11-12-2006, 11:28 PM | #1 |
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Need Help Buying A New Vid Card
Alright so I'm on the market for a new video card and I was looking on Newegg at the Geforce 6800 512 mb and it was only 162.00$ so I was all "Oh awesome it sounds pretty sweet" but then all the reviews said it sucked ass, same with the Geforce 6600. So I need help finding a good vid card that's under 250$.
Edit: And a new cooling fan and/or heatsink for it, since I'm changing from a Geforce 256 mb 6200. And a new motherboard if necessary. |
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11-12-2006, 11:30 PM | #2 |
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We were able to find a radeon 9800 for about 130 bucks...
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11-12-2006, 11:32 PM | #3 |
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Well that's not a whole lot much better than a 6200, so it wouldn't really be worth all of that money and time using it. I used to have one but it got fried in a storm.
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11-12-2006, 11:48 PM | #4 |
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7900s are about to crash i think. they're currently half the price i got mine for
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11-12-2006, 11:56 PM | #5 |
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Yea, because the 8800s are about to come out (or are they already out?)
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11-13-2006, 12:07 AM | #6 |
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yeah but he obviously isnt looking at being an early adopter now, is he?
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11-13-2006, 12:11 AM | #7 |
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I'm not really up to date on all this video card sp33k so if you guys could tell me what you just said...
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11-13-2006, 01:01 AM | #8 |
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7800, 7800 GT, 7900, etc. will all drop in price within the next few weeks because of the release of the next-gen 8800-series cards. Sit on yer cash for a few weeks and thank us for it, cuz prices are guaranteed to go down.
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11-13-2006, 01:46 AM | #9 |
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Sweet, so out of all those, which is the all around best? And how much do you think they'll go down in percentage on average? Thanks alot btw.
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11-13-2006, 01:52 AM | #10 |
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Don't bother with the 7800 or 6x00 range. If you need a good card OMGRIGHTNOW buy a 7900GT; they're almost $300 australian so they should be well under your budget. The x1900GT is also a great card, if you can get it cheaper than the 7900GT then do it. If you can wait a few months and get some more money wait for the 8800GT, which will be the best price/performance card available for quite some time.
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11-13-2006, 03:13 AM | #11 |
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I'll be getting this when its back in stock and the price drops a little more http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130065
When do you think the price will drop on this? |
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11-13-2006, 04:36 PM | #12 |
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To pick the most worth while purchase we would need to know your PC specs and what resolution you want to use with what games you plan to play.
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11-13-2006, 05:18 PM | #13 |
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ati traditionall has stronger vpu's. i still dont get how they can get to like 90 C without exploding. ( with stock HS anyways. ) when the new dx 10 cards come out, ima get myself those. so if anyone is in the market for a new card when dx10 ati cards come out let me know, cause i have a ATi Radeon x1900xtx sitting in my pc right now. its good shit. i even have the original software that came with it.
btw Nvidia said janurary with the new dx10's right? I would only assume ATi would follow suit. |
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11-13-2006, 06:18 PM | #14 |
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Sorry to barge in but I'm looking at replacing my system. I have an Intel P4 Socket 478. I'm not sure what type of ram I have but I have quite a lot (1gb)
I looking at buying a PCI Express so I can upgrade to all the new vid cards coming out. I was wondering if I might be able to take my Ram with me. I think it might be DDR1 but it might also be DDR2. Does PCI Express accept both? |
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11-13-2006, 07:06 PM | #15 |
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get a radeon
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11-13-2006, 07:08 PM | #16 |
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ASUS P4GD1 is probably the only effective solution because that CPU is fairly out of date (computers eh?) but it only does DDR1.
Only newer intel/amd chips do DDR2, so you would be looking at a full CPU upgrade too if you wanted DDR2 http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1...67&modelmenu=1 |
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11-13-2006, 07:22 PM | #17 |
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I don't know the rest of your system's specs (DF) but if it's fairly up to date, get an ATi Radeon X1950 Pro (successor to X1900GT, slightly higher performance) or a Geforce 7900GTO (disguised 7900GTX). However I recommend waiting for the mainstream 8-series from nVidia or the R600 cores from ATi (Q1 07).
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11-13-2006, 07:54 PM | #18 | |
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11-13-2006, 08:13 PM | #19 |
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It will depend on market price. some where below new. I only just got it in april, so itll only be less then a year old, in a high ventallated system and never overclocked.
probably like 300 or so. |
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11-13-2006, 08:27 PM | #20 |
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Bah! no ones gonna buy my GX2 :/
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