Need Help With A videocard!!!!

[guyver2077]

im currently in a hunt for a nice video card...i just built my comp and its like the last puzzle to it...i already ordered a hard drive on ebay,,,anywayz anyone know what is good out there...or great should i ad...ive hears so mush shit about nvidia vs ati that i dont know what to believe anymore.......is there a site that compares them or reviews each model


o and how about this card...it hink it looks freaking awesome..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2785331946&category=40 161

[kelpie182]

TRY IGN.COM lfind video card in pc sections
also try zdnet.com, cnet.com as these website not only gives you editorial reviews but customers reviews as well
lastly search google for video card review a wealth of info comes up

[guyver2077]

thanx

[sblymnlcrymnl]

I'd check out www.sharkyextreme.com and www.tomshardware.com

[guyver2077]

guys i need hel finding a review on this card,,,

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2787009088&category=40 161

it says its a geforece 5700 but i can only find reviews for 5700 ultra and none of them look like this card...i really like how this card looks lol...and does the 256 mb really matter as opposed to 128?

[Moxio]

www.newegg.com has a lot of good deals.

In my opinion, ATI <-- nVidia, but nVidia is great too!

[guyver2077]

lol i thought nvidia >>> ati

[spidey]

lol i thought nvidia >>> ati

Not by a long shot. nVidia has lagged behind quite a bit. I wouldn't touch their FX line with a 10 ft pole. Go get yourself a Radeon 9800.

[guyver2077]

damn it will be impossible to pick a damn v card....ive heard so many diff reviews.....i heard the latest geforces can be beat because of their high core speeds and gaming at high resolution....ive heard the ati's are a littel behind at high resolutions and are more for lower reg games,,,,,,ahhh what do i do?? lol

[Scrubking]

If you want a review then check out tomshardware.com

[bmulligan]

,,,,,,ahhh what do i do?? lol

Get a Radeon 9800 XT. I would If I had that kind of money.

[dustyeff]

ATI for sure. They have less compatibility issues (at least, in my case) and they just seem a bit more reliable and better. It might be simply because I've always had good ATI cards, but, that's my opinion.

[JakeT81588]

i had a radeon 9600 pro that did very well for me for a while... great card! but i recently purchased my radeon 9800 xt... the greatest graphics iv seen so far! but it has a steep 500 dollar price tag.

[doomgaze_86]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-268&depa=0

This will do very nicely.

[guyver2077]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-268&depa=0

This will do very nicely.


not bad card....you think 128 memory better than 256 ones

[guyver2077]

another issue is cooling and core speed....the ati cards core speed are not as high as the gforces and what is this aout installing a vga silencer (?) on the card...are there any cards that come with like good coolign systens and how do you actually overclock a video card

[Scrubking]

another issue is cooling and core speed....the ati cards core speed are not as high as the gforces and what is this aout installing a vga silencer (?) on the card...are there any cards that come with like good coolign systens and how do you actually overclock a video card

The stock cooling on vid cards is fine if you don't overclock.

There are plenty of ways to overclock a card - you can alter the bios, use a software program or both. I don't recommend overclocking cause the performance increase is minimal while the risk of card damage is high. Not to mention that you have to add extra cooling to your card which is very difficult since you can easily damage your card.

Also don't get too caught up in the numbers. Go to a website - tomshardware.com is one of them - and look at performance benchmarks on different games and systems.