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Jun 14, 2007, 08:56 AM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
Join Date: May 2007
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best video card for my setup
MY specs:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice @ 2.1GHz
DFI-nF4 DAGF Motherboard
1gb ram pc 2700
250gb Western Digital SATA 16mb cache
600Watt Rosewill
NEC DVD Burner
ATi Radeon x600se
Im lookin to buy a card around $100 that will last me at least 1 or 2 years. Been thinking about the 8600gt, but there might be better options. what do you think?
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Jun 14, 2007, 10:11 AM
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Administrator
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Cloaked
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For that price there is nothing better than the 8600GT, just make sure you get the DDR3 one (should be about $125) rather than the DDR2 one.
Here is a good one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127286 |
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Jun 14, 2007, 11:02 AM
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DriverHeaven Lover
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Singapore
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how bout the HD2600?
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Jun 14, 2007, 01:42 PM
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I = Greatest Dood
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Originally Posted by Veridian3
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couldn't have said it better! |
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Jun 15, 2007, 09:31 PM
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ZooooM!
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: USA, Missouri
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yeah i agree i put that same card in a similar system as yours for my brother and it truly is an amazing card for the money.
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Jun 16, 2007, 12:20 AM
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DriverHeaven Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Melbourne, AU
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any ddr3 card you'll be getting a heaps performance increase over any higher end ddr2 card
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Jun 16, 2007, 01:47 PM
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Like a Fish
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Southern California
Posts: 19,380
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zaim
any ddr3 card you'll be getting a heaps performance increase over any higher end ddr2 card
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good to know  |
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Jun 20, 2007, 01:26 PM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
Join Date: May 2007
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do you guys think this card will last me the next two years? :P.
I just plan on playing counter-strike: source for now.
I'm not really interested in the high end games for now.
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Jun 21, 2007, 03:49 AM
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Like a Fish
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Southern California
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the next two years? no.
sure, all you're playing now is CS:S, but that will likely change. especially over a period of two years.
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Jun 21, 2007, 09:28 PM
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DH's Youngest Mod
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Los Angeles
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for the record, your entire rig may not even last you two years.... stuff is just getting too heavy. if you are playing CS:S then that's WAY more than enough.
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Jul 4, 2007, 02:20 PM
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Noise? What noise?
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Canada
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Either the 8600GT or HD2600XT would be a good buy... I'd personally opt for the 8600GT but traditionally ATI cards have been the better performers in HL2/Source engine based games.
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