GeForce versus Radeon

[Serani]

Hey all, I was wondering what your opinions were and why between GeForce and Radeon, I hear great things about both and am in the market for new one. Any suggestions on models would help greatly, I am look for something less than $250/300 or south of that and that can pull out great for high performance games.

[nwo75200]

So, it's another one of these.
Go for the 6600GT, there's no doubt that that is the best card under 250 bucks.

The FX series sucked, but the new 6 series is great, and own's ATI's current X series.

Welcome to TIMO

Post the rest of your specs.

This is a good card:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...122-206&depa=0

Leadtek is a great manufacturer.

[njolakoski]

Ya i agree with NWO there get a 6600GT , or a 6800 but i would get 6600GT

[Serani]

Even though its 128mb instead of 256mb?

[nwo75200]

Even though its 128mb instead of 256mb?

yeap, because there is still no game that fully takes advantage of the extra RAM, therefore 128MB will do fine.

[njolakoski]

If anyone knows anything about vid cards, i consider nwo75200 as a expert in my opinion.

[Serani]

Ok. Thank you very much, that will be a great help. I know this is mainly for graphics card discussions, but I had a quick question about ram. What is a good amount? I'm seeing that 512 isn't great in a lot of cases, should i consider 768mb? or 1gb? or even 2 gb?

[njolakoski]

1Gb is enough for GAming, wut are the specs of ur system

[nwo75200]

Ok. Thank you very much, that will be a great help. I know this is mainly for graphics card discussions, but I had a quick question about ram. What is a good amount? I'm seeing that 512 isn't great in a lot of cases, should i consider 768mb? or 1gb? or even 2 gb?

you're dead on; 512MB isn't sufficient for today's high end gaming, 768MB is kinda a waste with today's prices of 512MB sticks, and it's either 512MB or 1 gig. 1 gig is sufficient, 2 gig is overkill

[Serani]

Soon to be:

-P4 530 w/ HT 3.0 GHz 1mb Cache
-Intel 915 Chipset
-GeForce 6600 GT
-1 GB Ram

Current:

-P4 2.8 GHz
-Radeon 9200
-512 Ram

--You be wondering why I am upgrading with what I have already, because I made the mistake of buying an HP lol, so now I'm going to build my own, I have little exp with crafting, so I might spring for an alienware, idk.

[nwo75200]

Don't spring for an alienware becase they will rip you off. I recommend ibuypower.com because they have very good deals, and very good systems, while alienware just plain rips you off because of their name, image, and design which is unmatched.

Which system do you plan to put the 6600GT in? If you want to put it in your current rig then you will need the AGP form that I posted earlier, if not then get a PCI-e version.http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...121-178&depa=0 I have heard very good things about this perticular 6600GT, it is said that it has extraordinary OCing capabilities

[Serani]

Ya, I've usually been against Alienware, along with Dell etc, mainly the whole rip off deal has seemed unaviodable if you buy from them. But I found this:

-P4 530 w/ HT 3.0 GHz 1mb Cache
-Intel 915 Chipset
-GeForce 6600 GT
-1 GB Ram

for only $1,100, I understand I could build the same for about $700 probably, but is that little worth my time and how easily I could screw it up? lol

[Serani]

I also checked out the ibuypower.com site and the deals are amazing, but it seems that I can't find a good combination of what i need.

[Serani]

o wait, lol nvm!

[njolakoski]

Ya i would rather buy from ibuypower than alienware u get more for ur money, unless u build, but between alienware and ibuypower, id go with Ibuypower

[Serani]

any suggestion between P4 and amd?

[pphalan]

AMD is better hands down

[Serani]

any other opinions?

[Serani]

njolakoski, does the systems from ibuypower.com come pre-assembled?

[Serani]

another question for njolakoski, what do you suggest for a Pentium based motherboard?