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Cyrus Rex

Post subject: Help me find a new graphics card

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:06 pm

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Location: Baton Rouge, LA / Kuwait / Kandahar

Hey everyone, I think I may get my wife a new graphics card. She wanted to go as cheap as possible when she bought her PC so she got one that has integrated graphics into her motherboard.

She does have an AGP 8X slot.
P4 2.6gig
512 Ram

What is the best out there? (High end recommend)
What is the best performance for the price? (best bargain)

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Aubai

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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:26 pm

Joined: Wed Aug 13, 2003 12:25 pm
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Location: Oslo, Norway

For a good price/performance I just bought a nvidia based Gainward 6800LE and Im happy with that.

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GodOfGophers

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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:31 pm

Joined: Wed Oct 06, 2004 11:52 am
Posts: 1262
Location: Minnesota

I just bought a BFG GeForce FX 5500 w/ 256mb or ram. My older was wasn't cutting it. Very nice and about $150

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Cyrus Rex

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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:44 pm

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Location: Baton Rouge, LA / Kuwait / Kandahar

Thanks for the input so far.

Games look great on her card. She just experiences patches of bad frame rate when she enters Iron Forge or other places where she has to draw several things at once. It is not unplayable, but she is jealous how I never have that problem even though my PC is older.

I diagnosed her problem as the crapy integrated graphics/mobo. I think if we get here a real graphics card with its own memory and processing power, her frame rate problems will go away.

Again thanks for the graphics card information.

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iJasonT

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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:47 pm

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Location: Silver Spring, MD

I got a Radeon 9800 Pro 256 and love it. It being the now year old Radeon Flagship card I got it for about $250 but I have seen them now for around $220 or so. I really love my card, fast awesome looking and excellent processing.

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Dozer

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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 11:23 pm

Joined: Sat Nov 27, 2004 7:57 pm
Posts: 298
Location: Trondheim, Norway

i've used Nvidia g force cards from the first release and have never been dissapointet!

the price is not so bad ether but i think its cheaper in the states!

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Locke_Trinmin

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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 1:17 am

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http://newegg.com/ is your friend Cyrus.

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Azzameen85

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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 12:29 am

Joined: Mon May 20, 2002 8:01 pm
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Location: Greenland, Nuuk

I would recommend either G-force 6800 ultra based cards or Radeon 9800 XT's and pro's

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