ynt4xe770r Posted April 8, 2006 Posted April 8, 2006 As most of you all ready know video card companies are manufacturing newer better video cards every month, there is s00000 many video cards on the market its hard to choose please help me on my quest to the perfect video card. specs of pc im building current parts:asus a8n32 sli mobo amd x2 4200 dual core whatever hdd i can find cd-rom dvd 450w psu, 758 ram and all that other stuff case fans whatnot stuff that doesnt have any help in performance windows xp home knoppix dual booting now i need a video card for RTS games i play lots of RTS games and i wanna play them maxed out i play bf1942 (best WW2 game friggin ever)halo lots of fps and RTS games lots of RTS games lots lots. Sorry for no punctuation im lazy :P Quote
ynt4xe770r Posted April 8, 2006 Author Posted April 8, 2006 Actually ive been leaning towards nvidia because thats the maunfacturer of graphics cards ive always had on my pcs but what would be the best graphics card for 100$-300$ and im a hardcore gamer so ill need something good. Quote
VaKo Posted April 8, 2006 Posted April 8, 2006 dude, seriously, all you need to do is work out how much you can afford, and then read some reviews based on that number. I have a nvidia gfx 6200 AGP with 256mb of ram. It cost £40 (around $70) and I can play BF2 just fine. Those super top end graphics card you see... there a rip off. Something around $100 - $150 will see you just fine, paying more than just is not really worth it unless bragging rights are important to you. Then use the money saved for another hard disk. Quote
ynt4xe770r Posted April 8, 2006 Author Posted April 8, 2006 What do you think about this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814150118 by the way i have sli should i run this in sli because i dont think 450w psu will take this in sli mode. I think this is the best for my budget and its extremly fast! Quote
melodic Posted April 8, 2006 Posted April 8, 2006 dude, seriously, all you need to do is work out how much you can afford, and then read some reviews based on that number. I have a nvidia gfx 6200 AGP with 256mb of ram. It cost £40 (around $70) and I can play BF2 just fine. Those super top end graphics card you see... there a rip off. Something around $100 - $150 will see you just fine, paying more than just is not really worth it unless bragging rights are important to you. Then use the money saved for another hard disk. hehe im gonna try get a 300gb beastie :P ive got a 5500 256mb Quote
VaKo Posted April 8, 2006 Posted April 8, 2006 What do you think about this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814150118by the way i have sli should i run this in sli because i dont think 450w psu will take this in sli mode. I think this is the best for my budget and its extremly fast! SLI/Crossfire is even more of a fucking joke IMHO... Read some reviews, google like crazy, LEARN why this is a better card than others. If it is, buy it and enjoy it. But think about more RAM and Storage space, because while a fast graphics card is good today, more RAM and HD's will be a better deal in the long run. Quote
ynt4xe770r Posted April 8, 2006 Author Posted April 8, 2006 more RAM and HD's will be a better deal in the long run. True i will be putting in more ram more hds etc maybe even another video card in the future! but right know i just want it to run it IT MUST RUN BEFORE THE SUMMER COMES I NEED TO GAME SOOOOOO BADLY. Quote
Neod101 Posted April 8, 2006 Posted April 8, 2006 I wish graphics cards were as cheap over here... I got a Sapphire Radeon X800XL(AGP) for NZ$602. Quote
Darren Kitchen Posted April 9, 2006 Posted April 9, 2006 I take Vako's side on this issue. I'll never spend more than $200 on a video card. After that it's just paying for the name. And remember, today's $400 card is tomorrows $200 card. :) this coming from the guy running an ATI Radeon 9500 Pro hacked up to 9700 Quote
melodic Posted April 9, 2006 Posted April 9, 2006 I take Vako's side on this issue. I'll never spend more than $200 on a video card. After that it's just paying for the name. And remember, today's $400 card is tomorrows $200 card. :)this coming from the guy running an ATI Radeon 9500 Pro hacked up to 9700 icky darren! :P ATi sux0rz a$$ :P hehe nVidia! Quote
ynt4xe770r Posted April 9, 2006 Author Posted April 9, 2006 Ok well then i guess ill get the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814150118 when school ends which is soon then my ub3r gaming/hacking pc will be done MUAHAHAHAAHAAHAAHA i must FRAGG so badly im tired of playing mohaa i need to GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOON!!!!!! Bad thing is you cant unlock any more pipelines on this!!!!! Quote
melodic Posted April 9, 2006 Posted April 9, 2006 Ok well then i guess ill get the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814150118 when school ends which is soon then my ub3r gaming/hacking pc will be done MUAHAHAHAAHAAHAAHA i must FRAGG so badly im tired of playing mohaa i need to GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOON!!!!!! Bad thing is you cant unlock any more pipelines on this!!!!! your sad...theres more to life than computers/games Quote
metatron Posted April 9, 2006 Posted April 9, 2006 I use 2X 512MB XFX 7900GTX Extreme (Mem Clock 1750 MHz ,GPU 690 MHz , 24 Pipes, Dual DVI-I , HDTV) in my gaming box (was Quadro FX 4400). http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814150135 and two nvidia Quadro FX 4500 in my new work box (they paid for them). http://www.pcwb.com/catalogue/item/HPU0078...mp;lead=froogle Both are good. Quote
Darren Kitchen Posted April 9, 2006 Posted April 9, 2006 wish i could get work to pay for some cards like those... "Yeah, I need them for better frames in remote desktop" Quote
ynt4xe770r Posted April 9, 2006 Author Posted April 9, 2006 WTF IVE BEEN LABELED FORUM N00B YOU FUCKERS lol joking you guys can think that . Quote
melodic Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 WTF IVE BEEN LABELED FORUM N00B YOU FUCKERS lol joking you guys can think that . haha pwnd! Quote
ynt4xe770r Posted April 10, 2006 Author Posted April 10, 2006 your sad...theres more to life than computers/games I know that dude! Quote
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