Shopping for a Video Card

[Heathen]

Okay guise. If you have noticed a pattern yet in my threads, I don't know shit about hardware.

Anyone suggest a nvidia card that would play games well and not empty out my sack-o-money.

See, my card wont do alot of things for me and it getting irritated. Its old as all hell and I figure its about time for a new'n.

I dont know what most of this means but I will post some info if it will help :rolleyes:

375W Power Supply.
PCI Express
Uhhh, anything else just ask and explain where or how to find the info.

[Ki11a_FTW]

price limit?

[Heathen]

None. I am fucking rich. But if you can try to keep it within $200. But if you need to, name something more, I have ways to get it at about 30%.

[AAA]

EVGA GeForce GTS 250 512MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130468

+

Rosewill 630W 80 PLUS Certified
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182149


This will suppport all of the latest games on Max settings with a $200 budget.

[Warsaw]

For $200? Shit son, get a GTX260 Core 216.

[343guiltymc]

For $200? Shit son, get a GTX260 Core 216.

On a 375 watt power supply? :(

[Heathen]

Anything I can get without uping my power supply?

E: Will rep when i can.

[AAA]

Well, now you've jumped into the subject of what games you're trying to play.

[Heathen]

Well, now you've jumped into the subject of what games you're trying to play.
I guess I can spring for a power supply :/

Thanks alot though. I will plus rep you and saw.


(http://search.pricewatch.com/search?q=500W+Power+Supply&totalcost_min=min&totalcost_max=max)

[AAA]

I guess I can spring for a power supply :/

Thanks alot though. I will plus rep you and saw.


(http://search.pricewatch.com/search?q=500W+Power+Supply&totalcost_min=min&totalcost_max=max)

I've edited my post. look over it and if you need anymore suggestions or help, just post in this thread.

[Heathen]

I've edited my post. look over it and if you need anymore suggestions or help, just post in this thread.
Thanks mang.

[Cortexian]

If you're fucking rich just buy the best there is for your hardware... GeForce GTX 295 + New PSU.

[Heathen]

If you're fucking rich just buy the best there is for your hardware... GeForce GTX 295 + New PSU.
Nah, why spend more than I have to. I was exaggerating with the rich thing but I have plenty of money from selling. I have enough.

[Amit]

Why hasn't asked this question yet?: Why not an ATi card?

[paladin]

Get an HD 4650

[InnerGoat]

Maybe he doesn't like his ATI card / drivers.

Are the computer specs in your profile correct? Pentium D? You really need to upgrade off that thing whenever possible. A high end card like the GTX 260 is major overkill and would still suffer big framerate dips because of the CPU. :-3
Something more "midrange" like the 9600GT or 9800GT would yeild impressive results and cost under 100 dollars.

You could use another gig of ram as well.

[Hotrod]

Get an HD 4650
Why an HD4650? I'd recommend something more like an HD4870 or something. But yeah, why do you want the card to be specifically Nvidia?

[legionaire45]

Maybe he doesn't like his ATI card / drivers.

Are the computer specs in your profile correct? Pentium D? You really need to upgrade off that thing whenever possible. A high end card like the GTX 260 is major overkill and would still suffer big framerate dips because of the CPU. :-3
Something more "midrange" like the 9600GT or 9800GT would yeild impressive results and cost under 100 dollars.

You could use another gig of ram as well.
This. Get yourself a cheap Core 2 Quad and a decent midrange Nvidia card (I'd keep an eye on ATI as well, but whatever) and you'll be fine.

[Warsaw]

Because Linux support with ATi is shit. Cards from nVidia, on the other hand, work very, very well.

[Heathen]

Maybe he doesn't like his ATI card / drivers.

Are the computer specs in your profile correct? Pentium D? You really need to upgrade off that thing whenever possible. A high end card like the GTX 260 is major overkill and would still suffer big framerate dips because of the CPU. :-3
Something more "midrange" like the 9600GT or 9800GT would yeild impressive results and cost under 100 dollars.

You could use another gig of ram as well.
I know, I know, and I know.
I dont understand most of that, but I do know my computer is close to shit.

So could you give me a quick rundown of what you would buy on a moderate budget to fix this up? Keep it simple considering that I am gonna use the rest of that money to buy a few girls some gifts on a little personal holiday.

Because Linux support with ATi is shit. Cards from nVidia, on the other hand, work very, very well.
This is probably the only reason I am not wanting an ATI card.

[343guiltymc]

Are you using some HP or dell or something from a major vendor?

[Heathen]

Dell, also, I am going to post this here so I can remember it and so you guys can tell me what you think.

http://search.pricewatch.com/motherboard_combos_with_memory/phenom_940-0.htm

[AAA]

Yeah, that's an awesome deal for the price. i say go for it.

As for a different card for the budget, the Geforce 250 is just right for the price and performance that I'm absolutely positive you're looking for.

[343guiltymc]

Which model are you using? Some dell cases aren't compatible with regular ATX PSUs.

[Heathen]

xps 400 I think.

[343guiltymc]

Hmm, it looks a lot like my Dimension E520, I don't know if there is enough space for a big card like GTX 260. Try going into the case and measure how much you space there is.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Ati linux support is bad?
Thats odd, on ubuntu 8.10, I got higher framerates in the Cube2 engine than I did on windows, in a clean installation.

[Amit]

I don't understand, I used Ubuntu for 3 months with my ATi Card and there was nothing wrong with it.

[Heathen]

tis the x300's
they are iffy.

[Warsaw]

And it's not that there's always something specifically wrong, it's just that hardware support isn't as good in some apps with ATi.