Video Card Question Throw in your 2 cents

[iX]AnnaBeaver · Post by **[iX]AnnaBeaver** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:48 pm

If you're rich like Syn and Archangel...you can afford a nice 512mb 8800GT and higher..LOL! But unfortunately, I'm too poor and could only afford the $200. worth of vid card that my Best Buy gift cards got. That's the GeForce 7600GS HD 512mb AGP. I also downloaded a couple of OC utilities. One that I used a million years ago that worked by revealing the OC stuff within the Nvidia driver itself..it's called "CoolBits"..and it's a registry entry. The other one I used which is a good one is..RivaTuner. Both work well for OC.

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:15 pm

I was only going by the cards he likes.........and yes I do know there are a lot of better cards out there.......

General-Chainz · Post by **General-Chainz** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:41 pm

its not that i "Like" those cards

I would love to get the 8800 gtx oc maxxed from hell
but I only have a budget of around 200-250 to get a new card and those where the ones I seen
if any one has any links to another card thas jus as good or better for round that price range Im all ears

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:01 pm

Here's my picks.......

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814150272

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130318

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814127328

Now, all these cards are SLI compatible......But, remember that SLI or Crossfire is only good if you intend on running high resolutions, large monitors (22" or bigger) and maintain high FPS while running the other two.

General-Chainz · Post by **General-Chainz** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:19 pm

Archangel wrote:Here's my picks.......

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814150272

that 1 is only 256 bit true has more memory 512

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130082
this 1 is 320 mb by 320 bit is the 70 bit diff gonna matter?

also I have pci express x16 will the 2.0 pci express still work in my rig?

TheSynGame · Post by **TheSynGame** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:25 pm

well besides the fact that I'm reading the cons and it heats up quicker than a GTX? I rather go with the latter and get what arch recommended....That was my first pick till I decided to just pay a few extra bucks and go with the gtx...

hwsb · Post by **hwsb** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:37 am

General-Chainz wrote: also I have pci express x16 will the 2.0 pci express still work in my rig?

yep... backwards and forwards compatible and all that

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:02 am

TheSynGame wrote:well besides the fact that I'm reading the cons and it heats up quicker than a GTX? I rather go with the latter and get what arch recommended....That was my first pick till I decided to just pay a few extra bucks and go with the gtx...

That 8800GTX is an awesome card.........had it for over 7 months and am still in awe with it's performance.

hwsb · Post by **hwsb** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:02 pm

them numbers don't lie.. :hwsb2:

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:04 pm

Heh....the numbers don't lie....... :partyman: