In the mood for a new Graphics Card

Genie · Post by **Genie** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:27 am

I jsut sold me old pc last night, and got me some extra cash again. Figured I should save the cheddar and buy a new video graphics card, since the old one doesnt work in this new machine.

So im looking for something relatively inexpensive, utilizing the PCI-e slot. I'd like a minimum of 128mb onboard, but im up for anything within a reasonable price range of a hunn'r bucks or so. I havent done any looking yet, so I dont know how much PCI-e cards run. Since my workplace switched its annual bonus program to a quarterly system, I should be getting another bonus in the mail in another month too!

Koric · Post by **Koric** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:55 am

Are you a particular brand loyalist or anything?

$142 card w/ $30 rebate and its OC'd out of the box + BFG gives a lifetime warranty+ free shipping through this store. Can usually upgrade to 2day with them for like $2.
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe ... st=bizrate

Genie · Post by **Genie** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:34 am

damnit! I wish I has about another 15 bucks to spend right -now- I'd order that card. 30 bones back in a rebate that expires on Sunday... damnit!

I gotta find out what type of card Toke from SWG bought for 130 bucks, but he said he pulled a 512mb video card for about that price. seems rediculous to me.

Koric · Post by **Koric** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:47 pm

From what I've seen with 512MB GPUs they are all using DDR2 as compared to GDDR3 which most newer cards use. From what I've read GDDR3 runs cooler and helps with higher clock speeds which is always a good thing. I'm not too familiar with the nitty gritty between the two but thats why I got from a quick rundown.