Best Value Graphics card

[Viper]

BahnNZ, I can post AMD and nVidia screens and you'd never quess which is which. Their picture quality is even and has been for years.

Take a look here. Can you honestly tell me that you can see visible differences between AMD and nVidia renders?
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphic...tion-Day-1/Ima

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Smokey, the Quadro line up in for developers. It's not a consumer model.

[Segitz]

Also they're expensive as hell

[Smokey]

ahhh wondering why it was so dear Viper

[BahnNZ]

I can tell the difference between pulling out an AMD card and popping in an nVidia one sure.

I've just done that you see.

[Viper]

Like I said, you'd have to have problems with one card to see noticeable change in the actual picture quality. PQ has been even for years now. Go check any review over the past 4-5 years.

[BahnNZ]

Guess that's AMD Quality Control for ya then.

[venomv]

It's tough to find Quad Cores for a socket 775 motherboard (your ASUS board) now that they've moved on to newer architectures and sockets.


I've found a few sellers offering Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500's for ~$200.00. You'll have to check local Aussie services but that's one of the most widely available CPU's left of the Core 2 Quad line up.

I have that CPU and have no complaints.

[Smokey]

also forgot to ask, with the 64 bit Windows 7 would it be fine to run the most basic (eg cheapest) OS?

[Viper]

Windows 7 Home Premium will likely be the cheapest edition you can get in Australia and it's a perfectly valid edition for gaming.

[Smokey]

im thinking i might go for this $239 ASUS HD 6950

http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/A...DCII2DI4S1GD5/

[Viper]

Good price for a good card.

[Smokey]

cool, and im presuming i can run a cable Display Port>HDMI? as it dont have HDMI i just want it to run 1920x1080p

[Viper]

Probably comes with an HDMI cable but yes, it accepts Display Port as well. Should have 2 Display Ports outputs actually.

[Smokey]

ya it has 4 DPs & 2 DVIs no actual HDMI port though...

HDMI Output : Yes x 1 (via DVI to HDMI adaptor x 1 )

it comes with the cable

[D3adcell]

You may even want to get a cheaper card unless you want to eventually upgrade everything else.

I have a 6950 (2GB version) and thats probably overkill for your setup and it will require a new Power Supply. I don't know about the one from ASUS but mine does have HDMI 1.4, 2 x DVI and 2 x Mini Display Port. You probably also want to make sure your motherboard can support PCIe 2.1 with x16 slot and space for 2 slots (as the video card is big). Will also need a minimum of 500watt powersupply with 2 PCIe power connectors.

Not that i'm discouraing you from buying it but you will need to meet those requirements. I don't want you to buy it and then be dissapointed because it's not compatible.

[Smokey]

Support PCIe 1.1 Architecture

its a P5QPL-AM hmmm... might need a new board..

[Viper]

PCi-e is forward compliant. And because the bandwidth of PCi-e 1.0 hasn't even really been fully saturated, you'll not likely lose much if any frames at all. In other words, you're PCi-e 2.0 GPU is compatible with your PCI-e 1.1 motherboard.

[goku2057]

I have an intel core2 Quad q6600. Its been fairly solid for me.

[Viper]

I have an intel core2 Quad q6600. Its been fairly solid for me.

Those are becoming harder to find new. Amazon has a tray (not boxed model) from a 3rd party vendor going for $201 and they only have 5 left.

[Smokey]

many thanks viper i can cut alot of this out then

i did build up a pc online would cost me just over a grand

Thermaltake Full ATX Overseer Case Black with Dock (No PSU)

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM

Intel S1155 Core i7 2700K 3.50Ghz Quad Core Unlocked CPU

Gigabyte S1155 MicroATX GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 Motherboard

NVIDIA GTX560 Ti 1GB ASUS PCIe Video Card PN ENGTX560-TI-DC2-1GD5

700 Watt Thermaltake LitePower Power Supply