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07-23-2006, 02:17 AM
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True Techie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 164
|  new video card, dont know what to get
i just built my new computer, but the video card im running is terrible. i have an open pcix16 slot and i am looking for something in the 200-300 $ range.
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07-23-2006, 05:00 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 3,595
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when you say you have an open PCIE slot, does that mean you already have one card in a slot (your mobo has 2 slots total?) or does it have on board video that your using? PCI slot card?
Cause if you have 2 slots and already have one card in there, getting another one will help as long as both are SLI/Crossfire ready and they are the same card.
Please explain a little more to help us understand your situation/problem. What's your system specs? Mobo/CPU/PSU/GPU, etc...
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07-23-2006, 10:01 AM
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Super Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 286
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We also need to know what kind of chipset you have (nvidia or ATI). Matching chips usually help.
And maybe tell us about this card thats running like poo.
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07-23-2006, 08:04 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 164
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right now the fx is in the pci slot. i only have one x16 slot. chipset is a nvidia nforce 4.
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07-23-2006, 08:23 PM
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Since both of these are in your price range I would suggest getting one or the other. I would lean more towards the 7900GT KO Superclocked though.
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07-24-2006, 01:44 AM
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im not that big of a gamer tho, is there anything cheaper i could get. 7800, 6800, 7600? most of my time is taken up by v-ball, so i dotn want to go overkill. i mostly play bf2 and the cs series. i would like to run bf2 on high tho.
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07-24-2006, 01:53 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 3,595
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I would say either 7600 or 7800. One of those if you have the money
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07-25-2006, 08:42 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 164
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does the bit of the memory matter that much?
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07-25-2006, 09:01 PM
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Edit: I believe in simple terms the bit of the memory somewhat controls how quickly it is used up so a higher bit=more efficent memory arrays.
If you'd like something cheaper I have a 6800xt which runs fear on medium settings no lag, high settings with some when lots happens. It costed me 99 usd after rebate. Am very happy with it, well for now. | |
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