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Offline Jappa52

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Video Card
« on: November 11, 2009, 02:23:14 PM »
Hey Gents-

About 2 years ago I bought an 8600GTS card, a 550w ps and another 2 gigs for my HP. I want to buy a new card and keep my lil puter around another year or two but dont really know what it will handle. Im thinking about a  BFG - NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express.... will my puter run this card?

When I looked at this card I saw this BFG - NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 OC 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express for just a tad more. I felt like I kinda went cheap with the 8600 (even though it wasnt at the time) and dont want to make the same mistake again. There are 3-4 cards all within 20-30 dollars, NVIDIA, PNY... I will spend the extra if its worth it and my computer can actually put the card to use...

Any suggestions? As always, thanks for the help!!  :salute

This is the only dxdiag I have atm. Dont think it shows the extra 2gigs I installed.

Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service
Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP Pavilion 061
System Model: EX276AA-ABA a1540n
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 383MB used, 3555MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Display Memory: 256.0 MB


I have a 23” Samsung hooked up to it now…
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Re: Video Card
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2009, 02:35:47 PM »
9800GTX
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Re: Video Card
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2009, 02:47:45 PM »
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Re: Video Card
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2009, 02:49:23 PM »
It is a GTS
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Re: Video Card
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2009, 02:53:56 PM »
Quote from: batch on November 11, 2009, 02:35:47 PM
9800GTX

ok this i found on tigerdirect.... EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX+ Video Card - 512MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV

this was copied from the bestbuy website.. BFG NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express Graphics Card

And this is were I go  :headscratch:  :headscratch: ....
the card with 1gig goes for 10-20 less than the card with 512
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Re: Video Card
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2009, 02:59:55 PM »
So Kuhn you have the same card eh? I cant see cons as far out as other people and I get stutters in big fights. This time I want to make sure I get a card that will last me for another year or two and run AH2 with no problems. If I see stutters I want to know its not the card....
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Re: Video Card
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2009, 03:05:35 PM »
Quote from: Jappa52 on November 11, 2009, 02:59:55 PM
So Kuhn you have the same card eh? I cant see cons as far out as other people and I get stutters in big fights. This time I want to make sure I get a card that will last me for another year or two and run AH2 with no problems. If I see stutters I want to know its not the card....

Yeah, same card. I have been getting slower and slower frame rates in a fight with more than 3 cons. The LW main arenas are off limits because of the # of people in the arena.
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Re: Video Card
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2009, 03:16:18 PM »
I would stay away from the BFG cards...  The fans are crappy and have a habit of stopping causing the card to overheat.  Happened to me once, then some research revealed that many other folks had had the same issue.
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Re: Video Card
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2009, 03:17:53 PM »
Quote from: PFactorDave on November 11, 2009, 03:16:18 PM
I would stay away from the BFG cards...  The fans are crappy and have a habit of stopping causing the card to overheat.  Happened to me once, then some research revealed that many other folks had had the same issue.

Not an issue for me.
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Re: Video Card
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2009, 03:26:54 PM »
My 8600 seems to run at 124ish with normal use and about 135ish when running AH2. Never been too sure what is an ok temp but it has been like that since I bought it...

BFG - NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 OC 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express Graphics Card 
PNY - NVIDIA GT 220 1024MB DDR2 PCI Express Graphics Card
PNY - NVIDIA GeForce XLR8 GTS 250 1GB DDR3 PCI Express Graphics Card
BFG - NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express Graphics Card

Too.........many..........cho ices :headscratch:
atm I am leaning towards one of the last two listed.
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Re: Video Card
« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2009, 03:30:03 PM »
jappa the 9800 with the 512 i think would be best but make sure your PS is enough.
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Re: Video Card
« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2009, 03:40:46 PM »
Hey Dirty!

PNY - XLR8 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT EE 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express Graphics Card .....

ok why this one and not the BFG - NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express Graphics Card

wouldnt the 1gb card be better than the 512? It's also cheaper and requires a smaller power supply which doesnt make a lot of sense to me but....
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Re: Video Card
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2009, 03:41:16 PM »
Quote from: dirtydog on November 11, 2009, 03:30:03 PM
jappa the 9800 with the 512 i think would be best but make sure your PS is enough.

That's what I'm concerned about. Can my PS handle a better card. How do I find that info?
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Re: Video Card
« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2009, 03:47:15 PM »
do a search in "hardware and software"there's a couple threads on this discussion.
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Re: Video Card
« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2009, 03:51:15 PM »
Quote from: dirtydog on November 11, 2009, 03:47:15 PM
do a search in "hardware and software"there's a couple threads on this discussion.

Search? NOT!!! Just tell me now.     :D
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