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so im geting my computer upgraded for gaming purposes (itle barly run halo 1)and i got my graphics card on the discount table and was wondering if its a good one (ps i have no idea what half of this is im just reading the box) gpu:nividia geforce8800gts bus typeci express 2.0 memory:512 mb core clock:675mhz shader cloack:167mhz memory data rate:1940mhz streme prosesors:128 texture fill rate:43.2 billion memory bandwith:62.1gb/sec shader model:4.0 api suport:derxt 10 and lower ramdacs:dual400mhz hdcp compatiple: yes so is this good or did i get ripped of for 300 dollars

2009-11-07 23:49:00 Author: solid-snake Posts: 212

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Is that just for the 8800GTS graphics card? If so... seems very expensive to me... :S Though I don't know US prices so good. http://www.amazon.com/PNY-GeForce-SLI-Ready-Graphics-VCG88GTS5XPB/dp/B0011397Z4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1257638934&sr=8-3 That seems similar to yours maybe? But $60 cheaper... :S A cheaper option could even be this: http://www.amazon.com/PNY-XLR8-PCI-Express-Graphics-VCGGTS2501XPB/dp/B001UHYRAG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1257639414&sr=1-1 Which I think (don't know nvidia cards so much... more ATI) is better, and has double memory. Cheapest option is ATI though, and the 4000 series is very good value for money. Such as this: http://www.amazon.com/XFX-HD487AZWFC-Radeon-4870-PCI-E/dp/B002K9ITCU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1257639596&sr=1-1 That 4870 is very powerful, their second newest one currently out. I have the 4890, and it runs every game at max no problems (unless the game is terribly done like ARMA II). Though with such a powerful graphics card it may no doubt be bottlenecked by your processor and RAM. Ideally, a dual 2.6Ghz (quad if you can afford!) processor and 2GB (4GB isn't too expensive these days) RAM is a good start. To give you some perspective of how I run everything at max with no problems, I have Quad 3.0Ghz (Overclocked to 3.4Ghz), 4 GB RAM (looking to upgrade to 8 even though it's not needed really ) and the 1GB ATI 4890 graphics card. Though in all honesty, if you can run a game at medium with no frame rate issues, that is usually the equivalent of how it would look on a console if the game is on it. AKA - medium is settings still look good, and at the end of the day it's about gameplay, not graphics. Unless it's Crysis.

2009-11-08 00:10:00 Author: ryryryan Posts: 3767

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ok wo wo wo.... yeah this is giberish to me. sorry but im not that tech savy in laymens terms is this card good or bad to start with.

2009-11-08 01:50:00 Author: solid-snake Posts: 212

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Its good You just got it a bit on the pricey side is all, but no worries

2009-11-08 02:32:00 Author: ryryryan Posts: 3767

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