I am gonna build a new rig and want to make it capable of playing some of the newer games out there.
I am not so much into ultra-high end gaming, but I want something that has pep.
I was thinking of getting a SLI-capable motherboard and getting one video card and then add the second at a later date, so the video card must be pretty good to begin with.
I have narrowed the field down to a 7000 series or 8000 series, but that is where my understanding of GPUs kinda falls short.
GT, GTS, GTX... its pretty much greek to me.
Anyone want to venture to recommend a card for under 100 bucks that will get me playing most newer games that I can supplement later with a second card? Most bang for my buck, of course.
My thanks, in advance, for your thoughts.
Regards,
Alex
I am not so much into ultra-high end gaming, but I want something that has pep.
I was thinking of getting a SLI-capable motherboard and getting one video card and then add the second at a later date, so the video card must be pretty good to begin with.
I have narrowed the field down to a 7000 series or 8000 series, but that is where my understanding of GPUs kinda falls short.
GT, GTS, GTX... its pretty much greek to me.
Anyone want to venture to recommend a card for under 100 bucks that will get me playing most newer games that I can supplement later with a second card? Most bang for my buck, of course.
My thanks, in advance, for your thoughts.
Regards,
Alex
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Re: Video Cards
Fri, February 22, 2008 - 12:00 PMwww.systemrequirementslab.com/ref...test recommends "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT" or better for BioShock for the PC. Personally I run a Radeon X1650 series because Futureshop had it on for a good price and my old card's fan died, and although I've had no problems it does fall to the short end of things (just abrely, but still). Dual Core, 2GB of RAM, 3.0 MBit/sec SATA drives et al picks up the slack most likely. HD being around the corner a good video card may be worth the investment, don't know about two if other system parts could use the money (Vista and 2 GB RAM or at least 1 GB with XP/enough hard rvie space for pagefile and reduction of fragmentation/etc).
Reviews, when you've seen a couple, you should be able to see who you trust.
SLI (Scalable Link Interface) is nVidia whereas CrossFire is ATI, you'll be using whichever Motherboard you end up buying.
From the specs it seems to be a matter of core processor speed (video processor). GT cheapest, then GTS and then GTX. Video RAM and RAM speed also play a role in price determination.
I'm seeing a lot of 8600 models in your price range (often after a mail-in rebate) ... techreport.com/articles.x/12537 may help you decide what's best for you. -
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Re: Video Cards
Wed, February 27, 2008 - 6:51 PMThanks, KD.
I think I am going with one 8600GT for now ( I am not a cutting edge gamer) and adding another one later when they are 10 bucks. ;-)
Thank you so much for the tips and the links,. They were extremely helpful.
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