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JiGSaW
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PostPosted: Wed, 23rd Aug 2006 08:47    Post subject: New Graphic Card Need some advice
The time has come to update my graphic card i now have a Geforce 6600 GT and now i wanne have someting better Smile

My budget is € 300

I'm not good at this so here are some cards i found witch one should I pick for games ?

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XFX GeForce 7900GT 256 MB (Retail, TV-out, 2x DVI)

470 MHz / 1370 MHz

Cost : € 259,-

http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/details.html?artno=jaxxn4&showTechData=true

XFX 7900GT Extreme 256 MB (Retail, TV-Out, DVI)

520 MHz / 1500 MHz

Cost : € 279,-

http://www.alternate.nl/html/productDetails.html?artno=JAXXN1

Asus EN7900GT/2DHT 256 MB (Retail, GDDR3, 256 MB)

450 MHz / 1320 MHz

Cost : € 269,-

http://www.alternate.nl/html/productDetails.html?artno=JAXV23

Club3D GeForce 7900GT 256 MB (Retail, TV-Out, 2xDVI)

450 MHz / 1320 MHz

Cost : € 289,-

http://www.alternate.nl/html/productDetails.html?artno=JAXUN1

GigaByte NX79T256DP 256 MB (Retail, TV-Out, 2x DVI)

450 MHz / 1320 MHz

Cost : € 279,-

http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/details.html?artno=JAXYN2&showTechData=true

Xpertvision/Palit GeForce 7900GT 512 MB (Retail, TV-out, DVI)

550 MHz / 1320 MHz

Cost : € 309,-

http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/details.html?artno=JBXHN1&showTechData=true

Club3D Radeon X1900RX 256 MB (Retail, TV-out, 2x DVI)

575 MHz / 1200 MHz

Cost : € 219,-

http://www.alternate.nl/html/productDetails.html?artno=JAXU30

Sapphire Radeon X1900GT 256 MB (Light-Retail, 2x DVI, Video-in)

575 MHz / 1200 MHz

Cost € 309,-

http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/details.html?artno=JAXS4B&showTechData=true

Or something else?


Thanks for your time Wink
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Kristian




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PostPosted: Wed, 23rd Aug 2006 13:26    Post subject: Re: New Graphic Card Need some advice
JiGSaW wrote:
XFX 7900GT Extreme 256 MB (Retail, TV-Out, DVI)

520 MHz / 1500 MHz

Cost : € 279,-

http://www.alternate.nl/html/productDetails.html?artno=JAXXN1


I bought that one for my sister some weeks ago, and it works great. Smile

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[sYn]
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PostPosted: Wed, 23rd Aug 2006 14:02    Post subject:
I would go with the "XFX 7900GT Extreme 256 MB (Retail, TV-Out, DVI) " also..
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liansk




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PostPosted: Wed, 23rd Aug 2006 14:12    Post subject:
here's a nice review to cmopare between the 7900 and x1900

http://www.pureoverclock.com/review.php?id=36&page=1
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JiGSaW
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PostPosted: Wed, 23rd Aug 2006 14:31    Post subject:
Oke i was thinking about that one also but i have 2 questions

1. Is the Xpertvision/Palit GeForce 7900GT 512 MB (Retail, TV-out, DVI) not better because it has 512 mb?

2. I have a Forton 400 watt ATX is that enough for a 7900GT?

Spec:

AMD Athlon64 3800+ S939
Asus A8N-E Motherboard
1.25 GB Geheugen
3 Harde schijven
Plextor DVD ROM 16x Zwart
HP DVD 16x RW LightScribe Zwart + New XFX 7900GT Extreme 256 MB

Thanks Smile


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[sYn]
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PostPosted: Wed, 23rd Aug 2006 15:58    Post subject:
Xpertvision/Palit WHO? would be my first question.. XFX is a very good, well known brand, produces fantastic products and also has an amazing support/returns service (lifetime warenty I believe). Plus its not always about the amount of memory, its about the speed and also the quality of the build, although most cards are reference the HSF can be different (better or worse) plus the bigger companies get the better end of the chips, meaning they can be over clocked further.

Looking at the speeds, the RAM speed on the Palit card is a fair amount slower than that on the XFX, there might be more of it, but it will take more time to load in an out of the memory. The XFX will perform these operations faster and will probably give better performance overall.
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JiGSaW
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PostPosted: Wed, 23rd Aug 2006 19:33    Post subject:
[sYn] wrote:
Xpertvision/Palit WHO? would be my first question.. XFX is a very good, well known brand, produces fantastic products and also has an amazing support/returns service (lifetime warenty I believe). Plus its not always about the amount of memory, its about the speed and also the quality of the build, although most cards are reference the HSF can be different (better or worse) plus the bigger companies get the better end of the chips, meaning they can be over clocked further.

Looking at the speeds, the RAM speed on the Palit card is a fair amount slower than that on the XFX, there might be more of it, but it will take more time to load in an out of the memory. The XFX will perform these operations faster and will probably give better performance overall.


Thanks for answering question 1 [sYn] you know a lot about it Smile

So does anyone know if my fortron 400 watt is able to run this system?

AMD Athlon64 3800+ S939
Asus A8N-E Motherboard
1.25 GB memory
3x Hard disk
Plextor DVD ROM 16x
HP DVD 16x RW LightScribe + New XFX 7900GT Extreme 256 MB
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SLi




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PostPosted: Wed, 23rd Aug 2006 19:36    Post subject:
I think you should just try it. And if it won't work you can always get a new PSU

btw, the choise of the graphic card is really good... I had one of these and it just rocked!

Specs: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @3GHz // 2GB G.Skill PC6400 CL3 // Intel BadAxe // XFX 79000GTX XXX //...
Cooled by modded Asetek Waterchill
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JiGSaW
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PostPosted: Thu, 24th Aug 2006 02:35    Post subject:
XFX GeForce 7900 GT Extreme Edition Graphics Card Review!

http://www.rojakpot.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=339&pgno=0

Nice new review just orderd this card thanks all for the help Smile
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RazorsEdge




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PostPosted: Thu, 24th Aug 2006 12:28    Post subject:
This VGA is very good but it has a shitty stock coller and no memory cooling also,so i would suggest u something like : Zalman VF900 or Accelero X1 Wink
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[sYn]
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PostPosted: Thu, 24th Aug 2006 12:58    Post subject:
RazorsEdge wrote:
This VGA is very good but it has a shitty stock coller and no memory cooling also,so i would suggest u something like : Zalman VF900 or Accelero X1 Wink


Good advice, its always good to replace the stock cooler on any GFX card, unless you get something with a none stock cooler already attached (I believe some of the BFG range do this, but thats about it..)
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SLi




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PostPosted: Thu, 24th Aug 2006 19:52    Post subject:
The Accelero doesn't fit on the 7900GT so a Vf900-Cu is tha best imo

Specs: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @3GHz // 2GB G.Skill PC6400 CL3 // Intel BadAxe // XFX 79000GTX XXX //...
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