Graphics Cards related queries here.

[geek_rohit]

I'm sick of seeing so many graphics cards related threads. Now I have made a new thread. Now post all your GFX card related questions and queries in here. Whether it is price, whether it is which card to buy and whether it is nVidia or ATi, anything which includes graphics cards. And mods please make this thread this sticky. So that it stays on the top for everyone to see. This will make it easier to find the thread for graphics cards and also it will make it more neat.

Edit in 2012. Continue in the following threads.

Originally Posted by ico

RIP....this thread.

*** All Graphic Card related queries here ***

[vysakh]

I thought of creating a new thread but found it

i want the reply today itself so please post today itself by 5pm latest
my dad is going to bombay and so we have decided to get a graphics card from lamington road but i dont know to buy which one. suggest one. here are my specifications

direct X 9.0 compatible
256 MB memory
best performance
budget---6k

please reply immediatley
if possible quote prices from lamington rd

[geek_rohit]

For the budget aroung 6k the FX 5700 would be the best bet. It should be around 6-6.5k.

[vysakh]

which brand?
i mean gigabyte, asus, gainward, xfx, etc
plz specify

[Sourabh]

XFX 5700 LE 256 mb 64 bit costs 6500 Rs

its the worst of card coz it has 64 bit memory

search the forum or ask any one abt the 5700LE card

it sucks and stay away from it

[geek_rohit]

All these brands are good. But I would suggest please don't go for the ASUS brand as these cards aren't such a great performer they used to be moreoever they are costly as compared to other brands. Instead for nVidia choose Gainward and XFX, for ATi choose Powercolor and Gigabyte, whichever suits you in terms of price, software. bundles, etc.
EDITED:
But don't go for the LE version. For Radeon go for the 9600.

[vysakh]

one guy is asking me to get the 5700 and other one not to get it
cmon guys
plz hurry
any brands from Radeon???

[Sourabh]

frankly speaking dont buy a graphic card if u wanna go for 5700 LE

u wont achieve anything with it to be frank

else wait and get a 6600GT @ 11.5k ... best deal

[Sourabh]

nice work this thread is Sticky now

[borg]

Hey cmon Sourabh. He want a card for 6k & u recommend him a card which costs 11.5k!!!. This is not fair man. He clearly posted his budget. Not everyone wants those fancy cards which cost the earth. Not if u are a casual gamer.

For 6k, I would say Asus A9550 (costs around 5.5k). Or a 9600 non pro. Most brands like Club 3d, gigabyte, gainward are good. Just ask ur dad to look for a good deal. Also be aware that the card should have 128 bit memory & stay away from the cards with 64 bit ones. Thats it.

[[flAsh]]

hey i saw a dealer selling hercules X800XT PE for 37000 and Gainward 6800 Ultra for 35K (both are PCI-e). as my friend is thinkin of buying a SLI mobo (infact whole new pc that wud last good 3-yrs)
preferably ASUS A8N-SLI. which one is a better deal hercules or Gainward?? A MSI 6800 Ultra was quoted Rs.35.5K, so i select 6800 ultra which one is good Gainward or MSI. MSI has a definite advantage of DOT.

[[flAsh]]

how can i enable low-level overclocking for nvidia fx 5700 ultra card in riva tuner???

[blade_runner]

Originally Posted by [flAsh

]hey i saw a dealer selling hercules X800XT PE for 37000 and Gainward 6800 Ultra for 35K (both are PCI-e). as my friend is thinkin of buying a SLI mobo (infact whole new pc that wud last good 3-yrs)
preferably ASUS A8N-SLI. which one is a better deal hercules or Gainward?? A MSI 6800 Ultra was quoted Rs.35.5K, so i select 6800 ultra which one is good Gainward or MSI. MSI has a definite advantage of DOT.

From those definitely the Gainward 6800Ultra ! The Golden Samples are guaraanteed to Oc so i think i'd stick with the gainward.

[mamba]

heard gainward was bought or somethin , for $1 million n has shifted base frm Taipei , Taiwan to Munich Germany
n wot was that , they r gud OCers !!!

no. they were overclocked out of the factory, which meant that the amount of 'free' overclocking u got was less because they were already pushing that much harder.
basically, u pay for their pre-overclocking the board, and overclocking is good value because it's supposed to be free

they had weird names

n i read a hexus review of 1 of there silly 6800 Ultra with watercooling for $800
IT OVERCLOCKED 25mhz ON CORE N MEMORY

[Sourabh]

lol

just 25 mhz

u gotta be kiddin !!

arent u ??

[mamba]

m kidin nobody
c 4 urself
m not frm xfx or somethin , that would campaign against gainward
tis vot i read n thought bout sharin with the guys on the forum . thats it , nothin more , nothin less

[mamba]

check this out
http://www.glebeci.ca/users/matt/vid...l_divx_lq1.avi

[rockyj123]

ati radeaon 9600se or fx 5200.. i have choice between them..pls help.. its urgent..
also are ti 4200/4400 cards still available in mumbai?.. are they better than the above cards...?

[[flAsh]]

hey!! my vendor has got a CLUB 3D XGI VOLARI V8 ULTRA DUO (which he got from sumbody) and is selling it for Rs.2500/-. is it a good buy at this price????
it has got 256mb DDRII (clocked 950mhz) and 2 GPUs on a single board (each clocked 475 Mhz) with a 128-bit memory controller.

[[flAsh]]

oopss!! a typo there the dual core works at 350Mhz

[mamba]

Originally Posted by rockyj123

ati radeaon 9600se or fx 5200.. i have choice between them..pls help.. its urgent..
also are ti 4200/4400 cards still available in mumbai?.. are they better than the above cards...?

9600 > ti 4600 > 5200 Ultra > ti 4200 > 5200

check this out 4 more info , http://graphics.tomshardware.com/gra...charts-02.html

[mamba]

Originally Posted by [flAsh

]hey!! my vendor has got a CLUB 3D XGI VOLARI V8 ULTRA DUO (which he got from sumbody) and is selling it for Rs.2500/-. is it a good buy at this price????
it has got 256mb DDRII (clocked 950mhz) and 2 GPUs on a single board (each clocked 475 Mhz) with a 128-bit memory controller.

ne thing at 2.5k is GOOD , unless its broken

[thierryhenry_me]

Hey dude i can spend about about 2000-3000. Can you suggest me one 64 MB graphichs card (new only and not the XFX GeForce 5200 128 MB cand afford it ) Also please sugest me a company ( XFX, Gigabite, etc)
Please hurry.

[mamba]

Originally Posted by thierryhenry_me

Hey dude i can spend about about 2000-3000. Can you suggest me one 64 MB graphichs card (new only and not the XFX GeForce 5200 128 MB cand afford it ) Also please sugest me a company ( XFX, Gigabite, etc)
Please hurry.

well i havnt really ever thought bout this segment (2k-3k) , but as u wanna have a spankin new card , may look at companies like PNY n others , they have a fx5200 4 3.7k ( digit , Jan )

[bunny01in]

Hey man which card should i buy ? XFX 5200 (256MB) or XFX 5700LE (128 MB) Plz reply soon

[krisjr]

Originally Posted by bunny01in

Hey man which card should i buy ? XFX 5200 (256MB) or XFX 5700LE (128 MB) Plz reply soon

dont go for XFX...go for gainward

[geek_rohit]

Originally Posted by bunny01in

Hey man which card should i buy ? XFX 5200 (256MB) or XFX 5700LE (128 MB) Plz reply soon

Neither. Instead go for the 5700 Ultra, atleast. Don't even think of the 5700LE. Its a flop. Also the 5200 is poor in performance. But if you are willing to wait I would suggest to wait for sometime, save the bucks, and then go for the 6600GT. Hopefully the prices should come down.

[mamba]

Originally Posted by bunny01in

Hey man which card should i buy ? XFX 5200 (256MB) or XFX 5700LE (128 MB) Plz reply soon

as i said before take a look at http://graphics.tomshardware.com/gra...charts-02.html , 4 ALL UR PERFORMANCE RELATED QUERIES , the comparo ROX

5700 (128) spanks 5200(256) ne time , not much adv due 2 the extra 128 mb in the 5200 , riftz still there . n 4 the prices its the best deal u get locally , no use comparin nehru place (Delhi ) prices with those somevere south . have often heard people complain bout the higher prices there

[mamba]

N DO CHEK OUT THIS VIDEO 4 THE ' SIDE-EFFECTS ' OF OVER-CLOKIN
c the proccy shoot upwards , leavin a hole in the table


http://www.glebeci.ca/users/matt/vid...l_divx_lq1.avi

[[flAsh]]

Originally Posted by mamba

ne thing at 2.5k is GOOD , unless its broken

Well I have it in my hands right now for trial only. it runs the games nicely with the new version of reactor driver (without any sacrifice in image quality as was the case with earlier drivers). FSAA has increased from 4x to 8x (AF supported is now 16x). gives nice FPS in all games except it makes a lot of noise.