thor Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 1939 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 23 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 211 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 16, 2014 Birthday: 10/11/1973 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Hey guys. My NVidia Geforce 9600 GSO just got fried, it seems. Ah well, I guess I'll have to survive a weekend without Crysis. It's just a weekend after all... Just a couple of days... Not a big deal... I'll live... I can do it.... O M G !!!!, a whole weekend, NOOOOOOOOOOO..... wuahhhhhh... sniff sniff... calm down... focus... that's it... pull yourself together man... So, anyway, I guess I'll have to get a new video card. I do however need some advice on which one to get. I want a good quality one but I'd like to be able to get it without having to get a second mortgage on the house or selling the car and the dog :-) Any tips? Anyone? TIA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobryis_XI Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 237 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 9 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 534 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 16 Achievement Points: 3189 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 8, 2016 Birthday: 10/17/1992 Share Posted November 20, 2010 I know Ray would say ATI... If you are staying with NVIDIA, get a 200 or 400 series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUDMAN Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 800 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 152 Topic Count: 136 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 6961 Content Per Day: 1.32 Reputation: 4503 Achievement Points: 58403 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/27/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 05/29/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted November 20, 2010 400 i have 460 and it rocks and runs very cool compared to the 265 i have also p.s under 200.00 on line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
NightmareXI Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Share Posted November 20, 2010 okay this is always hard to decide... LOL its always a matter how much money you can spend... I have 2 x 5770 vapor-x in CF and a 4 Ghz cpu to play crysis on very high with average 35 fps if you have 150€ to spend you should go for 6850 of ATI the 460 of Nvidia is almost a little faster but I dont like the temperatures of this card... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WiZiD Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 804 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 7, 2020 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Share Posted November 20, 2010 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130577 That would work and just under $160 Now ATI for less money you could get the 5770 and its a faster card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102898&cm_re=5770-_-14-102-898-_-Product Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WiZiD Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 804 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 7, 2020 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Share Posted November 20, 2010 If you could please post what you have to spend it would give me a better idea to find something for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
thor Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 1939 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 23 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 211 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 16, 2014 Birthday: 10/11/1973 Author Share Posted November 20, 2010 Thanks guys. Well, my PC is pretty standard I guess: Intel Core2 Duo CPU, E8400 3.00Ghz, 4GB RAM. I'm running Vista and using a Razer DeathAdder mouse. And so far, my graphics cards candidates are: GIGABYTE GEFORCE GTX 460 - 768 MB GDDR5 - PCI-EXPRESS 2.0 - 154€ SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY RADEON HD 6850 - 1 GB GDDR5 - PCI-EXPRESS 2.1 - 159€ Still haven't made up my mind though... Hoping to hear more opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graffitti Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 27 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 9 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 307 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 25 Achievement Points: 1712 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 22, 2021 Birthday: 06/03/1957 Share Posted November 20, 2010 If the budget is a little better, try the 295 GTX (dual GPU on 1 card), running it for 1 1/2 year, no prob, lots of memory.... On Ebay or else, you might find it for +/- 250 - 300 U$ I think.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiZiD Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 804 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 7, 2020 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Not many peeps think so but I am a firm believer in following your chipset. If your chipset is nvidia stay with that. If it is ati stay with that. I have run into many problems when attempting to mix match........just an opinion though....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
thor Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 1939 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 23 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 211 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 16, 2014 Birthday: 10/11/1973 Author Share Posted November 20, 2010 WiZiD If you could please post what you have to spend it would give me a better idea to find something for you. I'm confortable around 150€. Maybe a bit more if the card is really worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiZiD Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 804 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 7, 2020 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Share Posted November 20, 2010 thor WiZiD If you could please post what you have to spend it would give me a better idea to find something for you. I'm confortable around 150€. Maybe a bit more if the card is really worth it. could you translate that into US dollars? ....nevermind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sun Tzu Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 542 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 311 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1628 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 29 Achievement Points: 11299 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/30/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 3, 2014 Birthday: 03/01/1975 Share Posted November 20, 2010 WiZiD thor WiZiD If you could please post what you have to spend it would give me a better idea to find something for you. I'm confortable around 150€. Maybe a bit more if the card is really worth it. could you translate that into US dollars? ....nevermind 205.11 United States dollar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareXI Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Share Posted November 20, 2010 WiZiD thor WiZiD If you could please post what you have to spend it would give me a better idea to find something for you. I'm confortable around 150€. Maybe a bit more if the card is really worth it. could you translate that into US dollars? ....nevermind LOL Wiz thats about 200 bucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
thor Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 1939 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 23 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 211 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 16, 2014 Birthday: 10/11/1973 Author Share Posted November 20, 2010 WiZiD thor WiZiD If you could please post what you have to spend it would give me a better idea to find something for you. I'm confortable around 150€. Maybe a bit more if the card is really worth it. could you translate that into US dollars? ....nevermind 1 EUR = 1.3 USD (they're worth practically the same) http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=1&From=EUR&To=USD&image.x=42&image.y=15ℑ=Submit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiZiD Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 804 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 7, 2020 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Sun Tzu WiZiD thor WiZiD If you could please post what you have to spend it would give me a better idea to find something for you. I'm confortable around 150€. Maybe a bit more if the card is really worth it. could you translate that into US dollars? ....nevermind 205.11 United States dollar Yea I'm an Idiot........should follow my own directions.......just google it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
NightmareXI Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Share Posted November 20, 2010 thor WiZiD If you could please post what you have to spend it would give me a better idea to find something for you. I'm confortable around 150€. Maybe a bit more if the card is really worth it. next step is 200 €... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sun Tzu Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 542 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 311 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1628 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 29 Achievement Points: 11299 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/30/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 3, 2014 Birthday: 03/01/1975 Share Posted November 20, 2010 PNY XLR8 VCGGTX4601XPB-OC GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) OC 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiZiD Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 804 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 7, 2020 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Sun Tzu EVGA 768-P3-1362-AR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked 768MB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card I have two of those in my new build. I will post pics later after it is done........sweet rig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sun Tzu Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 542 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 311 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1628 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 29 Achievement Points: 11299 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/30/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 3, 2014 Birthday: 03/01/1975 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Sun Tzu PNY XLR8 VCGGTX4601XPB-OC GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) OC 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card Saw this one thought be better more ram PNY XLR8 VCGGTX4601XPB-OC GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) OC 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card Item #: N82E16814133326 Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy Protect Your Investment (expand for options14-133-326S22055|hide options14-133-326S22055) Service Net Replacement Extended Warranty The product will be replaced and shipped directly to you at no charge.(more info14-133-326.0.120) 1 year: $19.99 2 year: $36.99 -$10.00 Instant $209.99 $199.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareXI Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Share Posted November 20, 2010 GTX 460 in SLI are causing a lot of temp issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BUDMAN Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 800 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 152 Topic Count: 136 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 6961 Content Per Day: 1.32 Reputation: 4503 Achievement Points: 58403 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/27/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 05/29/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted November 20, 2010 WiZiD Not many peeps think so but I am a firm believer in following your chipset. If your chipset is nvidia stay with that. If it is ati stay with that. I have run into many problems when attempting to mix match........just an opinion though....... EVGA M/B with EVGA GTX 460 RUNS REAL GOOD..... I AGREE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
evool Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 721 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 277 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1516 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 01/01/1970 Share Posted November 20, 2010 i wont even add which card to get coz it will make ur budget explode .. but anyway .. Sapphire Ati radeon 4870 X2 2 GB ram. its one card with two GPU's on it. Still a TOP ati card out there. aroun 500 bucks where i live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CplMOFO Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 1924 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1012 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 101 Achievement Points: 5864 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 21, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1973 Share Posted November 20, 2010 I second most people and say that I would go for either GTX460 1GB version or a HD6000-series card. some info on benchmarks, comparisons, power draw and overclocking capability. Hardwarecanucks is beyond reproach when time comes for straight up legit reviews... http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/37499-hd-6870-hd-6850-vs-gtx-460-1gb-overclocking-study.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WiZiD Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 804 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 7, 2020 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Ok here is the bomb diggity http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130570 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ChknFngr Posted November 20, 2010 Member ID: 922 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 72 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 3472 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 1286 Achievement Points: 23224 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/23/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 16, 2021 Birthday: 10/01/1975 Share Posted November 20, 2010 yea if u go nvidia, go for an evga, best support ever. if u have a problem with the card u just send it back to evga europe, and they send u another card. as simple as it is. i had a problem with mine, they send me a better model that is stable like a big tank. also, be sure to get one of the latest if u go for a 400 serie, because they fixed a few problems with latest batch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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