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Topic: new video card...what u think about this one?

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Inviato Fri 08 Feb 08 @ 4:50 pm
Stay away from this! This is why: "1GB DDR2"
DDR2? In 2008?? Come one man, don't be fooled by the amount of video memory on VGA card, everyone knows that the speed is more important on Video cards so what you need is DDR3 memory, 256MB is enough for VDJ.
I suggest this model:
http://www.leadtek.com.tw/eng/3d_graphic/overview.asp?lineid=1&pronameid=338
It is around 100 euros, I sell them and they are great!
 
see thats what i mean. so what the latest ddr3?

what would be a step up from the one you linked? I would like to upgrade. 512 would be nice ;-)

any suggestion?

thanks
 
The step up would be new 8800GT with 512MB DDR3 memory, but it is a little pricey, around 250 euros.
http://www.leadtek.com/eng/3d_graphic/overview.asp?lineid=1&pronameid=384
You can play also all the games at the maximum detail except Crysis on Vista ;)
In between there is 8600GTS which is 150-180 euros, depending on the model (Core Clock, Memory).
You can see on the Leadtek site the referent models without "Extreme" in there name, Extreme models are overclocked and there is also better models now with "Metal Capacitors" which means they can be more overclocked due to better condesators used on the PCB. Take a look at the differences in Mhz and you will see what is the best for you.
As I said, 8600GT 256MB DDR3 is the minimum you should go. The better is up to your budget ;)
Regards
 
thanks for the info.

now after reading up on my exsisting card.....its reall 128mb.....its 256 hyper memory.
 
 
The price is a little higher than Leadtek but it is also faster, XFX is a very good brand, you can get this.
 
I have 2x Nvidia 8600M GT Sli in my laptop. Is it DDR2 or DDR3? How can i tell?

Gary
 
What brand are they? You can search for specs for your laptop model and see there. But, SLI mode is not used with cheap DDR2 models so I presume you have DDR3 models ;)
What laptop is that?
 
Afternoon Alf

Its a Toshiba laptop. The model is X200-219. Its an nVidia card. I'm really impressed with the laptop from the performance to the build quality. I couldn't see on the Tosh spec sheet though the memory type for the video card.

Gary
 
 
thx for the info, just bought the xfx 8600. i'll let u know how it goes......Im also upgrading from 1.5 gigs of ram to 4gigs :-)
 


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