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Hey guys, long time no post.
To get straight down to the point, I'm looking at video card upgrades. I just bought a Zotac GeForce GT630 thinking it's specs looked great for the price tag, but it turns out it's no better then the one I had previously. I actually saw a drop in performance on my Windows Experience Rating over my previous card which was about 2 years old and had 25% the video memory of the new one.
I've been browsing and with all the manufacturers and models, it's impossible for my to tell what's actually good anymore.
My budget is obviously gonna be to save as much money as possible, but I know I'm not gonna get anything remotely good for less then $100-$150.
I do a lot of gaming and photo processing, so I need something that's got good all around performance.
What can you guys recommend, and what are you using on your rigs? I'll post links to everything I've been looking into as I go along..
EDIT: I have read the pinned topic, I'm looking for opinions more then facts in this case. Positive experience goes further in my opinion. I've had several great cards that had terrible drivers and had tons of issues.
To get straight down to the point, I'm looking at video card upgrades. I just bought a Zotac GeForce GT630 thinking it's specs looked great for the price tag, but it turns out it's no better then the one I had previously. I actually saw a drop in performance on my Windows Experience Rating over my previous card which was about 2 years old and had 25% the video memory of the new one.
I've been browsing and with all the manufacturers and models, it's impossible for my to tell what's actually good anymore.
My budget is obviously gonna be to save as much money as possible, but I know I'm not gonna get anything remotely good for less then $100-$150.
I do a lot of gaming and photo processing, so I need something that's got good all around performance.
What can you guys recommend, and what are you using on your rigs? I'll post links to everything I've been looking into as I go along..
EDIT: I have read the pinned topic, I'm looking for opinions more then facts in this case. Positive experience goes further in my opinion. I've had several great cards that had terrible drivers and had tons of issues.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Ultimate 64BitAMD FX 8120 -8 Core Black Edition8GB Crucial 1600Gigabyte Nvidia 650TI
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Custom Home Build
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
- CPU
- AMD FX 8120 -8 Core Black Edition
- Motherboard
- AsRock 970DE3/U3S3 ATX
- Memory
- 8GB Crucial 1600
- Graphics Card(s)
- Gigabyte Nvidia 650TI
- Sound Card
- On Board Dolby THX
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Acer 23''
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 X 1080
- Hard Drives
- Western Digital Caviar GP 1TB IntelliPower SATA 3.0Gb/s
- PSU
- 600Watt OCZ Stealth xStream
- Case
- Sigma Phantom
- Cooling
- Standard 5 fan in case, Standard CPU.
- Keyboard
- Gigabyte
- Mouse
- Gigabyte
- Internet Speed
- 20mbps
