Hi there, long story short, my laptop broke, went back to my old pc, and need to upgrade it cuz i have an OLD ati 512 mb card.
I know the basics of what specific things in cards mean, I would like some advice on what to buy tho cuz I am not sure what would be best for my needs. Basicly the price doesent matter that much, partialy cuz I'm getting from a friend and partialy cuz I'm romanian and price is in ron.
Getting to my case: I like the zotac cuz its a newer model over the others but it has a 128 bit buffer witch I think sucks compared to the 256 of the other 2. Msi is cool but has only a 1gb memory. Gainward would be the best thing cuz it comes with 2gb memory and 256 bus, over the other 2, however, I personally never heard of them, not sure if it will really last/if its a good manufacturer, and the look of the cooler design being different than others not sure how well it will cope considering it will be a little overclocked. If I will not go with the zotac ill have to upgrade my psu, witch is not ideal.
The prices in my country would be zotac 450, msi 470, gainward 500 (initially i had a 450 buget, am willing to strech it a little but keep in mind if i get msi or gainward ill also need an new source so +50 )
I am mostly a cs go player/league of legends player when it comes to games so I guess I wouldnt have to be verry interested in memory cuz am not playing games like wow for ex. that would require more memory to load the big map. I have a limted understanding about all this thats why im not sure. I would guess also that buffer is important in what i play cuz its all about particles moving fast and not loading big maps into memory. That being said would have gone in an instand with the msi but considering that is an older model than the zotac and i need a new source makes my reconsider, also would go for gainward but not knowing that manufacturer, needing a source and paying the most money out of all for again, an older model makes me rethink all of this.
In conclusion I dont know what to go with, these would be my choices, if I had more money I wouldve got with better ones, that in case that anyone sugests it. So please shar your toughts, would be much appreciated, also if you can point similar priced cards to me is also ok. One last thing zotac has the most ghz out of all, the rest having about 100 mhz less , dunno how much of a difference that makes. Also having a newer chipset, would love to see an explanation about that.
All in all, sorry if i went a little wild with all the explanation, i also dont post on forums much, hope i followed the guide on how to post asking for advice on a new video card decenty enough.
I know the basics of what specific things in cards mean, I would like some advice on what to buy tho cuz I am not sure what would be best for my needs. Basicly the price doesent matter that much, partialy cuz I'm getting from a friend and partialy cuz I'm romanian and price is in ron.
Getting to my case: I like the zotac cuz its a newer model over the others but it has a 128 bit buffer witch I think sucks compared to the 256 of the other 2. Msi is cool but has only a 1gb memory. Gainward would be the best thing cuz it comes with 2gb memory and 256 bus, over the other 2, however, I personally never heard of them, not sure if it will really last/if its a good manufacturer, and the look of the cooler design being different than others not sure how well it will cope considering it will be a little overclocked. If I will not go with the zotac ill have to upgrade my psu, witch is not ideal.
The prices in my country would be zotac 450, msi 470, gainward 500 (initially i had a 450 buget, am willing to strech it a little but keep in mind if i get msi or gainward ill also need an new source so +50 )
I am mostly a cs go player/league of legends player when it comes to games so I guess I wouldnt have to be verry interested in memory cuz am not playing games like wow for ex. that would require more memory to load the big map. I have a limted understanding about all this thats why im not sure. I would guess also that buffer is important in what i play cuz its all about particles moving fast and not loading big maps into memory. That being said would have gone in an instand with the msi but considering that is an older model than the zotac and i need a new source makes my reconsider, also would go for gainward but not knowing that manufacturer, needing a source and paying the most money out of all for again, an older model makes me rethink all of this.
In conclusion I dont know what to go with, these would be my choices, if I had more money I wouldve got with better ones, that in case that anyone sugests it. So please shar your toughts, would be much appreciated, also if you can point similar priced cards to me is also ok. One last thing zotac has the most ghz out of all, the rest having about 100 mhz less , dunno how much of a difference that makes. Also having a newer chipset, would love to see an explanation about that.
All in all, sorry if i went a little wild with all the explanation, i also dont post on forums much, hope i followed the guide on how to post asking for advice on a new video card decenty enough.
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