Graphics Cards

Bleu · Subject: Graphics Cards Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:04 pm

I hate my graphics card!!!!!! I find that in a lot of games I have to turn the detail level down really low, or my game slows down a lot. I currently have a ATI Radeon 9800, with 128 Mb memory. I think that if i got a new card I would get a Nvidea GeForce, probably a 8500 or a 8600 so I would have DirectX 10 support if I would upgrade to Windows Vista... any thoughts? What graphics cards do you guys have?

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Mondu · Subject: Re: Graphics Cards Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:36 pm

Well brian, i dont kno specifically what i have, i think its like an ATI 6000 or something, idk, but if i had to get a new gc, i would totally get an Nvidia SLI, they rock and r like the best, lol

Bleu · Subject: Re: Graphics Cards Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:55 am

yeah, SLI is so cool... you can have like 2 diferent cards!

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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"

SPAMr54 · Subject: Re: Graphics Cards Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:45 pm

I have a GeForce 5600, 256 MB. It's ok...it's better than yours, but that is kinda because ATI is terrible...It is like the "Flavorite" brand of graphics cards...u know, the cheap generic that tastes (or runs) terrible. If i had the money, I'd get 2 GeForce 8800s, and would own at all games ever...but u dont have that...I would go with the best graphics card that doesn't requier Vista, because, like i said in my other forum, Vista isn't worth it...byebye

Bleu · Subject: Re: Graphics Cards Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:58 am

ATI isnt really as bad as Flavorite... its more like Adidas while Nvidia is Nike... and 2 8800 GTX's running together with SLI would be sweet... and it would like only cost about $1600!

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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"

natalia13 · Subject: Re: Graphics Cards Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:30 pm

um... okay .... adidas are the bomb bom

!!!!! well... at least their soccer stuff is... so no dissing adidas!!!!!! and to stay on topic... what is a graphic card?

Bleu · Subject: Re: Graphics Cards Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:48 pm

graphics cards are the things in your computer that process all of the graphic information... what to show on your screen. one of the biggest things they are compared on is the size of their memory. Some common sizes are 128, 256, 320, 512, 640, and even 768 megabytes... Also, you can put two diferent graphics cards together to have like double the memory! so if you had two 768 Mb cards, you would have 1536 Mb, which is 1.5 gigabytes!!!

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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"

SPAMr54 · Subject: Re: Graphics Cards Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:41 pm

I HATE ATI

Bleu · Subject: Re: Graphics Cards Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:47 pm

they are actually pretty close to as good as geforces statistically, but Nvivia is a billlion times cooler

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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"

SPAMr54 · Subject: Re: Graphics Cards Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:06 pm

It's not ATI's fault that NVIDIA owns

sballmer13 · Subject: Re: Graphics Cards Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:28 pm

brian our graphics cards are pretty close ot the same

Mondu · Subject: Re: Graphics Cards Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:17 am

Seriously, though, Nvidia just seems beter because it is advertised by more games than ati, but in reality, they r the same, just different names. Like Pringles and Ruffles. It all comes down to some1s preference.

Bleu · Subject: Re: Graphics Cards Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:54 pm

yeah really what nick said... actually ATI is better in the fact that they actually make their own cards so they prolly would have better customer service... Nvidia dosend make their on graphics cards, they just make the GPUs and ppl like BFG, XFX, and PNY but them in cards.

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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"

Mondu · Subject: Re: Graphics Cards Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:40 pm

Yeah, actually, Brian, if you even see this consiering you last replied 1 year and 7 months ago, haha, you're are totally correct. Nvidia graphics cards have terrible customer support in my opinion, lol. Atleats compared to ATI. Not to mention, now ATI owns the graphics card field now with the 4850 X2 i think it is. A great card, but PC Gamer recommends like 700 watts just for one, lol. How silly, But, my 8800 GS has held up remarkably well with Crysis and many of my games, i can run crysis 1280 x 1024 at High with no lag. Very nice. So actully, i think Nvidia provides easier and mercifully price cards for the normal gamer. Only the PC Gamer editors of the world can really afford a computer that can hold 2 X2's from ATI, haha.

P-diddy · Subject: Re: Graphics Cards Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:43 pm

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

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