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Author:  [SpA]Ruscher [ 15 Dec 2007, 09:04 ]
Post subject:  Need a new Gfx
Hello guys!

Christmas is coming more near, and i decided to let me give a gfx for it.

I thought long for it and now i finally want it. :D

Ofc i need some Opinions of you, as i don't really have any idea what gfx to buy.

Could u tell me some or one possible ones? At the moment i've got a Radeon X1550 Series and those one is not good enough to play some games without laggs, for example ive got those "your gfx is not good enough" when i start HL2 : chapter 2, Tf2 and also Portal.

I count on you! cheers guys :)
Author:  [SpA]lacop [ 15 Dec 2007, 09:20 ]
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IMHO the best choice is 8800GT (http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/29/geforce_8800_gt/)
faster then 8800 GTS / HD 2900 XT, almost as good as 8800 gtx and cheaper :)
Author:  [SpA]th3-mute [ 15 Dec 2007, 11:59 ]
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^^ yup.
Author:  [SpA]SaintK [ 15 Dec 2007, 12:13 ]
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Ruscher, you have PCI-E, or AGP ?
Author:  [SpA]Bucky [ 15 Dec 2007, 12:41 ]
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don't ask saint, he'll tell ya to buy ati! :P wehehehehe
Author:  [SpA]ha11elujaz0rz [ 15 Dec 2007, 12:50 ]
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ATi is the way forward
Author:  Quattro [ 15 Dec 2007, 13:11 ]
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EVGA GeForce 8800GTS KO ACS3 320MB GDDR3 , HDCP, PCI-Express, 2xDVI-I, 320bit
http://www.komplett.de/k/ki.aspx?sku=331943

more cards http://www.komplett.de/k/kl.aspx?bn=10488
Author:  [SpA]th3-mute [ 15 Dec 2007, 15:53 ]
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ATi have completely lost the plot - The merger between them and AMD has ruined almost every product line they were working on (both companies).

The VERY top of the range AMD CPU is what, 75% as fast as the mid level chips from Intel, and the same price? Nice...

Graphics, well, lets just not mention ATi since the 2*** series...

Intel + nVidia = Best performance currently available. No disputing it.
Author:  [SpA]lacop [ 15 Dec 2007, 16:13 ]
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[SpA]th3-mute wrote:
Intel + nVidia = Best performance currently available. No disputing it.
exactly! :)
[SpA]FuckTastic wrote:
EVGA GeForce 8800GTS KO ACS3 320MB GDDR3 , HDCP, PCI-Express, 2xDVI-I, 320bit
8800 GT is cheaper and better than 8800 GTS
Author:  Quattro [ 15 Dec 2007, 16:15 ]
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[SpA]FuckTastic wrote:
EVGA GeForce 8800GTS KO ACS3 320MB GDDR3 , HDCP, PCI-Express, 2xDVI-I, 320bit
8800 GT is cheaper and better than 8800 GTS[/quote]

depends
Author:  [SpA]Ruscher [ 15 Dec 2007, 18:18 ]
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Thanks for the tips!

Seems like the 8800 GT is a good one, so ill get this one

Price does not really matter, my parents buy it. :D
Author:  Quattro [ 15 Dec 2007, 18:23 ]
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o well then,,
tell them to buy a 8800GTX Ultra :D
Author:  [SpA]th3-mute [ 15 Dec 2007, 18:26 ]
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[SpA]FuckTastic wrote:
o well then,,
tell them to buy a 8800GTX Ultra :D
Just called an 8800ultra... But it's HUGE. There's quite literally less than 15 cases on the planet that it fits into... Check yer space up to yer HDD's before u go for an ultra!
Author:  [SpA]lacop [ 15 Dec 2007, 18:28 ]
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[SpA]FuckTastic wrote:
o well then,,
tell them to buy a 8800GTX Ultra :D
or 2 of them in SLI ... that should be enough for every game :)

btw, don't forget to buy power supply if you dont have something >450W
Author:  Quattro [ 15 Dec 2007, 18:30 ]
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what about, dont have any case :D
almost like me, i removed parts on my case for getting the space..
Author:  [SpA]Ruscher [ 15 Dec 2007, 19:12 ]
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[SpA]SaintK wrote:
Ruscher, you have PCI-E, or AGP ?
I dont even know what that means, lol! :D
Author:  [SpA]SaintK [ 15 Dec 2007, 19:34 ]
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[SpA]Ruscher wrote:
[SpA]SaintK wrote:
Ruscher, you have PCI-E, or AGP ?
I dont even know what that means, lol! :D
Well, thats important to know, as you might end up with the wrong card then.

Take a look inside your PC, were your current videocard is now.

This is what a AGP slot looks like:
Image

And this is what a PCI-E slot looks like:(the blue slot)
Image

With PCI-E the colour of the slot might vary, but the AGP slots are always brown.
Author:  [SpA]Ruscher [ 16 Dec 2007, 03:36 ]
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Aight im at a friend atm and we r doing a 2 man Lan but ill do it when im back home tomorrow.
Author:  [SpA]Ruscher [ 16 Dec 2007, 18:43 ]
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Seems like ive got some brown things over there, so it should be a AGP
Author:  Quattro [ 16 Dec 2007, 18:48 ]
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hahaha looser.
not many good AGP video cards i think
Author:  [SpA]SaintK [ 16 Dec 2007, 20:15 ]
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[SpA]Ruscher wrote:
Seems like ive got some brown things over there, so it should be a AGP
Thats a problem indeed. I don't think you would want to spend money on a AGP upgrade.... Best thing would be to give the mobo/cpu/mem a upgrade aswell, alltho the price will be much higher then anticipated.
Author:  [SpA]Ruscher [ 16 Dec 2007, 20:29 ]
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I just wanna be 100% Sure, is there anything which i can check if i get AGP or a PCI-E , i mean a program like Everest Home edition or just somewhere else?
Author:  Quattro [ 16 Dec 2007, 20:37 ]
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hmm, maybe.
launch control panel - system - hardware - device manager - system devices.
and then see if theres something like PCI bus, PCI standard host CPU bridge etc..
Author:  [SpA]Ruscher [ 16 Dec 2007, 21:19 ]
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PCI bus over there
Author:  [SpA]SaintK [ 16 Dec 2007, 21:46 ]
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[SpA]Ruscher wrote:
PCI bus over there
Thats the normal PCI bus. Try and find 'PCI Express Root Port' or something named with AGP.
Author:  [SpA]Ruscher [ 16 Dec 2007, 22:11 ]
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I didnt find what u meant, so i just screened it

here it goes - http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7195 ... aaadx9.png
Author:  [SpA]SaintK [ 16 Dec 2007, 22:15 ]
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Hmm it doesn't list either of em...

Can you take a photo from the inside of your pc by any chance?
Author:  Ardizt [ 16 Dec 2007, 23:35 ]
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Anything from NVidia. ATI's Catalyst Center is teh devil, always throwing errors at you after installation
Author:  [SpA]Ruscher [ 17 Dec 2007, 08:33 ]
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Captain Evil Stomper wrote:
Anything from NVidia. ATI's Catalyst Center is teh devil, always throwing errors at you after installation
I've downloaded some Version of the Center some time ago and i don't had any problems with that yet. :D
Author:  [SpA]SaintK [ 17 Dec 2007, 08:45 ]
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ATI pwns, don't let em fool ya!
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