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Sweeper128

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Okay, I need help, and I'm not nerdy enough about Graphic Card Architecture yet. I understand that, for example xn90 in Nvidia's case, x is the model number and n is the generation, with the last two digits how far along the generation it is. But I'm wanting to know what is the best, budget price NVIDIA card at the moment?
Currently, I have a 7100, which sadly is making my games laggy - I bought Bioshock on a spree with a whole other bunch of games for BreachLAN 10 - and thought of it as the benchmark for last years graphics - Crysis aside. The Microsoft Performance ratings were saying that I had better than recommended hypothetically, but upon booting it up - to my dismay - it just didn't want to run smoothly on any graphics settings.
Bear in mind that I bought UT3 and Farcry 2 at the same time, which would kill my GPU.

Rant over, please advise. And don't feel smug over my rookie mistake... I wanted to fill my baby up after my uni exams.

(I'm using a Intel Quad-Core 6600 @ 2.4GHz each, 4Gig RAM, ACER Aspire make w. Blu-Ray Drive)
 
Deep Blue

Deep Blue

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Hi Sweeper

Do you know what model motherboard you have? Depending on your board will depend on what cards you can buy. Unfortunatly with today's graphics cards, they all tend to be full length (nearly a foot long) so your case needs to have the physical room.

Then power supplies become a consideration too!

If you can get me a model number of your Acer rig I can help you answer these questions and provide some advise based on this :)
 
Negator

Negator

Member
Nothing wrong with ATI from my experiences. my 4850 hasn't thrown up any issues to date and my 9700 pro still runs in an old pc after many good years of use. Have had a few nvidia cards in the past (gf2 / 3 / 6600 / 7800) and i have no real bias. Just look for value for money and at the moment that still lies in ATI's hands. Nvidia have the performance edge if you have more money than sense.
 
MadmaN

MadmaN

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nice card but at the end of the day its upto you becuase me personaly am not going back to ATI.
 
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Sweeper128

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Preferbly I would want a complete rig...

* EVGA X58 3X SLI Intel Motherboard
* Intel Corei7 940 2.93GHz Quad-Core Processor
* 12GB PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz ram
(Crucial Ballistix, Kingston ValueRam)
* 1 x NVidia GTX285 1GB - OR - ATI 4870 1GB graphics card
* 1 x 250GB 7200RPM SATA HD
* (Seagate, Western Digital) 1 x 500GB 7200RPM SATA HD
* (Seagate, Western Digital) Lian Li P60-F Case
* Intel CPU Cooler
* 850W Antec power supply
* 1 x Dell 3008FPW-HC 30" LCD - OR - 2 x Dell 2001FP 20.1" LCD monitors
* Windows Vista 64bit

So... Anyone want to help me break into Valve?

Just kidding...
 
ZeroG

ZeroG

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Unless you plan on some serious data crunching 12GB is more than overkill. It's like using a nuke to dust your house.
 
Amesy

Amesy

Active Member
I have the HIS 4870 1GB and it's awesome. you'll love it mate. Plays anything you throw at it like a dream. DeepBlue has seen it and can vouch, even though he is anti-ATI too.
 
ZeroG

ZeroG

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What sort of operating temperatures are you getting ? What's the noise like ? Is it stock cooler or aftermarket ?

Looking to get one for myself maybe.
 
Deep Blue

Deep Blue

The BOFH
Staff member
His pc does run Crysis pretty well at max settings ;)

Fyi my BFG 8800 GTX OC2 runs about 60 degrees in windows, 82ish max load when playing L4D!
 
ZeroG

ZeroG

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Been reading some review sites and apparetly 1GB is good for high res AA/AF gaming which is what I've been doing now with my 24" widescreen.
 
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