First Strike Forums — Graphic card suggestion

Re: Graphic card suggestion

null@example.com (Athlon) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:35:33 +0000

8800 gts 512 is a good allrounder. You listed your comp specs but what size monitor do you use? The higher the native resolution the higher the spec card you'll need. Don't be tempted by the 9800 gtx, its basically a 8800gts 512 with a different sticker on it

Re: Graphic card suggestion

null@example.com (Luke SkyRaper) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:15:26 +0000

do you actually think that a vendor warranty has any bearing on the service life of the card ? lol
Im wishfull too sometimes.
Yes the expensive ones die at almost the same rate as the cheap ones. The fact is , they die , and I guarantee that over half of the installations create too much heat. Poor box arrangements...
I cant remember how many times Ive seen an upper-crust graphics card crammed up against another PCI card with its heat sink air intake millimeters away from the next card. lol.
Stuff like that, and wrapping your card in 80 conductor IDE ribbon so that no air can flow past it.
Thats another brilliant arrangement seen often.

Re: Graphic card suggestion

null@example.com (Alreech) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:03:17 +0000

Luke SkyRaper wrote:

Dont forget that those cheap card usually die faster also.
You get what you pay for, ultimately, unfortunately.

If your vendor gives you a 3 year warranty this should not be a problem.
After 3 years the card is to old and you need a new, during the warranty you get in most cases a new card ( as long you don't have over clocked the card...).

But not only cheap cards die fast, a high price factory over clocked card can also die fast. It's not healthy for silicon to draw 200+ Watts

And the whole ATI vs Nvidea Intel vs AMD... all 4 companies have angry customers

Re: Graphic card suggestion

null@example.com (Canadiens1160) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:38:32 +0000

NXFORCE 9600 ASP

Re: Graphic card suggestion

null@example.com (Markus) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:49:35 +0000

crappy AMD so stick to crappy cards like ATI..
- + - = + (negative + negative = positive)
we all learned that in school right?

Re: Graphic card suggestion

null@example.com (Luke SkyRaper) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:00:20 +0000

Dont forget that those cheap card usually die faster also.
You get what you pay for, ultimately, unfortunately.

Re: Graphic card suggestion

null@example.com (Alreech) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:53:02 +0000

Straider wrote:

The only real things that I want is: play BF2142 on highest quality, and it must be better then the GeForce 7900 GT/GTO.
My system:
AMD Athlon (tm) 64 X2 Dual
Core Processor 3800+
2.01 GHz, 2.00 GB of RAM
So wich card would be the best for me ?

-> GPU: 8800, 9600 or 9800 from nvidea or 3850 / 3870 from ATI

important:
-> 256 Bit Memory Interface
-> 512 MB VideoRam on the Card
-> avoid high end cards (=high price, rapid loose of value)
-> aviod X2 Cards and SLI/Crossfire if you don't have a real big TFT (over 1600 x 1200 resolution)

Test from FiringSquad (nvidea 9600 & competion):
http://firingsquad.com/hardware/nvidia_ … /page5.asp
Have also a look at the power consumption of the cards... 5 FpS/$ more don't count if you need a new Power Supply Unit

Article from Firingsquad (Building a PC in Spring 08):
http://firingsquad.com/hardware/spring_ … ild_guide/

Re: Graphic card suggestion

null@example.com (Luke SkyRaper) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:46:12 +0000

My quattro started doing the chineese carpet thing too , with geometrical tracers sprouting off of objects .
But before completely replacing it , I tested it with some circuitboard chiller spray.
When It got hot, it would start to mess up ... I hit it with the spray right in the heat-sink to cool the chip , and the problem went away until it warmed back up.
So, i tore off the stock fan and sink, used thermal-epoxy to mount a larger, better heat-sink to the GPU chip , and right now for the last 4 days , no problems at all. no chineese carpets floating araound. I also added two strips of copper to the tops of the memory chips mounted on the graphics card also. Thermal epoxy kicks pie.

Re: Graphic card suggestion

null@example.com (herbanator3) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:33:13 +0000

It depends on how much money you have to spend
if you have quite a bit of money i'd buy an 8800, but then again im not an expert with this stuff

This is my card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814127286

Was a fairly cheap card and can run 2142 on all high and can run crysis at medium.

Graphic card suggestion

null@example.com (Straider) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:43:22 +0000

I've found out that my current graphic card is dying. There are alot of 'colored' dots on my screen' and ingame there are lines everywhere.

So I came to the conclusion that I need a new one. But which one? I'm not quite sure I've never realy been into computers and all that, so pherhaps maybe some of you guys can help me pick something good out. The only real things that I want is: play BF2142 on highest quality, and it must be better then the GeForce 7900 GT/GTO.

My system:
AMD Athlon (tm) 64 X2 Dual
Core Processor 3800+
2.01 GHz, 2.00 GB of RAM

So wich card would be the best for me ?