hloc SG Plan to upgrade my PC end of the year....... Core 2 Duo + SATA II HDD + MSI M/B + New Casing....... last but not least, Graphic Card. ATI or Nvidia Thought of going for a Leadtek Geforce 7900 GS ...... but some friend suggest i get a ATI instead...... Still can't decide Any suggestion out there
the.owl SG u better make sure u know the difference between pci e and agp, dont be like one guy he bought pci e card and tried to force it into agp slot and the card circuit connection broke, I saw someone post this on another forum tamade I think it was a geforce 6800gt, at that time it was one of the best cards around, should have given it to me instead of abusing it till it broke.
troublemaker2005 SG This is going to be interesting and since you have not bought all the parts yet why not quote the specific models which you intend or may get for the build or upgrade so that we can work on it and give suggestion?
jianfish9 SG I think Nvidia has less compatibility issues than ATI... Alot of the games cannot run on ATI, must keep updating the drivers. Even then some can work, but some cannot. At least according to my experience.
hloc SG Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz (6600), MSI M/B - Neo 965P, 1G of 1066 FSB Ram - Brand??, 80GB primary HDD + 320GB secondary HDD, Creative X-Fi, using back my old DvD burner + DvD rom......... Casing with 450watt power (cheap type). I prefer Nvidia myself...... using Leadtek Geforce 6600GT. And yes, I know the difference between AGP & PCIe . Have been buliding my own PC since my 486 100MHz...... ATI card has been found to run slower in certain games compair with Nvidia. Only use ATI once - 9600 XT - few years back. Not going to use MS Vista till all their problem solve..... using Win XP for the time being, so need not wait for DirectX 10 card
hloc SG see if u can buy the custom ATI Xenos... found in XBox 360Getting for PC lah...... Pure PC graphic is still better than console type.
meltz SG nvidia .. leateak graphic card is gd .. gg to get it when i change my new pc .. can display dual span screen ..
ceecookie SG i beg to differ.. most console graphic cards are custom made,which is better. the specs of it is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenos
hloc SG i beg to differ.. most console graphic cards are custom made,which is better. the specs of it is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XenosCustom made doesn't mean better..... Console graphic can't be upgraded. u can't even upgrade the driver.... Anyway, this POST is for which graphic card i should get for my future PC.... not Console. And please lah, don't ask me to buy 1950 XTX or 7950 GTO..... both cost almost 1K A Leadtek Geforce 7900 GS cost about $340++ still can lah..... Buget for my new Graphic card on $350 to $370 only..... Thxs for any suggestion ....... Edit: Don't be so crude...
troublemaker2005 SG That's a newer processor core you are using but the chipset may not be the latest for the mobo (865P). If you want more features (esp HD TV and much up-to-date sound support), you may want a newer chipset. 1-2 gig of DDR-2 ram from a trusted manufacturer won't harm - that's in my configuration for the next build. But with the hard disks and sound card add on i trust that you will want to use at least a better psu. 450 watts is fine but get a 'branded' one. I do not know about graphics card but most of them new ards are power hungry. Even if you add a 500 watts or higher PSU i will say it will only make your build future-proof. That PSU is definitely one thing you have to work on. Some ATI cards are more affordable and you may want to look into the cards' performances especially when an everlier post indicated that some games do not play well on ATI as compared to nVidia. Some games were tested on either card and proven to work fine or better desired. Also games based on different engines works differntly with ATI/ nVidia. A few things to take note of is the removal of embbeded nVidia grpahics drivers if you were to switch to a different card type and the fact that AMD and ATI are an item now. For me to choose my next card may well be an ATI but until my next build i will hav to be keep a bre ast of the lateest news with the 2 graphics card chip vendors.
DriftingGuy SG I used ATI but frankly I am getting swayed over the nvidia which is releasing quite a few products
hloc SG Seems most of the people here support ATI..... I'm more of a Nvidia myself. Ok.... if ATI, WHich company and Model If Nvidia, Which company and model Easy to say ATI or Nvidia...... but which model and why Please remember....... $340 -$370 buget only.........
chenc SG i used numerous models of both before, and seriously, unless you are going for high-end or budget cards, they don’t really differ much from one another.
