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mrsiezen

Joined: 21 Jul 2003 Posts: 1210 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:09 pm Post subject: Noob buying a vid card |
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Okay,
I´m reallysick and tired of my vid card, so I want to get a new one. Nothing too fancy, but I want to play the newer games with some decent settings.
But I really don´t have any clue which vid card I should buy!
My budget is about 120 euro´s, and I don´t have a PCI slot...(I think).
What are your suggestions? :confused: _________________ P4 CPU 2.4 Ghz, 512 MB RAM 333Mhz
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Discomb

Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 4262 Location: Beijing, China
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:21 pm Post subject: Re: Noob buying a vid card |
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Rad9800XT
But personally I'd wait till the end of July when the DX10 cards will be announced. _________________
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mrsiezen

Joined: 21 Jul 2003 Posts: 1210 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:45 pm Post subject: Re: Noob buying a vid card |
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Quote: | But personally I'd wait till the end of July when the DX10 cards will be announced. |
And will those be within my budget? I tempt to assume that new cards are always above this price... _________________ P4 CPU 2.4 Ghz, 512 MB RAM 333Mhz
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Discomb

Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 4262 Location: Beijing, China
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:55 pm Post subject: Re: Noob buying a vid card |
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No, they won't be, which is why I posted it as an aside note.
Rad9800XT should be down in your price range by now though... I didn't check. _________________
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killer_roach

Joined: 18 Jan 2001 Posts: 8048 Location: Lexington, Kentucky
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:04 pm Post subject: Re: Noob buying a vid card |
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In that price range, I'd honestly recommend a GeForce 6600GT, which goes for about $100 in the States, so they should be around 120 euro there. They come in both PCI Express and AGP versions, so this might be a route to consider.
If Shader Model 3.0 support isn't a big deal, then the 9800XT is a great choice (might be able to pick one up for 80 euro, 128MB versions sell for under $70 here), as is the Radeon X1600XT (although the AGP versions are out of your budgetary range... PCI versions are about $89 here, AGP are about $169). _________________ Official forum economist. Explodes when thrown.
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mrsiezen

Joined: 21 Jul 2003 Posts: 1210 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:51 pm Post subject: Re: Noob buying a vid card |
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I'm having a hard time finding a 9800XT for sale here... Is it new?
I'll check some more sites tomorrow, now it's time for a nap! _________________ P4 CPU 2.4 Ghz, 512 MB RAM 333Mhz
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Discomb

Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 4262 Location: Beijing, China
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:56 pm Post subject: Re: Noob buying a vid card |
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It's 3 years old. I hope I'm not mistaken. _________________
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killer_roach

Joined: 18 Jan 2001 Posts: 8048 Location: Lexington, Kentucky
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:59 pm Post subject: Re: Noob buying a vid card |
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Yeah, it's roughly three years old now. May be impossible to find apart from places online. _________________ Official forum economist. Explodes when thrown.
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Jinded

Joined: 06 Mar 2004 Posts: 699
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 4:37 pm Post subject: Re: Noob buying a vid card |
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I'd go for the GeForce 6600 GT as well. |
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Dirtbag

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killer_roach

Joined: 18 Jan 2001 Posts: 8048 Location: Lexington, Kentucky
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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:26 am Post subject: Re: Noob buying a vid card |
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The 9600XT's an ancient card anymore... not to mention it's really only a decent match against a 128MB GeForce 6600 non-GT (the GT is roughly twice as fast). _________________ Official forum economist. Explodes when thrown.
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mrsiezen

Joined: 21 Jul 2003 Posts: 1210 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:52 pm Post subject: Re: Noob buying a vid card |
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Okay, did a search for a 6600 GT and found this:
AOPEN AEOLUS Geforce 6600 GT 128 MB DDR III EUR 71,50 at Ebay, have almost 2 days left so I'll check back here tomorrow to check if you guys think I should go for it... _________________ P4 CPU 2.4 Ghz, 512 MB RAM 333Mhz
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killer_roach

Joined: 18 Jan 2001 Posts: 8048 Location: Lexington, Kentucky
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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:40 pm Post subject: Re: Noob buying a vid card |
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128MB is a bit low of memory, but the 6600GT is a good card, and especially at that price. _________________ Official forum economist. Explodes when thrown.
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Jinded

Joined: 06 Mar 2004 Posts: 699
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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:50 pm Post subject: Re: Noob buying a vid card |
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You don't really need 256MB on a GeForce 6600GT. It would hardly ever be able to use all that memory and still run a game at a decent frame rate. |
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killer_roach

Joined: 18 Jan 2001 Posts: 8048 Location: Lexington, Kentucky
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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:16 pm Post subject: Re: Noob buying a vid card |
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Even my 6600 non-GT makes use of having 256MB for stuff like Quake 4 (which does run at a good framerate at high detail). Also comes in handy for running UT2k4 with 4xAA (which is well within the range of feasibility for a 6600 of any stripe). It's not unnecessary by any stretch of the imagination, and, in the case of the 6600GT, the prices are practically identical. If you can get a 128MB one for that price, that's pretty good, but I'd still take a 256MB card since the price difference between such on most nVidia cards is negligible. Granted, I don't know if that's the case for AGP parts. _________________ Official forum economist. Explodes when thrown.
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