Need some gaming video card advice.


  1. Jordus
    Posts : 159
    Windows Vista Business / Windows 7 Ultimate
       New #1

    Need some gaming video card advice.


    I believe i'll be building a new box here in about a month so I've been spec'ing things out.

    I currently use an ATI X800 Pro. Although its lasted this long, ive had weird issue and bugs out of it and I would sort of prefer to go back to Nvidia. But i've heard that the only cards working with Direct X 11 are ATI for right now?

    I havnt kept up with hardware for some time so i dont even know whos "winning" right now with the best cards out.

    I was looking at this card.

    Newegg.com - EVGA 01G-P3-1155-TR GeForce GTS 250 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

    It looks alright and I think it will meet my needs. I plan to game with it moderately, but i dont need the absolute best. Just needs to run current games and be enjoyable, without struggling to do so.

    Any suggestions that fall in a similar price point as the link posted?
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. Jordus
    Posts : 159
    Windows Vista Business / Windows 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       New #2

    Newegg.com - ASUS EAH4870 DK/HTDI/1GD5 Radeon HD 4870 Dark Knight 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

    That one looks much better, similar price, and is 10.1 in stead of just 10.

    I cant find any directx 10.1 Nvidia cards that are 256bit and the 256bit directx11 ATI cards are near 400$. Maybe I'll have to stick with ATI.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  4. Jordus
    Posts : 159
    Windows Vista Business / Windows 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       New #3

    bump?
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  6. thefabe
    Posts : 4,280
    Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3
       New #4

    Tigerdirect has the card I just purchased on sale. I bought mine form the Egg and didn't get the Batman download or the pricing it is at now. Plus you get the EVGA lifetime warranty, step up program and Cross shipping is available. It kicks my 2 9800gt's butt. Might be more than your willing to spend. Fabe EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Video Card - 896MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, FREE Batman: Arkham Asylum Game Download at TigerDirect.com
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
My situation and needs: Two identical desktop towers; DELL Optiplex 780m with 3.33Ghz Intel core2duo processors and 8GB RAM We do not do games. We use our computers for photo image editing and manipulation. Some of our image editing programs overwhelm the integrated graphics and crash the...
I have a Dell Precision 450 Workstation with Dual Xeon 3.06Ghz processors, 4GB RAM and an AGP PRO video slot. I was running XP Pro on it, but with End-of-Life looming, thought I had better upgrade it. Upgraded first to Vista Business in-place in order to preserve the environment, and then...
Advice on video card
in Graphic Cards

I'm going to assume that the 550 Ti is better, but I'd like to know to be sure. These are the two I'm choosing between. The 550 is also cheaper and it seems better so it would be great to know that it really is better. Newegg.com - EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1463-KR GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB...
I have an old Radeon 7000 video card. I used it to extend my desktop (to a monitor in my living room where I can watch videos more comfortably) on my XP machine. The machine died and I now have a Windows 7 machine. My Radeon 7000 video card is pretty useless with it. I lost the Radeon CD and I...
Seeking video card advice
in Graphic Cards

I do not use my desktop for gaming. I want to use Windows 7 dual monitor capability to connect via HDMI to a home theater AV receiver and HDTV in another room. So am looking for a PCI-E x16 video card with HDMI output. The GeForce GT 220 is inexpensive and seems to have what I need. But I don't...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:42.
Find Us