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Which mid range graphics card?
Upgrading to AMD XP 2800 Barton on (possibly) an Asus A7N8X Delux Mobo and
512 Mb mem I'm not a gamer. Currently looking a something like the MSI GeForce FX5600 256 mb I'd be glad of comments/advice/opinion ref a decent graphics card. Thanks. |
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dave stockdale wrote:
Upgrading to AMD XP 2800 Barton on (possibly) an Asus A7N8X Delux Mobo and 512 Mb mem I'm not a gamer. Currently looking a something like the MSI GeForce FX5600 256 mb I'd be glad of comments/advice/opinion ref a decent graphics card. Thanks. Just for office apps? -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo |
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"Sooky Grumper" wrote in message ... dave stockdale wrote: Upgrading to AMD XP 2800 Barton on (possibly) an Asus A7N8X Delux Mobo and 512 Mb mem I'm not a gamer. Currently looking a something like the MSI GeForce FX5600 256 mb I'd be glad of comments/advice/opinion ref a decent graphics card. Thanks. Just for office apps? ---------------- And photo stuff..ok, and the infrequent game :-) |
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on Fri February 6 2004 6:28 am, dave stockdale decided to enlighten us with:
Upgrading to AMD XP 2800 Barton on (possibly) an Asus A7N8X Delux Mobo and 512 Mb mem I'm not a gamer. Currently looking a something like the MSI GeForce FX5600 256 mb I'd be glad of comments/advice/opinion ref a decent graphics card. Thanks. Look at the newer FX5700, instead. -- Big Daddy Ruel Smith My SuSE Linux machine uptime: 8:39am up 10 days 23:15, 2 users, load average: 0.16, 0.46, 0.35 My Windows XP machine uptime: Something less... |
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dave stockdale wrote:
"Sooky Grumper" wrote in message ... dave stockdale wrote: Upgrading to AMD XP 2800 Barton on (possibly) an Asus A7N8X Delux Mobo and 512 Mb mem I'm not a gamer. Currently looking a something like the MSI GeForce FX5600 256 mb I'd be glad of comments/advice/opinion ref a decent graphics card. Thanks. Just for office apps? ---------------- And photo stuff..ok, and the infrequent game :-) You probably don't need 256mb on the graphics card. Tests show that for most cards, 128mb works just as well as 256mb, even for the serious gamer. There are usually four versions of each video card, increasing in price and performance. The standard versions of the 5600 from nvidia and 9600 from ATI suck arse, and you'd be as well off performance wise buying the much cheaper 5200 or 9200 based cards, respectively. However, the 5600 PRO, Ultra, and XT versions are good. From what I've seen, Pro and Ultra cards of the 5600 are pretty similar in performance. The XT is the top of the range, and it stands out performance wise. I guess it really depends on how good you want that infrequent game to look and play! :-) The basic cards will perform your office and photo editting apps just fine, at a much reduced price. -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo |
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"Ruel Smith (Big Daddy)" wrote in message ... on Fri February 6 2004 6:28 am, dave stockdale decided to enlighten us with: Upgrading to AMD XP 2800 Barton on (possibly) an Asus A7N8X Delux Mobo and 512 Mb mem I'm not a gamer. Currently looking a something like the MSI GeForce FX5600 256 mb I'd be glad of comments/advice/opinion ref a decent graphics card. Thanks. Look at the newer FX5700, instead. -- Big Daddy Ruel Smith My SuSE Linux machine uptime: 8:39am up 10 days 23:15, 2 users, load average: 0.16, 0.46, 0.35 My Windows XP machine uptime: ------------------------- ----------------- Ok, many thanks all - am slowly coming to the conclusion I don't need such an advanced card - something like a NvidiaFX5200 or Radion9200 would probably suffice. Thanks again. |
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On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 11:28:21 -0000, "dave stockdale"
wrote: Upgrading to AMD XP 2800 Barton on (possibly) an Asus A7N8X Delux Mobo and 512 Mb mem I'm not a gamer. Currently looking a something like the MSI GeForce FX5600 256 mb I'd be glad of comments/advice/opinion ref a decent graphics card. Thanks. for not being a gamer, you picked a pretty good card, there are better, don't get me wrong, but that one will run any game out now Slower |
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"slower" wrote in message ... On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 11:28:21 -0000, "dave stockdale" wrote: Upgrading to AMD XP 2800 Barton on (possibly) an Asus A7N8X Delux Mobo and 512 Mb mem I'm not a gamer. Currently looking a something like the MSI GeForce FX5600 256 mb I'd be glad of comments/advice/opinion ref a decent graphics card. Thanks. for not being a gamer, you picked a pretty good card, there are better, don't get me wrong, but that one will run any game out now Slower ------------- OK, TVM |
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