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

t3ice · Post by **t3ice** » 07 Dec 2006, 09:14

^Crisis, the game, uses DX10..i think

Yeah..same here..i wont think of Buying anymore Gpx cards untill next year

Abrams · Post by **Abrams** » 07 Dec 2006, 11:28

Game cant use something that isnt out yet.

Skyline_man · Post by **Skyline_man** » 07 Dec 2006, 14:49

Abrams wrote:Game cant use something that isnt out yet.

What do you mean ?, 8 series high end models are out and they support DX10.

and yeah Crysis will support DX10 cards, as well as DX9 cards.

Jmac- · Post by **Jmac-** » 08 Dec 2006, 05:22

neoian1277 wrote:I was thinking of getting a new graphics card but i am not sure if its worth it i have a 9600pro with 256MB and the one i was looking at was a 9800pro with 128MB my friend thinks the 9600 is better because it has 256MB compared to the 128MB of the 9800 but isnt the 9800pro a faster card even with the 128MB?

The 9800 owns the 9600 ... Although I don't know why you're even considering cards that are nearly 3 years old ...

Jmac- · Post by **Jmac-** » 08 Dec 2006, 05:24

xHaZxMaTx wrote:Frick, are you sure that 7600GS isn't a good deal? I saw the same card at Best Buy yesterday for twice the price.

Best Buy's prices are twice the price as online computer stores :p

As I said, you can find several 7600 GS cards for less from Newegg.com ..

Jmac- · Post by **Jmac-** » 08 Dec 2006, 05:25

xHaZxMaTx wrote:My 6600GT AGP 128MB can run Halo @ 60FPS at 1280x1024 with full detail. Well, at least as much as the card allows. What's the 9800XT equivallent to in NVidia?

FX5900 Ultra ...

NFSBLUECIVIC · Post by **NFSBLUECIVIC** » 08 Dec 2006, 08:38

so as stated above, crysis supports dx9 and dx 10. The video card im getting is the 7950gt, do you guys think i will be able to run crysis good? (AMD 4400 socket 939 2mb cache, asus a8n32 sli, 2 gb corsair xms.)

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 08 Dec 2006, 09:17

if it doesnt i will be really suprised. isnt the farcry game based of the crysis gfx engine ?

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 08 Dec 2006, 17:28

NFSBLUECIVIC wrote:so as stated above, crysis supports dx9 and dx 10. The video card im getting is the 7950gt, do you guys think i will be able to run crysis good? (AMD 4400 socket 939 2mb cache, asus a8n32 sli, 2 gb corsair xms.)

I'd say medium settings.

GodSpeed · Post by **GodSpeed** » 08 Dec 2006, 18:40

Depending on your flavor of mfg. I would use http://www.pricewatch.com when you are ready to buy.

finds the best deals you can compare shipping costs, you can prob. get twice the machine then paying retail.

really make sure you do your research on MB, CPU, Memory, power supply and gfx. before you buy anything. the weakest link is the strongest, always remember this.

Spend the most on the MB 1st. work around this it's (Like a frame from a Car it out lasts alot of other parts in your machine in most cases). 2nd buy a large power supply 500+ watts (for gaming machines). This will asure you to apply many devices. 3rd make sure you get matched memory (ask for it) you want it from the batch, this will insure stableness throughout.

The rest is what is in your buget. Do your Homework, you'll be happer with the end resault. Buy smart just don't buy.

use maybe http://www.tomshardware.com or http://www.anandtech.com as research tools, read in the forums, Ect...

Yes I build pc's as a carrer. Cad Cam AIX, IBM systems.

I hope this helps many others when building and buying.

Skyline_man · Post by **Skyline_man** » 08 Dec 2006, 20:35

PSZeTa wrote:
NFSBLUECIVIC wrote:so as stated above, crysis supports dx9 and dx 10. The video card im getting is the 7950gt, do you guys think i will be able to run crysis good? (AMD 4400 socket 939 2mb cache, asus a8n32 sli, 2 gb corsair xms.)
I'd say medium settings.

IGN: If I wanted to run Crysis at, say, a solid 30 frames per second, what kind of system are people going to need?

Cevat Yerli: We learned a valuable lesson in Far Cry and that is to give people what they want but to also give them the ability to choose how to run it. For Far Cry, we gave the user a host of options that allowed them to cater to the experience they wanted. Some people like to see no popping, but they could care less for shadows, while others may not care about cool clouds but want more detailed textures. To support this we are going to offer even more ways for players to fine tune their experience. Personally, I would say to run Crysis with high settings; you need a machine that has a card that was made in the last six months. Our goal though is to make it really playable and look good on machines two-years-old from our ship date.

Source: IGN.

NFSBLUECIVIC · Post by **NFSBLUECIVIC** » 08 Dec 2006, 22:48

GodSpeed wrote:Depending on your flavor of mfg. I would use http://www.pricewatch.com when you are ready to buy.

finds the best deals you can compare shipping costs, you can prob. get twice the machine then paying retail.

really make sure you do your research on MB, CPU, Memory, power supply and gfx. before you buy anything. the weakest link is the strongest, always remember this.

Spend the most on the MB 1st. work around this it's (Like a frame from a Car it out lasts alot of other parts in your machine in most cases). 2nd buy a large power supply 500+ watts (for gaming machines). This will asure you to apply many devices. 3rd make sure you get matched memory (ask for it) you want it from the batch, this will insure stableness throughout.

The rest is what is in your buget. Do your Homework, you'll be happer with the end resault. Buy smart just don't buy.

use maybe http://www.tomshardware.com or http://www.anandtech.com as research tools, read in the forums, Ect...

Yes I build pc's as a carrer. Cad Cam AIX, IBM systems.

I hope this helps many others when building and buying.

my psu is 600 watt (ultra x-finity 600wt), mobo has high ratings, and i believe its one of the best sli 939's out there (asus a8n32 sli) cpu i have had personal experience with when i built another comp with it (Athlon x2 4400 dual core), ram, 2gb xms, im getting them together, what do you mean match them? video i wil get a evga or xfx 7950 gt, xfx has always been good, everything i have got of theirs is way good, and the evga had almost all perfect ratings on newegg. the only other was 4 stars out of 5 cause of price. hdd either a seagate or maxtor 320gb sata 2.

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 08 Dec 2006, 23:48

Matching as in making sure that the RAM is compatible with your mobo. Some combinations do not work, though I believe that Corsair and ASUS should work fine.

@Skyline_man

Sounds interesting, but wondering how the 7950GT holds up, since it's basically a overclocked 7900GT with more memory.

Abrams · Post by **Abrams** » 09 Dec 2006, 00:10

Um that guy in quote havent explained much, hence a card like last 7x series that was released still can be outperformed by some 6800GT wich is last year or more i think.

NFSBLUECIVIC · Post by **NFSBLUECIVIC** » 09 Dec 2006, 00:38

PSZeTa wrote:Matching as in making sure that the RAM is compatible with your mobo. Some combinations do not work, though I believe that Corsair and ASUS should work fine.

@Skyline_man

Sounds interesting, but wondering how the 7950GT holds up, since it's basically a overclocked 7900GT with more memory.

Oh i see, so would these two be compatible?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131568

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820145486

weedman173 · Post by **weedman173** » 09 Dec 2006, 02:01

Yes, those two will work together.

The Gravedigger · Post by **The Gravedigger** » 09 Dec 2006, 04:18

Yes, they will, but why are you going to waste money on a 939 socket motherboard?
You'd be better off with an AM2 socket motherboard (and the CPU for them cost cheaper and run better aswell).
Something like this maybe would be a fair bit better, then again if you plan on shoving some of your old parts (assuming you have DDR RAM already, and/or S939 CPU) then it's a waste of time suggesting something like this.

Abrams wrote:Um that guy in quote havent explained much, hence a card like last 7x series that was released still can be outperformed by some 6800GT wich is last year or more i think.

Those would be called low-end cards, this would be the 7100, 7300 series cards, the 6800GT is still outclassed by some 7600GS, 7600GT and above cards.
Anyone who plans on building a decent computer wouldn't even bother with low-end cards if they wanted to play games on it with eye candy.

Abrams · Post by **Abrams** » 09 Dec 2006, 05:30

Dude, my friend runs a 6800 GT and he holds even recently release Armed Assault on almost all high settings. All about rest of the rig. If card isnt bottlenecked but mid-range rig then it can reach far better results.

NFSBLUECIVIC · Post by **NFSBLUECIVIC** » 09 Dec 2006, 08:51

The Gravedigger wrote:Yes, they will, but why are you going to waste money on a 939 socket motherboard?
You'd be better off with an AM2 socket motherboard (and the CPU for them cost cheaper and run better aswell).
Something like this maybe would be a fair bit better, then again if you plan on shoving some of your old parts (assuming you have DDR RAM already, and/or S939 CPU) then it's a waste of time suggesting something like this.

Abrams wrote:Um that guy in quote havent explained much, hence a card like last 7x series that was released still can be outperformed by some 6800GT wich is last year or more i think.
Those would be called low-end cards, this would be the 7100, 7300 series cards, the 6800GT is still outclassed by some 7600GS, 7600GT and above cards.
Anyone who plans on building a decent computer wouldn't even bother with low-end cards if they wanted to play games on it with eye candy.

That mobo isnt any cheaper than the 939 i was lookin at, and it only has 2 pci, and they are in the worst possible posistion ever, if i ever had a video card that used up 2 slots i wouldnt be able to even use either pci slot cause they would be blocked. And the cpus arent reall much cheaper, especially if you are wanting a 2mg l2 cache(like me) You would have to spend mucho $ for one.

Jana · Post by **Jana** » 09 Dec 2006, 09:19

i want to buy nvidia 6600 GT!what do you think,is it good?

Abrams · Post by **Abrams** » 09 Dec 2006, 12:25

Rather go with 7600 GT, like i said, 6x series still nice but if you are buying a new card then surely better go off with 7x series.

FrogsterPL · Post by **FrogsterPL** » 09 Dec 2006, 13:05

@Jana - you should buy at least 7600 GS with DDR3 memory.

Jana · Post by **Jana** » 09 Dec 2006, 13:26

tnx for advice guys!i dont want graphic card to be expensive,you know,ill have to check the price first!

t3ice · Post by **t3ice** » 09 Dec 2006, 14:32

I think the 7600 isnt that expensive....although u should try for a higher end 7x card, since the 8series has already been released

BTW i see no one is interested in ATi, the least bit, how sad!!

Jana · Post by **Jana** » 09 Dec 2006, 19:19

you know what?im thinkin that i should go for geforce 7600!its not that expensive!