Video Card

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

im trying to build a computer, whihc do u prefer ATI or Nvidia, and what company do you like that puts these out, i need PCI express, either 128 or 256, somewhere around 150, i wanted an ATI with tv tuner in it, but i dont know anything about them

anyone, i want to play some games but im not really gonna be buying any so i might just get a cheaper one with a tv tuner because i play my xbox 360 for games

here are the computer specs as of now(just ideas)

pentium D 2.8ghz(anyone have a computer with pentium d?)

1gb ram dont know brand yet

250gb SATA hd

DVD rom drive and DVD burner drive

a cheaper sound car less than 50$

still dont know what mother board no omre than 120$

im waiting on my tax money beforei get too rowdy about it, but i dont want to spend over 1000$, right now with everything i would need to run it is 1018$ but im gonna change some stuff and lower cost of video card

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[lslugz 10+ year member]

I have a Geforce 6800gt made by BFG. Its a great card, and it has a lifetime warranty. You should look into BFG, but thats just my 2 cents.

 

[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

I would go with Nvidia. I never had a problem getting customer support from them and getting all the drivers. Plus it worked with everything. I owned an ATI a while back and I did not work with everything. But then again they probably have gotten alot more compatibility with things since then. I would still go with Nvidia.

 

[Rmsanger 10+ year member]

I have a Geforce 7800 gt (OC'd version)... I've always preferred Nvidia to ATI but either way you'll be fine!

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

would it be better to get a regular graphics card then get a tv tuner, that way if something quits im still good to go, i dont want to go over 150$ so what models nvidia or ati should i look at that is good enough to play games for a while

anyone have any ifo for a good motherboard

 

[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

Unless your a hard core gamer, just about any 150 dollar video card will work fine. I still have a PNY Geforce Mx400 64 4x agp which still gets me through the games.

 

[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

but im not sure if you are going to find a video card with a tv tuner for that price though.

 

[VOA_NIGHTMARE 10+ year member]

I might upgrade my vid card just because I am getting into some of the newer games out. So my old one I might sell its a nvidia fx5200 128 mb agp and works great never had a problem. And I am still running good games on it but I am going to get a 256 I mean. I am playing Americas Army and call of duty 2, along with many other games with no problems.

 

[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

I might upgrade my vid card just because I am getting into some of the newer games out. So my old one I might sell its a nvidia fx5200 128 mb agp and works great never had a problem. And I am still running good games on it but I am going to get a 256 I mean. I am playing Americas Army and call of duty 2, along with many other games with no problems.

edit: how much are u selling it for? Are you going to get a SLI card?

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

Read reviews on newegg. Try to stay away from cards with reviews that say the card is loud. I bought an ATI Radeon 800gto on newegg.com and its an awesome card, but the fan is loud as hell (Sapphire Fireblade edition). Loud fans get annoying real quick.

 

[VOA_NIGHTMARE 10+ year member]

edit: how much are u selling it for? Are you going to get a SLI card?

Whats a sli card? I was shown a nvidia 6600 i think it was some new one they have out. I dont know the price of my card. I think I paid 150 for it about 1 yr ago but I dont know what they go for etc. The fan I can honestly not even hear it on mine so thats a plus. It has 2 monitor out puts on it. I dont know much about these things honestly.

 

[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

Read reviews on newegg. Try to stay away from cards with reviews that say the card is loud. I bought an ATI Radeon 800gto on newegg.com and its an awesome card, but the fan is loud as hell (Sapphire Fireblade edition). Loud fans get annoying real quick.

O hell yea. I remember I got all thermal take fans once. Big big mistake. The freaking cpu fan was in the mid 50's of noise level. Horrible.

 

[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

Whats a sli card? I was shown a nvidia 6600 i think it was some new one they have out. I dont know the price of my card. I think I paid 150 for it about 1 yr ago but I dont know what they go for etc. The fan I can honestly not even hear it on mine so thats a plus. It has 2 monitor out puts on it. I dont know much about these things honestly.

Im still kind of confused about the naming but SLI relates to PCI Express 16x which is the newest video cards. I gues you can setup two cards together also so that you get twice the power. I hear it will get really really good in the future. I chose to stick with Agp though. I guess I didnt want to spend more money on a mobo that had SLI.

Also you can only have SLI or AGP on a mobo. You cant have both but SLI is going to be the future of video cards.

 

[VOA_NIGHTMARE 10+ year member]

I am just gona use agp for now lol. I like easy stuff that I know how to do like put it in and turn it on then play my games lol

 

[negativezeroz 5,000+ posts]

nVidia is what I like. I have a cheap lil ATI that came with my computer which I need to swap out for a 6800 or even better yet the 7800GT. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/drool.gif.b5e863e893038027711d4402f340dad0.gif