Thread: Choosing A Graphic Card For Your PC ?

Originally Posted by newprouser

Yes it comes pre installed... i had to install DX-9 to play NFS-U on vista

Thx man u just saved me 6k.

Originally Posted by rajan1311

Thx man u just saved me 6k.

Huh , u were planning to buy a new Vista Ultimate were u

ya for my htpc. now.............

But I don't think you will need 6k to buy one Vista Ultimate...

yep, DX10 is present in all versions of Vista.
shadow, u have a misconception of PCI-E2, dude, even if u buy a PCI-E2 GFX card, it will still run on PCI-E slot, coz it's backwards compatible.
yes 8800 is an outdated GFX card, 4850 is advisable over 8800. but still people having 8800 can play latest games at decent resolutions, so if u can get a good deal on second hand 8800 then go for it or else go for 9800/4850 brand new ones.

Buddy shadow knows that its backward compatible. He has a good amt of knowledge on these things.
He suggests an 8800GT over a 9800GT bcos they are the same. Only thing is many ppl (like u) dont know that and end up paying more for the same thing.

But after buying a 4850, i m feeling that its a total waste buying mid-high end cards. They will get outdated in 6months.

Originally Posted by rajan1311

Buddy shadow knows that its backward compatible. He has a good amt of knowledge on these things.
He suggests an 8800GT over a 9800GT bcos they are the same. Only thing is many ppl (like u) dont know that and end up paying more for the same thing.

But after buying a 4850, i m feeling that its a total waste buying mid-high end cards. They will get outdated in 6months.

yeah really?oh my i really didn't know that, how informative post that is! :24:
do u work for AMD-ATi that u can tell it is going to get outdated in 6 months? if yes then u r awesome, coz u saved me 8.8K coz after exams i was gonna buy that card, +1 awesomeness to u.
and as for ur 8800GT/9800GT spoof and 4850 being a total-waste card here's one performance chart comparing them GPU's with Sapphire 4850
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7517/cpu1mj4.jpg
it's from TE, if u want the review link i can also post that, but i haven't read through the rules so i amafraid of posting links to other forums :P
rest is up to u to decide which is a waste card and which is not.

Originally Posted by pushy

yeah really?oh my i really didn't know that, how informative post that is! :24:
do u work for AMD-ATi that u can tell it is going to get outdated in 6 months? if yes then u r awesome, coz u saved me 8.8K coz after exams i was gonna buy that card, +1 awesomeness to u.
and as for ur 8800GT/9800GT spoof and 4850 being a total-waste card here's one performance chart comparing them GPU's with Sapphire 4850
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7517/cpu1mj4.jpg
it's from TE, if u want the review link i can also post that, but i haven't read through the rules so i amafraid of posting links to other forums :P
rest is up to u to decide which is a waste card and which is not.

I m sry bro i did not understand anything u said. My bad.
What i meant is this is not a good time to buy. ATI4850 is almost at its end of life. They will be replaced by the RV790 in march. I have many reviews buddy, no need to give benchmarks .
Now, Assume that u buy a 4850 for 8.8K. 1 month later, RV790 will be out and 4850 will not be produced any more.
Few months later, u get overheating problems, u go look for coolers, cant find any. These heat issues are pissing off. So w8 for the cooler 40nm parts.

Now, coming to 8800GT, if u get it at 7k and a 9800GT for 8K, do some research and find out the performance difference and tell me which one u would go for.

hey, how does gtx 295 in quad sli sound ?

hey don't laugh at me
i had two computers 1 dual core 2
and the other is p3 3.0 ghz 357 ram i really love this computer i used it for almost 8 yrs i got good in my newer pc (grphic card 256mb)
i want to upgrade my old computer graphic card it has integrated 8mb sis 620 card i want at least 32mb pci graphic card in it
pls help me i love this old computer.
which card to buy

^^^
i dont think 32MB PCI-e graphics cards exist..........check it i think it was an AGP.........

Originally Posted by max55

hey, how does gtx 295 in quad sli sound ?

sounds like an overkill

hi there before going the quad sli way how does this card seem, its my current card is it good for future games to come. techpowerup.com/gpuz/7fhxs

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Originally Posted by rajan1311

sounds like an overkill

Not to mention...a power guzzler of "epic" proportions.

Would somebody please tell what the under mentioned spec's refer to.I read @ShAdOwCoN thread about the various card types and make etc. but could not make out the difference in the mentioned below slots .............


PCIe x1: 1 Slot
PCIe x16 (Graphics): 1 Slots

Under which category does these expansions slots fall .

to put in simple words both are PCIe slots. the PCIe 1x slot is small(short). Usually used for high end Audio cards. PCIe 16x slot is longer. Its used usually for graphic cards.
have a look at this:

Originally Posted by rajan1311

to put in simple words both are PCIe slots. the PCIe 1x slot is small(short). Usually used for high end Audio cards. PCIe 16x slot is longer. Its used usually for graphic cards.
have a look at this:

thnxx for the info .............
+rep