Which video card should i get?

[User Name]

He has an Asus MB, should be good...

Mine is a socket 939 Asus motherboard, and it has a VIA chipset.

Oh, I forgot to mention. My XFX 8800 GT's fan isn't load at all, at least up to 65%. I use Rivatuner to keep the fan there because Nvidia's drivers keep the fan at 29% until the chip hits somewhere around 80C! Leaving my fan at 65% keeps the GPU in the low 60's. Even after a long game of Crysis at XP very high settings.

 

[Yoshiro]

I myself have an 8800gt towne and couldn't be happier with it. I personally wouldn't get the 9800 series right now, or the new 280 or 260's (unless you plan to go vista and do DX 10 gaming).

 

[Dcode]

The Radeon HD4850 is doing very well. I am hoping the 4870 will stomp the benchmarks and give nVidia something to work for.

The 4850 pretty much stomps the 8800GTX in most tests. As of now the card costs

 

[Towne]

I will probably get the 8800 GT thank you all for your support . I have another question, how do I overcloak my pc and stuff? Is there something or some one able to each me how?

 

[Dcode]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=2057083&enterthread=y

No matter what platform you have, the fundamentals remain. However do not copy the figures listed in that thread. Figures that relate to memory timings, voltages & FSB speeds will be different if your using an AMD platform.

Instead use the guide to gain an understanding of how overclocking works.

 

[=GG= Mr Moe]

I will probably get the 8800 GT thank you all for your support . I have another question, how do I overcloak my pc and stuff? Is there something or some one able to each me how?

And do it a little at a time... no need to overclock it more than your current game needs in my opinion.

 

[Towne]

Will a PCI-E work with a PCI-E 2.0? All my motherboard says it has a PCI-E x16. Or is 1.0 and 2.0 are totally different?

 

[Pvt.pile]

Will a PCI-E work with a PCI-E 2.0? All my motherboard says it has a PCI-E x16. Or is 1.0 and 2.0 are totally different?

I was wondering about this myself my mother board just says 1 x PCI Express x16 slot?

 

[=GG= Mr Moe]

PCI-E 2.0 should be backwards compatable...

 

[Yoshiro]

pci-e x16 is PCI-e 1, cards that say PCI-e 2 should be able to go in your PCI-e 1 slot with no problems and vice versa. My 8800gt is PCI-e 2, and my mobo is PCI-e 1.

 

[Speed_Demon]

It seems like I'm the only one who still has a radeon 9800 pro.

 

[=GG= Mr Moe]

It seems like I'm the only one who still has a radeon 9800 pro.

My old one in my son's machine died about 9 months ago, but it was decent for what it was...

 

[Towne]

its weird, I can find the same card, but one will need 400W PSU, while the other 430W etc...

 

[AbJ32]

I would go with something of an 8800GT or a 9600GT provided you have the power supply to handle those cards. I would not go with an SLI setup as those don't really show benefits over the same card in a single card configuration baring you play at a very high screen resolution like say 1920x1200.

 

[Towne]

Where do you recommend me buying them? My power supply is 420, but the video cards differ, because I seen the cards range from 400 to 450W.

 

[=GG= Mr Moe]

Where do you recommend me buying them? My power supply is 420, but the video cards differ, because I seen the cards range from 400 to 450W.

That could just be a different manufacuter's specs....

If you can get from NewEgg, I would suggest them....

 

[Towne]

I am limited to 200 dollars.

 

[fiftyone]

Which brings us back to the first post...

Graphics = PSU, will it or won't it...
The answer remains the same : If you have a half decent(420) PSU, you should be good to go.

Nvidea FanBoy.
Now let us not get into the debate as to which GPU demands the least power .

Buy the card, throw it in the box and see what happens.
Tip... Give it a line all to itself, thats to say, try not to put the HD on the same line as the graphics adapter.

Good Luck.

 

[Zips]

pci-e x16 is PCI-e 1, cards that say PCI-e 2 should be able to go in your PCI-e 1 slot with no problems and vice versa. My 8800gt is PCI-e 2, and my mobo is PCI-e 1.

Yosh, this isn't always the case.

There are some compatibility issues with the 8800GT and PCI-e v2 cards not working on v1 spec motherboards.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_8_Series#Compatibility_issue_with_PCI-E_1.0a

There are bios updates for the cards from EVGA and ASUS that should fix this. Newer cards don't have this problem (after the 8800GT) as I found out after requesting a direct response on the EVGA forums.

 

[Towne]

Tip... Give it a line all to itself, thats to say, try not to put the HD on the same line as the graphics adapter.

What do you mean?