Video Card
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Nobama
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Video Card
Well it looks like i need a new video card.
I havn't kept up on what's good.
PCI express 16X
Currently have a ATI Radeon X300, heaping pile of dog shit.
price range $75 - $100
Need to be able to play BioShock, preferably maxed out.
And must have an S-Video output.
I havn't kept up on what's good.
PCI express 16X
Currently have a ATI Radeon X300, heaping pile of dog shit.
price range $75 - $100
Need to be able to play BioShock, preferably maxed out.
And must have an S-Video output.
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130435
$100 after MIB. I've had three EVGA cards and each one's been pretty good.
Or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814134066 for $90
If you don't mind going with ECS, which is sort of a budget brand. Same GPU though and it's rated well on Newegg.
As far as NVIDIA goes, you probably couldn't go below a 9800GT or 8800GT to play Bioshock maxed out. I think the ATI 4850 could do it as well.
$100 after MIB. I've had three EVGA cards and each one's been pretty good.
Or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814134066 for $90
If you don't mind going with ECS, which is sort of a budget brand. Same GPU though and it's rated well on Newegg.
As far as NVIDIA goes, you probably couldn't go below a 9800GT or 8800GT to play Bioshock maxed out. I think the ATI 4850 could do it as well.
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Nobama
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How do i know if my motherboard is PCI express 2.0 or not? As opposed to just PCI Express x16
Also, Bioshock says it needs a "Pixel Shader 3.0 compliant video card"
Although i have never seen anything like that in the specs of any of these cards.
Looking at this. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218072892035
It's newer, AGP is still pretty standard. But most new cards use PCI Express 2.0 x16
Also, Bioshock says it needs a "Pixel Shader 3.0 compliant video card"
Although i have never seen anything like that in the specs of any of these cards.
Looking at this. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218072892035
It's newer, AGP is still pretty standard. But most new cards use PCI Express 2.0 x16
Last edited by BetterBob; Sep 22, 2009 at 08:13 AM.
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Almost any new video card has Pixel Shader 3.0. NVIDIA cards past the 6xxx and ATI cards past X1300. So yeah, you'd be hard pressed to find a new card that doesn't have PS 3.0. The cards above have either 4.0 or 4.1.
AGP is getting pretty old school. I just checked Newegg for kicks, and they have 1 motherboard of over 200 available (intel only) that has AGP. It's like trying to buy a new car with a carburetor instead of fuel injection.
AGP is getting pretty old school. I just checked Newegg for kicks, and they have 1 motherboard of over 200 available (intel only) that has AGP. It's like trying to buy a new car with a carburetor instead of fuel injection.
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