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| 676746 | 2008-06-09 05:09:00 | Ok the time has come... Im sick to the back teeth with old laggy gaming... (on the lowest graphic setting) I would like a graphics card that will atleast play Ghost Recon on medium graphics XD I am not looking to overclock or play the newest games like crysis, i just want something that will play with out lagging at the lowest graphic settings. Also i want something that wont use alot of power, as i dont have alot to give, and im not looking at upgrading my PSU so No SLI, No Hard Core gaming... Just normal. :lol: I want to keep the price down as i am not the richest guy on earth, so if anyone on the forums has a second hand one =) I am looking at this www.pcpop.co.nz or even this www.trademe.co.nz Whats some good cheap recommendations? I have a Winfast 6100 M2MA motherboard like this www.digit-life.com Thanks |
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| 676747 | 2008-06-09 05:11:00 | +1 8600GT. But get as Asus. What PSU are you running? |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 676748 | 2008-06-09 05:18:00 | nice post lots of info Personally as you are PCIEx16 I would skip the foreplay and go for something really decent that offer some future proofing, who knows what you may want to play in 6 months. A 9600GT can be picked up for around $215 and destroy both those cards, i am never a fan of buying something 'better' than you have now but still pretty crappy. But if you HAVE to, sure the 8600Gt is a bit quicker than the Radeon. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 676749 | 2008-06-09 06:57:00 | +1 8600GT. But get as Asus. What PSU are you running? Nooooo You are going to laugh!!!! I "think" its a olympic 400 watt<==== Im white... =/ Thats y i dont want anything that will draw too much from it... But all its powering is the motherboard (with 1gb ram), a dvd writer and one 80gb somethingarather rpm hd... :banana |
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| 676750 | 2008-06-09 07:43:00 | Also, could someone tell me what really matters in a G card? Would i need to go all the way to 512mb or would 256 be all good? it says Memory 512MB Memory Bus 256 bit Memory Type DDRIII 16Mx32 Would someone tell me what it all means? |
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| 676751 | 2008-06-09 08:54:00 | Bigger is better. | pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 676752 | 2008-06-09 09:13:00 | That Ati 1950pro will require a 30a 12v rail on your PSU, the 8600GT will not. However I agree that a 9600GT would give you a longer gaming future than either of your choices. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 676753 | 2008-06-09 09:24:00 | Yea, i will save up i might just get th 8600gt and then gave for the 9600 or more =) | password (5384) | ||
| 676754 | 2008-06-09 21:14:00 | Bigger is better. Not at ALL correct, many people have been suckered into buying poor performing GPU's with higher amounts of ram. A 512MB 8600GT is a 'lot' slower than a 256MB 3850 for example. In short you may need more Vram to run higher resolutions, BUT if the GPU cannot sustain a fast enough frame rate at those resolutions the extra Vram is useless, the 512Mb 8600Gt is an excellent example of this and there have been dozens of others, its nothing much more than a marketing ploy for the unwary. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 676755 | 2008-06-09 22:46:00 | A 9600GT can be picked up for around $215 and destroy both those cards Agree. Budget is a bad idea for gaming cards. |
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