need a new graphics card

last SG · 2004-11-08T10:22:27+00:00

yeah i heard abt fps too...so i just 1 that doesnt give super jerky images..smooth images can liao.. i mean i dont need blazingly good pics.. any recommend...

weidev SG

tat time went SLS 4th floor i think gt one veri big shop with outlets all over tat lvl one... ya... tat one... they sell graphic cards with HL2 free... go buy tat one lor... can play HL2 confirm can play Need For Speed Liao... Anyway NFS must play PS2 den song... so on the way to buy graphic card for HL2... go buy another PS2 for NFS... nw gt those ultra slim one... sibei chio... hand itchy to buy... buy 2 ps2 put at home abit siaosiao like tat... anyway since HF also available on XBox, den can also buy Xbox to play HL... Xbox also gt those crystal one... sibei chio also... can buy must buy quickly go and buy... since buy xbox and ps2 liao... go buy another sound system for the PS2 and XBox... tat time went Malaysia seen it... ps2 one nt so chio but Xbox bagus~!~! big big stylo stylo make me wanna buy... Mr. Green

bismarck SG

u are trying to tell me.
buy PS2
buy xbox? Laughing

ntu slacker SG

allo, get a 512 mb stick... well it really depends on what kind of expectations you have...

can elaborate on your processor clock speed? and the ratings of your RAM i.e RDRAM? DDR-RAM? as well as the bus speed? 133/266/333/400 MHz

a Sapphire Radeon 9600 seems like a good bet
balance between performance and price... however it is best to get a original built by ati one... because u get to play around with the more stable drivers...

try to avoid Elsa... though the brand is very good... it teetered at the brink of bankruptcy not too long ago... so kinda unsafe IMHO

if you desire the best in performance u can get a radeon x800 when the price falls to a more sane level...

btw what magic cards u selling heh?> juz curious.... i used to play alot of magic cards when i was younger... straight burn decks. ernhamgeddon decks and of course the white weenies Smile

bismarck SG

getting a 256only.
my 'brain' is those amd 1.67ghz
ddr-sdram
supports up to 400mhz
pc3200??

Parka SG

Come to think of it, I might be getting a graphics card too, to power up my monitor.

Tempting.

Didn't realize it's going to be this ex.

Think I should shelve my idea and save up. hahahaaa.

weidev SG

hehe... the hint veri big meh??? Mr. Green

ntu slacker SG

dude... hi... ntu guy here
well whats your monitor? the size is quite impt... because it will determine the resolution at which u intend to run the gfx card at...

no point getting over/underkill

bismarck SG

ji big yi xia
Laughing

Sagara SG

9600XT good mid-price card with FREE HL2, top it off with USD$10 and u can have the back-catalog of Valve [half-life 1 , CS:CZ]

damn worth imo especially now the card cheaper..

Parka SG

Hi NTU comrade! Mr. Green

I'm just daydreaming only. hahaha.

I thought it's the graphics card that determines the resolution? Mine is the geforce 2 MX400. Can only go up to 1152/864.

But I'm using a 15" LCD so the native resolution it can support is 1024/768.

Actually daydreamed about getting the 19" but realised that its native res is only 1280/1024, similar to a 17"

I think I'll just use until my current one blows then I get a new one.
Save money more important. hah

bismarck SG

i thought of maybe i dont get my nfsu2 and hl2 liao.
stick to cz. i mean, getting so many games at 1 shot isnt the best idea...esp i still got 1 more sem...

abit...bu she de..because they seem so tempting.. Laughing

anyway got quoted a by a shop when i happened to see a graphics card with the cz picture on it
ati 9600 pro something...238$ worth it ? does it come with the cz game ?

ntu slacker SG

hey...
tell you i always enjoy your comic strips in the chronicle... keep it up man. do consider it as a serious business sideline someday. u draw very well and able to convey facial expressions that are spot on. and i like the understated style... meaning not too much colors, as in not too distracting... well i dunno how to put it... brain is dead

sigh... exams... Sad

monitor determines resolution in the sense if u get a LCD, you can NEVER go beyond the native resolution the monitor is rated at... and going below that results in ugly interpolation...

well what do u use ur gfx card for? if you using it for mainly graphics work and performance in games are of a lower priority, i would advise getting a Radeon 9500 or above card that has DVI capability... and of course its capable of reasonable perf in games... but dun expect 60 frames per second in Doom 3 with all the eye candy on... Radeons are reputable for their image quality than nvidia cards being capable of better color reproduction than nvidia

but if you are a serious gamer, i would recommend Nvidia cards instead. a geforce fx seems to be at a good price point now/

i assume u are on a budget as i believe we have something in common,,,, poor undergrad students. Smile

all the best man!

talking abt LCDs, since u are a gfx designer... recommend u check out Eizo LCDs... using one now... and the color reproduction is BEAUTIFUL... compared to others. And anyway trust your eyes... go check out both 17" and 19" LCDs... if 17" u can read the text without straining your eyes, getting a 17" is a no brainer. 19" is kinda expensive when u are talking abt quality LCDs.

and try not to get a MX for your next purchase... the image quality isnt very good

ntu slacker SG

get the warez ba. cough cough Mr. Green
i believe most current radeons/geforces fx shd be able to run nfsu2... i mean it makes economic sense for the manufacturer to cater for a reasonably spec'd out machine... i highlight the word current... so any mid-range graphic card more than maybe 1.5 years old is likely to sputter when running the game...

9600 pro isnt too bad... but what is the manufacturer?
u gotta ask the shop
but normally sim lim shops represent the lowest price selling point in singapore for hardware so do check them out
like Bell or Cybermind on the fifth floor. Fuwell is a good bet as well. just dun take any attitude or bullcrap from these ppl. then u will be kind of safe

bismarck SG

the website for my motherboard says the chipset is >nVidia nForce2 Ultra 400 + MCP AGP set

does it mean i can get ati graphics card ?

bismarck SG

i think ati
the box of the graphics card has CZ on it.

seriously, i dunno which 1 to get because i am also buying a dvd writer soon and this graphics card thing..isnt cheap.

i just want a relatively simple 1. because i dont play much games on it.
just CZ and NFSU2 at the most. though i have yet to touch nfsu1 due to lousy graphics card.

ntu slacker SG

err currently ur monitor plugged into ur motherboard ar???
strange cos nforce graphics supposed to be quite good ba

since ur motherboard comes with a agp slot, im sure u can buy any gfx card. i got a good friend of mine using an nforce motherboard with an ati radeon 9500. and she's very happy with it.

so i believe u shd be able to play ur games satisfactorily using radeon 9500 PRO or 9600... but i warn u beforehand hor... CZ eyecandy no problem, NFSU eyecandy... erm think get a radeon 9700 pro at least... but im sure both will work pretty fine...

those game companies need to make money and those people who keep buying the latest graphics card is mot likely a small segment of their targetted audience

bismarck SG

even for radeon 9600 or something
there are alot of brans...elsa ..this brand that brand... Confused

monitor plugged to this silly card on my MB ...TBE

ntu slacker SG

try to avoid elsa... it was on the VERGE of bankruptcy a year ago.
recommend original ati 9700 pro... should be able to be found rather cheaply

try to get original ati red boxes whenever possible... yes ati manufactured gfx cards ba.

err your motherboard should have a VGA connector near the ports where u plug in the keyboard, printer, etc etc... considering its a nForce enabled mobo. try using nForce graphics... its definitely not too shabby.

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