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I need a new GPU
Frank:
--- Quote from: Supertoaster on January 19, 2012, 09:45:35 AM --- EVGA, trusted brand and a lifetime warranty
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My 250 is EVGA. Tis awesome.
Bovicide:
If you get an nvidia card, dont hope for any bitcoin mining ( not that I do it ). Those cards perform horrendously at mining.
I'd suggest 6800ish series radeon, just to spite all the nvidia fags here. You know what they say either way, ati has no drivers and nvidia burns your house down.
>EDIT: I've got MSI, hasnt let me down. Pretty much anything is fine EXCEPT XFX. BURN XFX. You pay for the door hanger thing that comes in the box, really.
Deacon:
--- Quote from: Sanders on January 19, 2012, 10:56:39 AM ---If you get an nvidia card, dont hope for any bitcoin mining ( not that I do it ). Those cards perform horrendously at mining.
I'd suggest 6800ish series radeon, just to spite all the nvidia fags here. You know what they say either way, ati has no drivers and nvidia burns your house down.
>EDIT: I've got MSI, hasnt let me down. Pretty much anything is fine EXCEPT XFX. BURN XFX. You pay for the door hanger thing that comes in the box, really.
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I got xfx, and i like my door hangar THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
(but in all seriousness, it performs fine, whats wrong with it exactly)
MetaHaze:
MSI is a good brand too look for, gives 3 year warranty on most cards, enhances gpu speed on some cards, will provide help when needed, comes with alot of tools on Driver cd, and so on.
Evga is also good, Warrantys and so on.
MSI, Nvidia, and Evga is some of the most powerful GPU card producers, and Warranty givers.
I've actually ran a 500w video card on a 400w power supply, never had any problems.. ;D
Also, when you look for cards, you must look for certain features/requirements. Such as, PCI, PCI-E(Express), if your motherboard doesn't have these slots, or your power supply, and your vid card requires it, it won't work. Some video cards require a (24 + 4) Pin Mainboard Connecter to get full power, Again if your board, PSU, only has (24) pin mainboard connector, you won't get full power. Some video cards use (4) pin mainboard connector, some (4 + 2) pin mainboard connectors..
High Pixel shader, 3.0 to 4.0 is very nice when playing high-end games. Open GL helps on some High-End games that use it.
So as you can see, a whole lot of factors you need to look for. Would be more helpful if you posted your PSU.
Deathstrike:
--- Quote from: MetaHaze on January 19, 2012, 01:59:36 PM ---MSI is a good brand too look for, gives 3 year warranty on most cards, enhances gpu speed on some cards, will provide help when needed, comes with alot of tools on Driver cd, and so on.
Evga is also good, Warrantys and so on.
MSI, Nvidia, and Evga is some of the most powerful GPU card producers, and Warranty givers.
I've actually ran a 500w video card on a 400w power supply, never had any problems.. ;D
Also, when you look for cards, you must look for certain features/requirements. Such as, PCI, PCI-E(Express), if your motherboard doesn't have these slots, or your power supply, and your vid card requires it, it won't work. Some video cards require a (24 + 4) Pin Mainboard Connecter to get full power, Again if your board, PSU, only has (24) pin mainboard connector, you won't get full power. Some video cards use (4) pin mainboard connector, some (4 + 2) pin mainboard connectors..
High Pixel shader, 3.0 to 4.0 is very nice when playing high-end games. Open GL helps on some High-End games that use it.
So as you can see, a whole lot of factors you need to look for. Would be more helpful if you posted your PSU.
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I thought it was up there but in case it wasnt my PSU is 460 watts and case is xps 8300
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