Thread: Choosing A Graphic Card For Your PC ?

Originally Posted by Archer

I think PSU have some problems. But, how can I make sure ?

the best way to do that is to take the PSU to a local repair shop and get the voltages in all terminals checked.

Guess I have no other choice but to ask a mechanic.

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

Yours is an AGP card right ?

If so if you want to upgrade your card you will have to upgrade your whole system as your motherboard does not have a PCI-E2 or a PCI-E slot [Refer to my PCI thread]

As all the components are attached to your motherboard you ll end up upgrading your whole system .

This is not a good time to upgrade your system imo as Due to previous years's Technology boom Technology keeps changing every few months/years .

AGP has been outdated by PCI-X , PCI-E and then PCI-E2 and by 2010 Intel is planning to release PCI-E3 based motherboards .

So i would recommend you to wait till PCI-E2 based motherboards become mainstream in India .[Atleast 2-3 years] Before you upgrade .

You can upgrade your ram for now ... it ll def give you a performance boost

Mother Board

ASUSTek: A8V-VM

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Graphics Card

Geforce 6200 LE 256 MB

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I think its PCI-E. Right ?

yep, its pci-e all right.

But why Geforce 6200 there are bettr ones na

Originally Posted by newprouser

But why Geforce 6200 there are bettr ones na

There are often many 'better' things...
But, there are some that you can't choose (many reasons)....

Thanks!

Can you suggest me a good Graphics Card compatible with my other
components ?

Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ (1.9 GHz)
Mother Board: ASUSTek A8V-VM
SMPS: Intex ATX-200W (ATX2.03)
Chip-set: VIA VT8251

It can't be higher than Rs. 3,000. Else I won't be able to upgrade my RAM.

Originally Posted by newprouser

But why Geforce 6200 there are bettr ones na

I didn't choose it. My mechanic did, 2 years back. It's busted now. I need to buy a new one. The last thing I did was try to play Prince Of Persia 4 (I think that's the reason).

Originally Posted by Archer

I didn't choose it. My mechanic did, 2 years back. It's busted now. I need to buy a new one. The last thing I did was try to play POP 4(I think that's the reason).

I'm planning to play the same...
Would I also be in danger???

u need a minimum pix.shader 3 supported card to play POP (latest).

@Archer
I dnt want u to waste ur money on junk, so I m not goin to suggest u any card under 3k.
If u want a mid-level card (like mine) and want to play games then buy gf8600gt.
the lowest prices would probably be from palit............."Palit GF-8600GT 512 MB DDR3" would be priced around 3.5k . the 256 mb version would be cheaper.

if u want a little more brand glare, go for "XFX 8600GT 256MB DDR3 ". this should be around 4k. Dnt buy anything lower than this card.
upgrade ur ram to 2gb. u will be able to play many games at moderate settings.

afterwards, when i7/striker extreme/8800gt would be cheaper and u will have more money to spare, then u will buy those. now settle for these.

one more thing, change ur PSU. buy a standard 450/500watt psu (intex/frontech/ any standard brand), would cost around 600/- at most.

My card is ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Series...(256 MB)
Is that thing good to play POP?

8600gt is a good choice .... u dont have to go in for xfx if you have financial constraints

Originally Posted by Evander Leopold

@Archer
I dnt want u to waste ur money on junk, so I m not goin to suggest u any card under 3k.
If u want a mid-level card (like mine) and want to play games then buy gf8600gt.
the lowest prices would probably be from palit............."Palit GF-8600GT 512 MB DDR3" would be priced around 3.5k . the 256 mb version would be cheaper.

if u want a little more brand glare, go for "XFX 8600GT 256MB DDR3". this should be around 4k. Dnt buy anything lower than this card.
upgrade ur ram to 2gb. u will be able to play many games at moderate settings.

afterwards, when i7/striker extreme/8800gt would be cheaper and u will have more money to spare, then u will buy those. now settle for these.

one more thing, change ur PSU. buy a standard 450/500watt psu (intex/frontech/ any standard brand), would cost around 600/- at most.

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

8600gt is a good choice .... u dont have to go in for xfx if you have financial constraints

Thanks for the suggestions.

I don't care much about brands so which is better
XFX 8600GT 256MB DDR3 or Palit GF-8600GT 512 MB DDR3 ?
(I don't know if Palit is available near my place)

Would that be fine with my other components. Also I am confused of DDR3 as I use DDR2 RAM. Is that different ?

I was also thinking of buying new SMPS. Thanks for suggesting that too.

no need to worry abt ur ram, it doesnt bother the grafixcard ram.


so, u have three items to buy.
XFX 8600gt 256mb
total of 2gb ram
one 450/500watt psu of 500-600/-

Originally Posted by Archer

Also I am confused of DDR3 as I use DDR2 RAM. Is that different ?

DDR3 is faster, but requires a new mobo which supports it, and u can't have both kinds of ram at the same time.

^ Agreed

summing up

--> Palit is good

--> Dont bother with DDR3 system ram [its different]

--> A gfx card with DDR100 ram will also fit into your pc as long as it is PCI-E card . The gfx card's ram is referred to as v-Ram[Video Ram]

Do you guys think that you will reply if I start a thread named "Financing my New Graphics Card" ???

Originally Posted by Evander Leopold

Do you guys think that you will reply if I start a thread named "Financing my New Graphics Card" ???

Depends on the subject .... whats it about ??

Theitdepot - Asus EN8800GT/HTDP/1GB DDR3

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Originally Posted by Evander Leopold

Do you guys think that you will reply if I start a thread named "Financing my New Graphics Card" ???

Then I will also start one......

graphic card of 30 mb comes of how much??

To the best of my knowledge they dont sell 32mb anymore .... minimum is 64 mb now

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

To the best of my knowledge they dont sell 32mb anymore .... minimum is 64 mb now

but i want only 30 mb

does anyone have???

Originally Posted by mail2sc

but i want only 30 mb

does anyone have???

well, i have an old 32mb GF 4 card. its 2 mb extra than u want. But I can remove a few ics for u. would that do ??? No charges for the manual labour.

Originally Posted by Evander Leopold

well, i have an old 32mb GF 4 card. its 2 mb extra than u want. But I can remove a few ics for u. would that do ??? No charges for the manual labour.

:lol: how kind of you...

Originally Posted by Evander Leopold

well, i have an old 32mb GF 4 card. its 2 mb extra than u want. But I can remove a few ics for u. would that do ??? No charges for the manual labour.

when i wrote 30,this means 32 buddyok what price.

can i expect a 9600 gt at 5000rs within 5 months.got stuck with my great 7200 gs.my 2 gb ram is soo useless when playing games.anyway i am stocking up games ,hoping to buy a nice card after my iit entrance.