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October 31st, 2004, 09:25 PM
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|  building a pc but am on a budget
what is the best video card under 450?
or around there?
which is better, NVIDIA or ATI?  | 
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October 31st, 2004, 09:27 PM
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thats not really what i would call budget
but most will agree that its the 6800 GT
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October 31st, 2004, 09:33 PM
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haha, thats not a budget man.
also, dont spend all that money on only a good video, try the cpu and other stuff first. | |
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October 31st, 2004, 09:54 PM
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i agree with mystik build ur system first with highend parts nit just one how much money do u have to spend hope its not 450??? once i have that info ill help u out but really dont spend it on just one good thing and all the rest crap 
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October 31st, 2004, 10:03 PM
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November 1st, 2004, 02:39 AM
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you could get an x800pro with VIVO and flash it to x800xt. but for that price the 6800gt and x800pro are both great cards. | |
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November 1st, 2004, 02:44 AM
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wow.. if 450 goes to ur graphic card, i can't imagine how much goes to ur entire rig
COOL!!
but, yeah... the best would arguably be the 6800GT  | |
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November 1st, 2004, 02:47 AM
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No one told him Nvidia is arguably better since they decided not to repeat the FX line. I have only heard great things about the geforce 6 series. I have heard not so good things about ATi's new series except the x800XT platnium, which is over priced so no one reccomends buying it.
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November 1st, 2004, 04:48 PM
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well, it's not a very small budget!
around 2000 bucks.
i was going for a top-end system, around 3500 bucks, but i just need a system to run halo, far cry, and probably halo 2 when it comes out
will these do?:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
MSI K8TNEO2-FIR via k8t800 pro chipset
ASUS Radeon X800 Pro
PDP systems memory dual channel kit 184-pin 1GB( 512MBX2 )
Maxtor Ultra Series Kit 120 GB 7200rpm IDE
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Gamer LE
Samsung 172x-silver 17"
these add up to only 1972.97, is there anything i can change to make my gaming experience a tad better?
(not too much price difference, though  | |
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November 1st, 2004, 04:50 PM
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how do you "flash"
also, how do you overclock anything (ex: ram, cpu, gpu)? | |
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