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"I Need A New Graphics Card. Discuss."

http://www.gladiatorcomputers.com/ productspec/productspeccom.php?pcode=ATI9100128MB

Firstly, is that any good?

Y'see, I have no idea when it comes to graphics card's.

Could you recommend any?
For instance, do any of you have a high quality GFX cards that you'd recommend?
Danke.

http://www.gladiatorcomputers.com/ productspec/productspeccom.php?pcode=ATI9100128MB

Firstly, is that any good?

Y'see, I have no idea when it comes to graphics card's.

Could you recommend any?
For instance, do any of you have a high quality GFX cards that you'd recommend?
Danke.

Oh, and I want something no less than 128mb that isn't at an incredible price.

http://www.pcnextday.co.uk/ product_detail.asp?stype=5&productcode= 1530-1064&group=AGPAT&pgroup=VID&ref_site=kelkoo

Thoughts?

If you can find one... Get an ATi Radeon 9500 Pro (they're about £75-120) excellent card, been using one for a while and has full DX9 support.

Since you posted that, I've been trying to hunt one down.
I found it twice, and both times with a tag of 148 quid.

Too much I'm afraid.
However, I've found a non-pro version at a considerably cheaper price.

http://www.gladiatorcomputers.com/ productspec/productspeccom.php?pcode=ATI9600

Thoughts?

As always you get what you pay for with graphics cards. £100 for that graphics card is ok but dont expect to be turning up the settings and playing Doom 3 or Halflife 2 with any kind of detail.

What is your current graphics card? As if its say a old Geforce 3 Ti or even one of the Geforce 4 Ti's then you really wouldnt need to upgrade or if you did you would want a 9800Pro or even a FX5900.

The amount of memory on a graphics card is pretty much irrelevant to its performance (although Doom III is supposed to want 80-odd MB if you want to run it full detail without going into main RAM). The price you pay for a graphics card is a much better indication of performance.

Miserableman wrote:
> The amount of memory on a graphics card is pretty much irrelevant to
> its performance (although Doom III is supposed to want 80-odd MB if
> you want to run it full detail without going into main RAM). The
> price you pay for a graphics card is a much better indication of
> performance.

Yeah exactly. You can get a FX5200 256mb card but it wont run nothing as its chipset is utter rubbish. Its cheap if you havent got much money, but your only going to just about run pong on it.

About Doom 3 you will actually need to use main RAM. I found out by reading about AGP memory size(the setting in the bios of your motherboard). Apparently the onboard RAM isnt used for all aspects of the graphics and main system RAM is also used at the same time to store textures or something, while the graphics RAM is used for other tasks. I can't remember where I read it but do a search on AGP and you should dig out some more information.

why not get a GforceFX5600. its not too expensive, its directX9, its 256MB, its AGP8X, and its Nvidia!
good price at £121
from www.eclipse-computers.com

Also at eclipse, there's the ATI 128Mb Radeon 9600Pro Chipset AGP8x Graphics Card. Not bad for £123.

It depends entirely what price you're willing to pay...