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December 25th, 2004, 12:42 AM
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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.
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December 25th, 2004, 12:45 AM
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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.
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December 25th, 2004, 12:51 AM
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Ya i agree with NWO there get a 6600GT , or a 6800 but i would get 6600GT
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December 25th, 2004, 01:02 AM
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Even though its 128mb instead of 256mb? | |
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December 25th, 2004, 01:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Serani 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. | |
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December 25th, 2004, 01:06 AM
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If anyone knows anything about vid cards, i consider nwo75200 as a expert in my opinion. | |
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December 25th, 2004, 01:15 AM
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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? | |
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December 25th, 2004, 01:17 AM
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1Gb is enough for GAming, wut are the specs of ur system | |
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December 25th, 2004, 01:17 AM
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Originally Posted by 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? | 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  | |
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December 25th, 2004, 01:22 AM
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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. | |
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