs. a hd5850 with 765Mhz base clock and a memory clock of 1100Mhz, the one with the 765Mhz and 11000Mhz will win because of the higher clocks. There are also stream processors and CUDA cores to take into consideration. So a hd5850 has 1440 stream processors where a hd5830 has 1120. So if you had a hd5850 standard clocks, (625Mhz core, 1000Mhz memory, and 1440 stream processors) vs. a hd5830 standard hd5830, (800Mhz core, 1000Mhz memory, and 1120 stream processors) the hd5850 will beat the hd5830 down. So, when you look at GPUs, you will want new architectures. The 440 and the hd 5770 are both from the same release times, but the hd 5770 is stronger. So, a GTX 560 (820Mhz core, 1640 shaders, and 384 stream processors) vs. a hd4870 (750Mhz core, 900Mhz memory, and 800 stream processors), which will win? The GTX 560 will win due to new architectures. Nvidia cards will basically always have lower stream processors, but that is because they use what is called CUDA. CUDA is twice as strong as a ATi/AMD stream processor. Those are the basics to GPUs. If you have more questions, just ask 'em! Hope that helped! ;)
 
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There are a few more things you should take into consideration when buying a new GPU. The first is CUDA, when you are doing graphics art work, CUDA helps. Another is power consumption! More power consumption will generate more heat inside your case. One more thing is you don't want to bottleneck your system! Pair a mid-range GPU with a mid-range motherboard, CPU, RAM, etc. It will help you save money, and you will still get the same performance as if you paired a great GPU with a bad CPU. Here, watch this to learn more. -----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGdo75gasaQ
 
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The Rotac would still blow my old 210 out of the water wouldn't it? I just want to get bye till I build my new one. Are there any sites that trade old CPU's in because i want to upgrade to a Core 2 Extreme and will have nothing to do with the old one?
 
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The 440 should be better, but I would spend the extra 10 - 20 dollars get something that will run them high-max with good frames. No point in getting a core 2 extreme now. Like I said, get new tech. If you are an Intel guy, when you buy your gaming system, get a core i5 2500k. If you want to go a bit cheaper, get a AMD Phenom II X4 955 and overclock it. Don't get a core 2 extreme.
 
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Yes, you can. You have an old motherboard that might not do so well though. I would wait. But, if you REALLY want a core 2 quad, buy a nicer motherboard and heatsink and overclock your q8200. It will go right up to the core 2 extreme clocks. (Should anyway, c2q are great OCers)
 
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Well, I would really suggest not to invest in overclocking right now if you will be buying a computer in the Summer time. LGA775 is a dead socket, it would just make more sense than buying a C2E CPU. I would wait. Spend that money on a nice gaming system later.
 
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