[H]Graphics Card

On April 07 2010 13:03 LuckyFool wrote:

well I can answer the power supply question. open your computer and see how much watt output it provides and then when your browsing video cards it will tell you how much minimum power supply you need.

On April 07 2010 13:08 FragKrag wrote:
None of the cards I recommended needs more than 75W so you should be fine either way.

On April 07 2010 13:09 CaucasianAsian wrote:


maybe i'm mentally retarded, but when i open my computer it's just a bunch of wires and stuff that i have no idea what does what. I just know that if I'm installing a new hard-drive then i remove the one that looks similar and replace it.

Or do you mean that it tells you in the 'My Computer' program thing?





ahh ok ty!

On April 07 2010 13:12 udgnim wrote:
what's your CPU?

a good video card can help a bad CPU play videos better, but a good CPU doesn't need a good video card to play videos smoothly

On April 07 2010 13:14 LuckyFool wrote:


I meant physically opening the computer and checking the sticker on the power supply. it usually tells you there how much W output it provides. most are like in the 250-400W range I believe.

you might also be able to check from the bios setup screen when you first turn on your computer on as well. I don't know of any windows tools that let you check your power supply info.

On April 07 2010 13:19 StorrZerg wrote:
well he needs a new card ne ways if he ever wants to play beta

On April 07 2010 16:20 Railz wrote:
Video cards don't really effect effect video - It is mostly ram and bottleneck speeds on the motherboard (or even the player)

Either way, I use a GTS250 overclocked if you're still in the market for one. It can run 1600 x 900

On April 07 2010 13:03 LuckyFool wrote:
I have a friend who built a pc last summer (2.5k budget) and bought three of those. He's set for the next decade and a half.

On April 07 2010 13:23 FragKrag wrote:
Try using Mplayer, Media Player Classic, or VLC player. I'm not convinced that you actually need a new graphics card just for movie watching.

then again, you probably need it for extra monitors anyways...

On April 07 2010 15:01 mahnini wrote:
i stopped using VLC because it lags for HD stuffs

On April 08 2010 03:56 Boblion wrote:

It will be completely obsolete in 4 years.

On April 08 2010 06:13 G4T0R4D3 wrote:


I have a laptop I bought 5 years ago during my sophomore year of HS. I thought it would become obsolete. Funny thing is it runs every game I throw at it (except Crysis because even some GPUs nowadays cant handle Crysis). Sure, they'll be much better technology but the old tech will still do work.

On April 08 2010 06:13 G4T0R4D3 wrote:
Funny thing is it runs every game I throw at it (except Crysis because even some GPUs nowadays cant handle Crysis).

On April 08 2010 07:31 FragKrag wrote:
Should probably err away from Gatorade's advice because he is a bit of a fanboy himself. Gatorade you do realize that Nvidia cards don't have eyefinity, and therefore don't run 3 monitors?

On April 08 2010 08:49 FragKrag wrote:
Yeah, it'll be perfectly fine at medium/high for SC2.

On April 08 2010 08:46 FragKrag wrote:
That statement of course, was based on a previous discussion, Gatorade

Nvidia cards are indeed capable of running 2 monitors, but not the 3 that ATI Eyefinity allows flawlessly. Nvidia does not even support DisplayPort on their GPUs at the moment. (I think the GTX 4xx series will support them, but the reference model does not have a DisplayPort out) The complete lack of features that would be useful to him (does he need PhysX or CUDA? No!) in a Nvidia card vs the features in an ATI card means he should go with ATI.

If he was savvy enough to 'consider' both sides, then he probably wouldn't need our help in the first place. You come into this thread and instantly pop off a 'fanboy' remark because you have no idea what the graphics card market looks like.

If you honestly think 3x GTX 285 in SLI is a good purchase, I have nothing else to say.

On April 08 2010 09:25 FragKrag wrote:
Yeah, a paper release, which means absolutely nothing! Those gpus do not even support 3 monitors without SLi, so what good does that do? A card that essentially does not exist until April 12th and will be far too expensive for him to buy does not make any impact on what he plans to buy. Thanks for bringing up irrelevant information.

The reason we only brought up ATI is because ATI is cheaper and has advantages like Eyefinity that make it more relevant. If he is thinking of adding a 3rd monitor, who are you to say he isn't?

Nvidia 4xx does support DisplayPort, but not on the reference designs which have no DisplayPort Out, and it will take at least a couple months for nonreference designs to appear (maybe earlier, since the gtx 4xx series really does seem to need some better cooling :<)

I must have read that 3x gtx 285 from somewhere else though, my bad. It seems like you love to call people fanboys, but you are just accusing me of something I am not! I have supported the GTX 470 quite a bit, and I actually want the card, but as anybody who is in the current graphics card market knows, ATI has much better mid-end and low-end cards on the market at the moment. It would take a Nvidia fanboy to deny that.

On April 08 2010 11:46 FragKrag wrote:
how do you get over 1 fps in Crysis with 9 monitors

On April 08 2010 11:11 KOFgokuon wrote:
who the fuck are you to judge what he's going to do with 3 monitors?
if he wants to do that then go him

On April 08 2010 13:07 FragKrag wrote:
Browser in one monitor
1080p in one monitor
IRC/Instant messengers/Vent/Music in one monitor

You never know what you can do with the space until you actually have it.