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Help with nVidia cards needed
Hi - I've got two PCs. One with an ATi Radeon 9000 Pro 64 Mb video card,
the other with a GeForce 4, 440MX 64 Mb video card. I upgraded from 32 Mb video cards, so you can imagine the tremendous improvement in graphics rendering. Both cards are outstanding, but I'd like to upgrade my primary PC (nVidia) with a more robust card. It has a 4x motherboard, so an 8x card is not mandatory, but it would be nice for later upgrades. I am quite familiar with the ATi line of cards, but I need help with the nVidia cards. What is comparable to the ATi 9600 Pro, and 9700 Pro. Top of the line (ATi 9800 Pro) is out of the question. I don't want to spend $500 on a card. I will go as high as $300. The ATi card I have now cost $54, and the nVidia card was about $70. I've got an Athlon 2000+ XP CPU and 512 Mb of PC 2700 333 MHz DDR Ram on an MSI KT3 Ultra2 motherboard running XP Pro. Thanks for any advice you can offer. Joe |
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Hi Joe I would look for a GF FX 5900 non ultra at www.pricewatch.com or
look for a GFFX 5800 Ultra those are hard to find and reportedly have a loud fan, The 5600 Ultra is good but stay away from non ultra versions and the 5200 altogether. Good Luck "Joe727" wrote in message om... Hi - I've got two PCs. One with an ATi Radeon 9000 Pro 64 Mb video card, the other with a GeForce 4, 440MX 64 Mb video card. I upgraded from 32 Mb video cards, so you can imagine the tremendous improvement in graphics rendering. Both cards are outstanding, but I'd like to upgrade my primary PC (nVidia) with a more robust card. It has a 4x motherboard, so an 8x card is not mandatory, but it would be nice for later upgrades. I am quite familiar with the ATi line of cards, but I need help with the nVidia cards. What is comparable to the ATi 9600 Pro, and 9700 Pro. Top of the line (ATi 9800 Pro) is out of the question. I don't want to spend $500 on a card. I will go as high as $300. The ATi card I have now cost $54, and the nVidia card was about $70. I've got an Athlon 2000+ XP CPU and 512 Mb of PC 2700 333 MHz DDR Ram on an MSI KT3 Ultra2 motherboard running XP Pro. Thanks for any advice you can offer. Joe |
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