Graphics Cards

Bleu · Subject: Re: Graphics Cards Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:40 pm

its funny reading back through all this that ATI really is in a pretty clear lead. Nvidia has the 280 now which has the single fastest GPU, but the ATI 4870 X2 has 2 GPUs on one board. While you can SLI 3 280s together, they arent much faster than 2 4870X2's in crossfire. ATI's big advantage is that theyre quite a bit cheaper for the speed you get.

Also PJ it wouldnt cost too much money for you to buy a halfway decent videocard, which might not be a bad idea because i think thats the only thing holding you back from TF2 on your computer now.

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"All the world's a stage
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts."

- William Shakespeare's "As You Like It"

P-diddy · Subject: Re: Graphics Cards Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:02 am

P-diddy wrote:

Dangit, I need a new computer or graphics card
I wish I could add to the conversation lol

Oh the irony, I just ordered a "new" graphics card! I will finally be able to play the Orange Box, Battle for Middle Earth II, KoToR, and KoToR II
SO HAPPY PJ, unless it doesn't work Sad

It is a "PNY VCG84512SPEB GeForce 8400 GS 512MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Video Card" running on a something 3.0 Ghz thing and 2gb of RAM,and yes, it is PCI. And my computer isn't the fastest now, even with just the stuff I run now, but if I can play the game, I'll be happy.

I'll post in a couple days or so to tell how it's working, since it's shipping now.

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Lost in solipsism
he then slowly pulls a lever
which sets off a mechanism
which does nothing whatsoever
but the nothing that it does
negates the everything we know
because it's screaming "Just because!"
because it's neither friend or foe
and so we label it a menace
or a grandiose work of art.
From its finale to its genesis
we slowly pull it all apart.
That's the beauty of it--
It doesn't do anything.

P-diddy · Subject: Re: Graphics Cards Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:46 am

woohooo!!!
New graphics card AND sound card!!!

Orange box and surround sound woohoo!

_________________

Lost in solipsism
he then slowly pulls a lever
which sets off a mechanism
which does nothing whatsoever
but the nothing that it does
negates the everything we know
because it's screaming "Just because!"
because it's neither friend or foe
and so we label it a menace
or a grandiose work of art.
From its finale to its genesis
we slowly pull it all apart.
That's the beauty of it--
It doesn't do anything.