Video Card Question Throw in your 2 cents

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:51 am

That one looks good........

General-Chainz · Post by **General-Chainz** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:37 pm

ok this is what I got ordered it and on the way

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814133205

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817170021

I was reading on the PCI Express 2.0 it said that yes it is 100% compatible with 1.0. Only in very rare cases will the card or board not recognize it. I am hopeing I dont have that very rare problem

n3wb13 · Post by **n3wb13** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:32 am

I wouldve at least picked a good brand for the PSU like Antec or Corsair.

General-Chainz · Post by **General-Chainz** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:55 am

yes but the price tag on the 1 I got was pushing my limits. it should at least hold me over till june/july when i get another work bonus and the government is handing everyone cash pwoo!!

Crazy_Barks · Post by **Crazy_Barks** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:00 am

hears my 2 cents.

if i wear to buy a new video card how would i use it? cause my regualy computer needs a new one badly.

hwsb · Post by **hwsb** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:42 am

General-Chainz wrote:
I was reading on the PCI Express 2.0 it said that yes it is 100% compatible with 1.0. Only in very rare cases will the card or board not recognize it. I am hopeing I dont have that very rare problem

funny you mention that, as i was one of the rare cases.... man was i pissed, i specifically bought my previous motherboard because it had AGP8x and a PCIEx16 slot... come to find out that the 8800GT doesn't work in the PCIe slot (but the 3870s do!@#$) so i went and bought a P35-based board. :hwsb2:

General-Chainz · Post by **General-Chainz** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:00 pm

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that is bogus as hell
i paid for my 8800 yesterday the 20th of february
the VERY NEXT DAY the 9600gt comes out ....

n3wb13 · Post by **n3wb13** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:07 am

If its any consolation, the 8800gt seems faster than the 9600gt.

General-Chainz · Post by **General-Chainz** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:29 am

yeah i checked it out only thing the 9600 has better is bout 1000 better pixel fill rate

TheSynGame · Post by **TheSynGame** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:22 am

9600 is not that great... only like 2 good things about it but I prefer the 8800 GTX over this.

If its any consolation, the 8800gt seems faster than the 9600gt.

Core Clock (MHz) Shader Clock (MHz) Memory Clock (MHz) Memory Amount Memory Interface Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)
9600 GT 650 1625 900 512MB 256-bit 57.6 20.8
GeForce
8800 Ultra 612 1500 1080 768MB 384-bit 103.7 39.2
GeForce
8800 GTX 575 1350 900 768MB 384-bit 86.4 36.8
GeForce
8800 GTS 500 1200 800 640MB or 320MB 320-bit 64 24
GeForce
8800 GTS 512MB3 650 1625 970 512MB 256-bit 64 41.6