Videocards.. which to buy and whatnot.. simply videocards!

BEEFKING69 · Post by **BEEFKING69** » 16 Apr 2007, 22:54

PNY has to be the worst brand i would go with EVGA or XFX

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 17 Apr 2007, 00:30

Jmac- wrote:X1300 Pro is alright ... It'll play most games at medium settings, although some games will be limited to low settings.

FYI, Anitec.ca had that monitor for $249 a few days ago ...

Yeah, this card is meant to be a temporary arrangement until a future computer. And my dad was able to shop around and actually got the monitor for $277 CDN because Future Shop always beats other prices by a few dollars.

Jmac- · Post by **Jmac-** » 17 Apr 2007, 09:33

BrontoX wrote:I am lucky that they have XFX's here and on AGP cuz a week ago they had ony a MSI 7600GT DDR2 512Mb and MSI is not that good, IMO they suck pretty much

In my experience, MSI makes excellent graphics cards. I haven't had very good experiences w/ their motherboards, though ...

Jmac- · Post by **Jmac-** » 17 Apr 2007, 09:36

Stereo wrote:Meh, I think MSI sucks too. It's all based on personal experiences. My friend had an MSI mobo, and his comp broke two times in a month...

Motherboards are not video cards ... MSI makes good video cards, but mediocre motherboards.

A brand can make an excellent product in one field while making shiznit products in another.

Post by **YaelDjiel** » 17 Apr 2007, 15:34

use the edit button please, you've been here long enough to know not to double post

also, ive had a MSI mobo for my celeron 566 days.. it lasted 5 years
doesnt seem sucky to me

and using a MSI 7900GTO now, cant say that sucks either

race_invader · Post by **race_invader** » 17 Apr 2007, 16:04

Is it good to have 2 Video cards coz ive got 2 NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS and yeah everything is great and all but i wanna know is it a good idea to have both working or whatever

bashderq · Post by **bashderq** » 17 Apr 2007, 16:09

Yeah, if your motherboard can support SLi (thats 2 gfx cards working in unison). You might also need a bridge to connect the 2 cards together. Check your manual for more instructions.

And as for your question, yes it is good.

race_invader · Post by **race_invader** » 17 Apr 2007, 17:36

bashderq wrote:Yeah, if your motherboard can support SLi (thats 2 gfx cards working in unison). You might also need a bridge to connect the 2 cards together. Check your manual for more instructions.

And as for your question, yes it is good.

Hmm I know the Motherboard can support SLi so i guess its all good then

Thanks

Jmac- · Post by **Jmac-** » 17 Apr 2007, 19:30

YaelDjiel wrote:use the edit button please, you've been here long enough to know not to double post

also, ive had a MSI mobo for my celeron 566 days.. it lasted 5 years
doesnt seem sucky to me
and using a MSI 7900GTO now, cant say that sucks either

If there were an "add quote" function on this board, I would gladly put all of them into one post, but I'm not going to go Quote, CTRL+A, CTRL+C, Back, Quote, CTRL+V, then type out my responses, especially if there are multiple posts that I'm responding to ...

donaldgladden · Post by **donaldgladden** » 19 Apr 2007, 00:00

any news on if the 8 series will be AGP too? im going to build a new system that will support SLI but i dont wanna let go of my current homebrew. most likely im hit home for a 8500 or 8600.

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 19 Apr 2007, 00:14

AGP doesn't have SLi anyway. I don't think the 8-series will go AGP as it's pretty much a dead standard for gfxcards.

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 19 Apr 2007, 03:16

Is a nVidia Go 7300 good?

Jmac- · Post by **Jmac-** » 19 Apr 2007, 03:25

They'll probably produce some 8000-series cards for AGP, but whether or not it'll be worth it is another question all-together. If your system is still using AGP, you probably don't have a very fast processor and a lot of these games nowadays are requiring minimum 3 GHz (or 3000+) processors w/ 3.5 GHz (or 3500+) or higher recommended. When DX10 comes out with much more advanced graphics and physics, I doubt many AGP systems are going to be able to meet the rest of the hardware requirements ...

As for the GeForce Go 7300, no it's not any good.

2fast4all · Post by **2fast4all** » 20 Apr 2007, 10:25

new geforce 8600 GTS GT 8500 GT

Post by **YaelDjiel** » 20 Apr 2007, 11:14

Jmac- wrote:If there were an "add quote" function on this board, I would gladly put all of them into one post, but I'm not going to go Quote, CTRL+A, CTRL+C, Back, Quote, CTRL+V, then type out my responses, especially if there are multiple posts that I'm responding to ...

everyone else does it... its not like it takes hours to do or anything

double posting is double posting, and it should be avoided

EDIT: go ahead and suggest that btw

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 21 Apr 2007, 06:34

@ Yael: Excellent use of the "Edit feature"

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 21 Apr 2007, 08:17

Porsche-AG wrote:@ Yael: Excellent use of the "Edit feature"

I agree. If I were to buy a laptop what graphics card should i try to aim for.

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 21 Apr 2007, 08:55

do the highend 7 series cards work in laptops ? i dont think so since they require alot of power but i may be wrong.
not sure but look at the go series ?

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 21 Apr 2007, 13:37

Carcrazy wrote:
Porsche-AG wrote:@ Yael: Excellent use of the "Edit feature"
I agree. If I were to buy a laptop what graphics card should i try to aim for.

Depends on what you're using the laptop for.. Duh.

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 21 Apr 2007, 22:29

A college laptop, but it's running vista and she wants to be able to play games on it.

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 21 Apr 2007, 22:38

What games? Tetris? I could recommend you a laptop with a Geforce Go 7900GTX..

Jmac- · Post by **Jmac-** » 22 Apr 2007, 19:17

Just get one with integrated graphics and an Express card slot, then pick up an external graphics card later this year when they're released ...

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 28 Apr 2007, 21:22

i just bought a new vid card ......... a BFG 8600 GTS OC 256 mb GDDR3

Skyline_man · Post by **Skyline_man** » 28 Apr 2007, 22:02

darknight788 wrote:what kind of gfx cards are you guys running while playing tdu ? my 7300 GT seems to struggle just a bit not bad at all tho i expected it to struggle more when im playing 1024X768 at high detail. i might just go buy a new gfx card anyway today

darknight788 wrote:i just bought a new vid card ......... a BFG 8600 GTS OC 256 mb GDDR3

hmmm, that was fast.

Congrats.

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 28 Apr 2007, 22:14

thanks

i can already notice the difference my mouse doesnt lag anymore while playing TDU and it runs alot smoother
EDIT --- does anybody else notice that their 8 series card runs a little warm ? after palying tdu i checked the temp and it was at 61 celcius is this normal for this kind of card ?