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Re: Video Card

by BassAce » May 3rd, 2008, 7:51 am

medici wrote:
  • A new box (with flashiness =D)
lol sounds good man. Just get it assembled quickly or whenever you have a chance

Re: Video Card

by medici » May 3rd, 2008, 6:57 am

Thanks guys, I've bought all the parts now. In the end I went for:
  • 2 x 8800GS using SLI (Cheaper + better than one 8800GT.)
  • 500GB SATA hard drive + my current 100GB hard drive.
  • 4GB RAM (onboard 2GB + two 1GB sticks, I'll probably upgrade this when I get the cash.)
  • A new 22" monitor.
  • Intel 6600 Core 2 Quad processor.
  • Gigabyte S-Series motherboard.
  • A new box (with flashiness =D)
Got all that for about £520. =D

Re: Video Card

by fl00d3d » May 2nd, 2008, 3:51 pm

For video cards, I'd say stick with the GeForce 8 series and 256mb of video RAM. If you have money to blow or want a top of the line vid card, go into the 9 series or even get SLI (multiple video cards).

For sound, it really doesn't matter to be completely honest. Sure, you can get better quality sound if you spend $300 on a dedicated sound card, but then you'd also have to spend another $300 on the sound system to go with it so that you can hear that high quality sound in high quality. I don't think it's worth it. Most onboard sound systems are pretty reliable these days.

Re: Video Card

by Grimes [3rd ID] » May 2nd, 2008, 3:20 pm

The newer X-Fi sound cards are pretty awesome.

THE best video card on the market is the 9800 GX2. Under that is the 9600. Than the 8800Ultra. (9800=8800x2)

Re: Video Card

by Cronambs » May 2nd, 2008, 2:48 pm

nvidia is good brand, I used to have issues on ati brand because of no support on opengl and bad drivers that caused graphic errors or bsod but now since amd owns it i dunno how they are like anymore

sound cards I'm not very sure, I'm using nvidia on board sound card but maybe sound blaster from creative?

Video Card

by medici » May 2nd, 2008, 2:18 pm

I'll be getting a new computer for my birthday (with quad-core =D), but I wanted to get people's suggestions for the best video cards out there for gaming and the best one for me. Thanks.

EDIT: Also, should I worry about my sound card? If so, what would be a good choice?

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