Hey Guys, I have a new Dell Dimension, duo core, 2.6ghz, 2gb ram, it has the standard integrated on board graphics. Last night I installed Call of Duty 4 on it and I was expecting pretty decent visuals. They were terrible, lagging even around the 1000x700 range. So today I'm research graphics cards. 8800GT, 8600GT have good reviews. What do you guys use? Whats the latest and greatest?
I think we've pulled the graphic card in poor Behad's florida thread. something about kids in a pool.
Nah the best card hes going to get around that is the ati radeon hd4850. That card should be enough for call of duty 4
First how much are you willing to spend and does your motherboard support a pcie slot for another video card? 8800 are a good video card but you probably should go with the 9800. The latest and best would be the Nvidia GTX285 and the ATI HD 4870+.
Actually, scratch that, they're all out of stock so a 9800GT or 4850 can be had for around $100 like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131125
Best bang for your buck you go with ATI 4890 Link for all 4890 Whats your budget? 8800gt is an older chipset. If you want to go nVidia EVGA GTX 260 Video Cards And I know you won't go over anything those pricewise you cheapass . ATI 4870 is good if you're really on a budget. Latest and greatest is nvida GTX 295, but I like my 4870x2. Also what size monitor are you gaming at. That will make a huge difference in what video card you can buy. If its 20 inches are so, then a 4870 or 4850 is probabaly the way to go. If you wanna splurge a little, you cant go wrong with a GTX 260
the 9800 is in my price range-- 1GB is good. the last two GTX285 and 4870+ are beasts. 2GB DDR would be insane.
At a $100 price point, you can't go wrong with the ATI 4770. It's not as beefed up as the 4870, but it offers much better performance than the NVDA counterpart.
The 9800GT is a 8800GT using 65nm process technology, has an HDMI connection, is easier to overclock, and is a bit quieter. I've got the 1GB 9800GT and am happy with it, but you should get the Radeon HD 4850, if it's similar or cheaper in price. I think it tested out to be around 60% faster.
Good question. When this product was announced, AMD pegged it for the $99 price. http://hothardware.com/articles/ATI-Radeon-HD-4770-40nm-GPU/
Latest ATI are good cards. But I don't like them eating up a whole bunch of wattage and produce 10degrees in extra heat comparing to Nvidia.
I doubt your motherboard support PCI Express 2.0 but the latest video cards are backward compatible with PCI Express 1.1.
I'm looking at prices and the 9800GT 512MB is around $100 9800GT 1GB is around $135 Do you guys think its worth it?
If ATI isn't getting great yields from the 40nm process it's possible the 4770 is being shelved. The 4850 is a faster card going for 10% less than this card's target price and it might not make sense to push a lower end part on expensive chips (because of yield per wafer)
I'll check when I get home (still at work). I wonder if I would have to get a new power supply as well. I hope not, that'd be a pain in the butt. The computer is only a few months old, dual 20 inch monitors, I'm running Vista Business.
