Curse

Tsunami Rain · Jan 23, 2006, 05:22 AM // 05:22

http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...420&pfp=BROWSE

Right now im surviving on a ATI Radeon 9600 128mb AIW. I decided that I'm going to upgrade to a newer 64bit processor (AMD) and a motherboard (probably ASUS or MSI) that's PCI Express compatable. I recently went to Comp USA with my friends and found this video card for $200. 512mb video card..sounds sweet but I'd like to have some feedback before i go pick one up.

pegasux · Jan 23, 2006, 02:09 PM // 14:09

Good choice between the MoBo's Great decision on going with the AMD 64bit processors...get the Dual Core...you can game and run everything else in the background without a hitch

. I don't know much about video cards but I do know that Vision Tek cards are not worth it whatsoever...then again I don't know much about video cards. I normally buy everything from newegg since they are almost always cheaper and they have tons of product reviews.

Old Dood · Jan 23, 2006, 02:50 PM // 14:50

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Originally Posted by Tsunami Rain

http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...420&pfp=BROWSE

Right now im surviving on a ATI Radeon 9600 128mb AIW. I decided that I'm going to upgrade to a newer 64bit processor (AMD) and a motherboard (probably ASUS or MSI) that's PCI Express compatable. I recently went to Comp USA with my friends and found this video card for $200. 512mb video card..sounds sweet but I'd like to have some feedback before i go pick one up.

Well I would take that model number and put it in a Google bar with the word REVIEWS after it. It is a glorifide X300 PCIe card. It is not worth $200.00. You are better off getting a X800XL PCIe card or a 6800GT for that price. Look at the numbers. X1300 then X300...same class. You will not end up happy with it down the road.

My X800XL PCIe w/256 Mb will smoke that card. So will the 6800GT PCIe w/256Mb. The extra ram on that card will do you no good.

Tsunami Rain · Jan 24, 2006, 01:33 AM // 01:33

k thanks for the input guys

ill go with the x800xl probably (i favor ati cards for some odd reason)

kvndoom · Jan 24, 2006, 09:21 AM // 09:21

$200 for that piece of garbage? Ugh! Now I remember why I don't shop at CompostUSA or Worst Buy anymore. Not only can you buy one for under $150 online all day any day, but that card's GPU isn't even powerful enough to be served by 256MB of memory, much less 512.

A low-end card with that much RAM is just using the memory amount as a selling point, to screw people stuck in the "more is better" mindset. Unless you're driving a huge monitor at maxed out AA and AF levels, you won't need more that 256MB in a video card. Otherwise, review after review after review shows that the performance difference between 256 and 512MB on a video card is moot. Just as Old Dood said, you can get much better for your money.

And buy it online! Check out Newegg for starters. Dang retail stores suck. Sheesh, the money people could save... I order all my parts online, I'm patient enough to wait a few days for shipping if it's gonna save me hundreds of dollars in the long run.

Tsunami Rain · Jan 25, 2006, 01:49 AM // 01:49

yeah i normally buy from newegg, svc, etc. but my friend pointed out this graphics card to me and i went "wtf" so i thought id check it out.

chris_nin00 · Jan 25, 2006, 01:52 AM // 01:52

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Originally Posted by Tsunami Rain

i favor ati cards for some odd reason)

You should. Guild wars does not look favorably at Nvidia.

I would suggest the X1600 for you

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