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Need some advice

  • 18-05-2008 08:07PM
    #1
    Économiste Monétaire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,208 ✭✭✭


    I need some advice on a new graphics card. I haven't really been reading up on them for about a year now and the last card I bought was the 7900 GTX which has served me well but is in need of replacing. The 9800GX2 looks nice :)

    I was hoping someone could just say, in short, which card to buy. Oh and price isn't a problem.


Comments

  • #2
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Well, that depends! Monitor size and rest of machine specs?


  • #3
    Économiste Monétaire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,208 ✭✭✭Économiste Monétaire


    Monitors wise I have 3, running on 1920x 1200, 1680x1050 and 1280x1024. Processor is QX6700 (core 2 extreme) with 4 gigs of ram and the motherboard is ABIT IN9 32X-Max. hope that helps and thanks for the reply so quick ;)


  • #4
    Sqaull20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,044 ✭✭✭Sqaull20


    Can you wait till the end of next month?

    New Nvidia cards ( Gtx280/260 ) are coming and they should be alot faster then what is out now..

    qsr1g6e8gwibx2mubro.png

    Ati will be releasing stuff too, but specs are not as concrete..


  • #5
    Sqaull20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,044 ✭✭✭Sqaull20


    They are saying 18th of June for those cards, the top end GTX 280 ( single card ) is suppose to be 20% faster than a 9800gx2 and GTX 260 a bit faster than the 9800gx2 also..

    Prices should be €450 for GTX280 and €370 for GTX260


  • #6
    Économiste Monétaire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,208 ✭✭✭Économiste Monétaire


    Thanks for the information. I'm going to hold out for the new cards :)


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