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alexrudd
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A friend of mine is looking for a video card (on eBay, he's addicted to it) for his computer*, as his current one is pretty crappy. He doesn't really know anything about video cards, and asked me. I know even less than he does. So, some questions:
->What matters in video cards specs? memory, speed, ...?
->What would be a good video card for around $70-$100? (rough guess)
->Any particular manufacturer?
->Is eBay a good place to get them? If not, what would be a good supplier?
*P4 desktop, sufficient RAM, about 1.5 years old. If you need more precise information I can ask. |
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wrigley
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I'll look forward to the posts on this topic, I'm out looking myself and have an equally small knowledge on graphic cards  |
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shadowing
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A great budget card is the 6600GT series. But the graphics card won't matter unless you have a bloody fast cpu to pair it up with. Since your budget is about $100, get an ATI 9800 card online.  |
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Arcane Wizard
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alexrudd wrote: ->What matters in video cards specs? memory, speed, ...? If you have a 128/256mb card, speed>ram, otherwise, you'll want to go for at least 128 mb for a new card.
->What would be a good video card for around $70-$100? (rough guess)There are no good video cards for that price. The best would be a Geforce 3 or NForce 5200 or so.
->Any particular manufacturer? NVidia for compatibility, ATI for cheaper video cards that won't work half the time but if they do they'll be faster and produce a higher quality image compared to an equally expensive NVidia card.
->Is eBay a good place to get them? If not, what would be a good supplier? 2nd hand hardware isn't worth it, go to a shop or decent website like newegg.com
*P4 desktop, sufficient RAM, about 1.5 years old. If you need more precise information I can ask.
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wrigley
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| Posted: 17 Jun 2005 03:55:40 am Post subject: |
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| you say speed matters, which factors decide the speed? only clock frequency? |
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leofox
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| Posted: 17 Jun 2005 08:02:18 am Post subject: |
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| architecture, RAM speed, clock speed, amount of RAM. stuff like that. |
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Arcane Wizard
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| Posted: 17 Jun 2005 12:33:15 pm Post subject: |
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| If the name of the card has a high number in it, it's fast. |
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wrigley
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| Posted: 19 Jun 2005 08:04:35 am Post subject: |
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| Also across brands? is an ATI Radeon 9600 better than a GForce 6800? |
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shadowing
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| Posted: 19 Jun 2005 11:42:34 am Post subject: |
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wrigley wrote: Also across brands? is an ATI Radeon 9600 better than a GForce 6800?
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No It is now. 6800 > 9600. The ATI X800 series is equal to performance of the Geforce 6800 series. |
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