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Title: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: Dawg81 on October 18, 2010, 10:15:55 AM
Well my old GeForce 8800GTS is starting to crap out i had to set my monitor to a lower res this morning and now it doesnt recongize the monitor model. Im running Asus P5N-T Deluxe and need some suggestions on what card to get i would like to stick to NVidia any help and suggestions are welcomed
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: Nebula on October 18, 2010, 10:58:02 AM
LOL get the 480 LOL (though I doubt ya want to shell out that amount of cash) so either the 460 or 470.
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: UFR-Winter on October 18, 2010, 12:04:48 PM
Well due to the store i deal with.he didnt have the nivida i wanted so i ended up building my system with
a ATI..SAPPHIRE  RADEON HD 5750. (1GB  GDDR5)
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: Dawg81 on October 18, 2010, 12:57:47 PM
but will GDDR5 work with my mobo?
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: Nebula on October 18, 2010, 01:38:40 PM
but will GDDR5 work with my mobo?

GDDR5 is part of the GFX card... the motherboard shouldn't care...
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: captain_obvious on October 18, 2010, 04:21:57 PM
I'd get an ATI 5850 or similar. Those new Nvidia chips are just too hot and power hungry for the performance advantage.

And as for the GDDR5, it is part of the gfx card and not the mobo.  The mobo has zilch contact with the graphics ram. Everything going to that ram via the mobo goes through the GPU so the mobo's speed (or lack there of) will have no effect.
Neb speaks truth!
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: Dawg81 on October 18, 2010, 08:15:22 PM
this is going to be my first time swapping out vid cards on a win 7 PC will the OS automatically detect it and remove the old drivers or will i have to remove the drivers myself prior to install of the new vid card?
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: Nebula on October 18, 2010, 10:11:30 PM
eh if it's nvidia the drivers should be the same... though you may just want to install new drivers afterwards.
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: UFR-Winter on October 18, 2010, 10:57:13 PM
ya should pick it up right away....but then do the search like Neb said for the newest drivers and just follow install ...its easy..
good luck...
and ya i should have stuck with nividia.....
and as a history lessen I miss my  16mg Elsa 3d card from my 1st computer...sniff sniff..those were the days...
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: Dawg81 on October 19, 2010, 12:46:55 PM
thanks for the help guys and good to hear from ya old man winter (which is right around the corner) I think i have settled with this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130563
but unfortunatly it has to be put on the backburner ftm as the speedometer on my Sierra is crapping out and i really need to mind my speed in my area (Largo FL) they even have a law saying u have to make a complete stop on a green light to make a right turn
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: eclipse74569 on October 19, 2010, 02:26:28 PM
they even have a law saying u have to make a complete stop on a green light to make a right turn

That's a complete crock of crap....They need to repeal that law or I won't go anywhere near there (my in-laws live near Leesburg)
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: Vladko1 on October 19, 2010, 04:28:40 PM
Radeon HD6650 :evil: It will be about 1.7TFlops and the prize wouldn't be big.
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: Nebula on October 19, 2010, 04:31:00 PM
Radeon HD6650 :evil: It will be about 1.7TFlops and the prize wouldn't be big.

har har har.... no jokes please lol
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: teleguy on October 23, 2010, 11:38:06 AM
thanks for the help guys and good to hear from ya old man winter (which is right around the corner) I think i have settled with this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130563

Get the 1024 MB version. The GTX 768 not only has less memory but also lower pixel fillrate and bandwidth. Prices should go down now the new 6870/6850 cards have been released.
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: Nebula on October 25, 2010, 11:12:20 PM
Get the 1024 MB version. The GTX 768 not only has less memory but also lower pixel fillrate and bandwidth. Prices should go down now the new 6870/6850 cards have been released.

There is no such thing as the GTX 768....
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: teleguy on October 26, 2010, 04:55:57 PM
I meant GTX 460 with 768 MB.
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: milenent on November 22, 2010, 12:38:15 PM
5970 is your card  :)
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: StarkillerTFU2 on December 09, 2010, 11:03:30 AM
ATI HD GFX Cards are better. NVidia cards just sucks. its drivers never come updated and it?s control panel takes an eternity to open.
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: majormagna on December 10, 2010, 08:13:53 PM
My nVidia control panel takes around 2 seconds to open; maybe it's just you?

Just a note, my nVidia GT220 somehow manages to run EVE online at max graphics (Minus HDR) at 60FPS and never slows down/overheats. How is this possible?
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: eclipse74569 on December 11, 2010, 01:54:40 PM
My nVidia control panel takes around 2 seconds to open; maybe it's just you?

Just a note, my nVidia GT220 somehow manages to run EVE online at max graphics (Minus HDR) at 60FPS and never slows down/overheats. How is this possible?

A good computer perhaps?
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: majormagna on December 11, 2010, 07:33:03 PM
I'd say my PC is "decent", but a 512MB GT220 shouldn't be able to play that kind of graphics quality for more than a minute or so before slowing down.

Note, this is EVE online, all settings to max, aside from bloom, HDR and AA (I use 4x for that)
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: Nebula on December 11, 2010, 07:55:24 PM
yeah it's not just your gfx card... it's the whole deal.
and what you said about Bloom, HDR, and AA is actually a big deal.
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: majormagna on December 11, 2010, 08:21:46 PM
Hm, it was on my old PC, reduced FPS from ~60 to ~20.

Nevermind then. [/HijackThread]
Title: Re: need advice on what new gfx card to get
Post by: flarespire on January 02, 2011, 12:57:30 PM
it may be a bit late but a NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 seems a good choice, it runs on the old PCI interface, but from what ive seen and heard it should last around 6 years, the only drawback is that it only has 256MB of onboard ram, but its still a decent little card, if your mobo doesnt have an old PCI slot, then go for a more up to date one. and BTW, if getting the FX 5200, make sure you PCI slot loos like the one in the image attached.