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Computer Guru's, lend me a hand on choosing a video card. (pg. 3)
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| TrickDaddE |
| quote: | Originally posted by sKyBreAK
i work at CC |
Whick one Mavis & Eglington??? |
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| bass drive |
I also need to buy a video card for my little brother and don't know much about this stuff.
I am basically looking for a mid range card for games like new gta and nfs
I saw these two cards: geforce 7300 gs (PCI e) and radeon x1300pro
are they good?
any better recommendations for mid range cards?
the pc is P4 2.4gh
512 ram
the power supply is 330 or 350 w max I think
I'd have to change it?
thanks in advance |
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| Fir3start3r |
This is the one I'm getting with my PC which I pick up on Wed. Woot!
Asus Extreme AX1600XT (Silent Edition) PCI-E Video Card w/256Mb
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?...&l1=2&l2=8&l3=0
It's based on the ATI Radeon X1600XT chipset.
For the record, I've never had a problem with ATI chipsets....ever. |
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| Fir3start3r |
| quote: | Originally posted by bass drive
the pc is P4 2.4gh
512 ram
the power supply is 330 or 350 w max I think
I'd have to change it?
thanks in advance |
That really depends on what else is in your system.
The more components, the more wattage you'll need.
According to ATI's website, they recommend a min. of a 350W P/S for using their Radeon® X1300 PRO.
>>Source<<
Nvidia doesn't mention anything on their site but I'd say the same for their card; min. 350W P/S. |
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| TrickDaddE |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fir3start3r
This is the one I'm getting with my PC which I pick up on Wed. Woot!
Asus Extreme AX1600XT (Silent Edition) PCI-E Video Card w/256Mb
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?...&l1=2&l2=8&l3=0
It's based on the ATI Radeon X1600XT chipset.
For the record, I've never had a problem with ATI chipsets....ever. |
Dude If your gaming stay away man!!!
It not the chip thats are the prob its the drivers. Also just try and phone ATi and see how long you wait for support. I think that is going to get worse over the next while too due to AMD taking over!!! |
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| Fir3start3r |
| quote: | Originally posted by TrickDaddE
Dude If your gaming stay away man!!!
It not the chip thats are the prob its the drivers. Also just try and phone ATi and see how long you wait for support. I think that is going to get worse over the next while too due to AMD taking over!!! |
Intel whore! :p |
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| Cosmic Fur |
| What's the big hubbub with support, lol? I've never had to call support for a video card EVER. All the info you need is out there on the Internet. You'd get a solution a lot faster if you look in the right places rather than relying on phone support. Same goes for drivers - you just need to know where to look. |
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| sKyBreAK |
| quote: | Originally posted by djbruuen
lol, i'd say prove me wrong, but i'd never be in kingston for computer shopping. but thats my point with what pyscho said. you have to go in knowing exactly what you want, which i always do, so i don't care about getting crap service. but if you expect an employee to help you there, then you're SOL. |
haha kingston. i go to university here which is why i'm in kingston.
did you know the first CC was in kingston? lol
anyway yeah, it's a shame customers can't get more attention. it's just employees don't really get any incentives since we're not on commision. |
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| Fir3start3r |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
What's the big hubbub with support, lol? I've never had to call support for a video card EVER. All the info you need is out there on the Internet. You'd get a solution a lot faster if you look in the right places rather than relying on phone support. Same goes for drivers - you just need to know where to look. |
That's only true if you don't have the bleeding edge technology.
But then, all new technology has revisions in drivers even after they've become public... |
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| sKyBreAK |
| quote: | Originally posted by TrickDaddE
Whick one Mavis & Eglington??? |
no, in kingston. 298 princess street.
my money is you have no idea where that is :conf: |
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| TrickDaddE |
| quote: | Originally posted by sKyBreAK
no, in kingston. 298 princess street.
my money is you have no idea where that is :conf: |
I know where Kingston is dude! I think I could find Princess street! lol
I love CC by the way especially the ones with Cute Asian Girls!!!! |
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| TrickDaddE |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fir3start3r
Intel whore! :p |
Im running AMD bro!!
Just alway had probs with EVERY ATI Product I bought.
I had old RAGE series cards that never gave me issues but that was back in the 4/8 mb days!!! lol
I just recently bought this ATi HDTV Tuner and to get that thing working was a nightmare using their drivers and Utilities.
If is used a 3rd party PVR/Player utility and the Driver that came with windows(supplied by ATI) then the card worked like a dream.
Also they are refusing to release 64-bit drivers because basically they have a newer HDTV Tuner card and they want people to have to buy it! Dirty imo. So now I have a useless $200 card if I want to run 64-bit OS!
You'll also notice alot of games have to come up with patches directly related to ATI driver issues.
Don't get me wrong ATI make good hardware and excellent High-end stuff and I would love to buy canadian but their drivers suck! |
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