Vid card

nifebender · Post by **nifebender** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:49 am

ok, i dont know much about comps. i know what they need to run, and bigger is better pretty much. but i was wondering if this vid card is good?
256MB PCI Express

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:15 am

Well it certainly isn't bad...

nifebender · Post by **nifebender** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:17 am

so its an average vid card, not great but not bad.

Pie · Post by **Pie** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:44 am

Why not build your own?
Or go for Nvidia...Radeon is worse when it comes to gaming.

nifebender · Post by **nifebender** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:09 am

im not looking to play any games with really crazy graphics.ill mostly stick to xbox for gaming. there just a few game that i want to mess with. i was going to build my own, but i can get it cheaper from dell and ill get a legit copy of xp and 1 yr ltd warrenty with it.

The_Hushed_Casket · Post by **The_Hushed_Casket** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:37 pm

What kind of memory is it? GDDR3 is ideal.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:14 pm

Pie wrote:Why not build your own?
Or go for Nvidia...Radeon is worse when it comes to gaming.

My Radeon works fine in games... I kinda prefer it over my other nVidia card

The_Hushed_Casket · Post by **The_Hushed_Casket** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:26 pm

Cuda wrote:
Pie wrote:Why not build your own?
Or go for Nvidia...Radeon is worse when it comes to gaming.
My Radeon works fine in games... I kinda prefer it over my other nVidia card

Agreed, my X800 powers through the latest games. ATi is the best.

jks · Post by **jks** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:59 pm

I have an x800 gt, its really good because its almost as powerful as most 7800's, but only cost me $150.

Katarn · Post by **Katarn** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:46 pm

jks wrote:I have an x800 gt, its really good because its almost as powerful as most 7800's, but only cost me $150.

No, no it isn't. Radeons are NOT worse than Nvidia's for gaming, it depends on the model, not your personal preference. I have an XFX 7800GT and i'm impressed with it. Do not go for onboard video or express radeon cards. Get a real card. I'd recommend the X1800 or 7800 series. The latter is the cheaper and better bang for your buck.

wes · Post by **wes** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:30 pm

i recommend x1800 series for radeons
the x1900 series are too pricey, and they don't have much of a boost over the x1800

Pie · Post by **Pie** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:22 pm

Nvidia is just more advanced in the pixelshading technology than Radeon. That is what matters to me most.

jks · Post by **jks** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:00 pm

Katarn wrote:
jks wrote:I have an x800 gt, its really good because its almost as powerful as most 7800's, but only cost me $150.
No, no it isn't. Radeons are NOT worse than Nvidia's for gaming, it depends on the model, not your personal preference. I have an XFX 7800GT and i'm impressed with it. Do not go for onboard video or express radeon cards. Get a real card. I'd recommend the X1800 or 7800 series. The latter is the cheaper and better bang for your buck.

My x800 gt has 470 mhz clock and 500 mhz memory x2 clocks. 256 mb GDDR3 RAM, and it cost me $150. I can overclock it to 535 core and 550 mem no problem because of the onboard fan. It has only 8 pixel pipelines though, which is why its so cheap, but I hardware modded it to have 12 pipes. (This card is the result of a surplus of the X800 GTX's which have 12 native pipes, but the company just decided to lock down 4 of them and market them as GT's, so I got a GTX for the price of a GT.)

Kurroda · Post by **Kurroda** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:15 pm

i have a ATI Radeon Xpress 200M works pretty good for me