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09-03-07, 11:23 PM
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Resident Tire Destroyer
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My brother's video card died. Looking for sub $200 card
My brother's old Radeon X800XL died and has about $200 to spend. He told me if he bought it from newegg, my old man would pick up whatever shipping costs so $200 is the limit.
Initial searching around at newegg digs up the ATI X1950 Pro as the $200 card with the Nvidia 8600 GTS as the $200 nvidia. I know the 8XXX series cards are supposed to be all that but can the 256meg memory Nvidia hang with the 512meg 1950? I notice this one is $50 less than that 8600GTS. This one is cheaper but has 512 megs of ram and a lower clock speed http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130290 What's the difference between these? And as much as he wants an 8800GTS, it's an extra hundred bucks he doesn't have and he has to have to have a computer for school work asap and from the benchmarks I've seen, the 8600GTS seems to be the best one.
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09-04-07, 02:53 AM
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Re: My brother's video card died. Looking for sub $200 card
Radeon x1950 Pro is a no brainer. Current mid DX10 cards are rather crappy for anything, be it DX9 or DX10. Get a x1950 Pro. It's cheaper and faster.
Plus 200$ for x1950 Pro is rather expensive. I bought mine for 136€ (thats around 185$). Sapphire brand.
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09-04-07, 03:14 AM
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Re: My brother's video card died. Looking for sub $200 card
If he wants one under $200 then I would go with the GECUBE
GECUBE X1950XT Radeon X1950XT 512MB ,It is faster then any of the mid-range DX10 cards and is on of the fastest DX9 cards plus it has 512mb of memory. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814241063
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09-19-07, 11:39 AM
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Re: My brother's video card died. Looking for sub $200 card
well, I don't know how but he talked my dad into one of these.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130038 Should be here in a couple of days. Said he would be stepping up in a few months to an 8800GTX and a C2D cpu/mobor/ram as a christmas present. Unfair....
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09-19-07, 11:57 AM
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