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JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
June 04 2011 03:23 GMT
#81
On June 04 2011 12:22 iTzAnglory wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 03 2011 13:16 JingleHell wrote:
On June 03 2011 12:27 iTzAnglory wrote:
Nvidia should be more reliable, but the ATI is definitely faster by a lot. I would just get the ATI 6870, you should not experience any severe problems. However, if the card was a 470 or 560 TI, I would choose those though it would still bit a bit slower.


You're suggesting a whole lot of cards that would be bottlenecked out the ass by his CPU.

For Nvidia, reasonable resolution, and no OC, I wouldn't go above a GTS 450 with his setup. Regardless, he really just needs to upgrade the whole system, it'll be less headache, and not too terribly expensive to get better performance than he has now.

I am not suggesting, just giving him a mere comparison of the cards and how I would have preferred it.


Fair enough. Lots of people are actually suggesting too much card though.
RandomAccount#49059
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States2140 Posts
June 04 2011 03:30 GMT
#82
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Itzeddiieee
Profile Joined May 2010
Korea (South)787 Posts
July 29 2011 19:10 GMT
#83
I recently got a graphics card for free, and it's this gf 8500gt card
from my searches, i think it's this card(by the design):
http://www.serversupply.com/MULTIMEDIA/GRAPHICS CARD/256MB/HP-COMPAQ/5189-2509.htm

But I'm currently on am Intel g41 express chipset.

So which on is better???
I'm a total computer noob
Itzeddiieee
Profile Joined May 2010
Korea (South)787 Posts
July 30 2011 07:26 GMT
#84
is bumping allowed?
-bump-
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
July 30 2011 07:27 GMT
#85
All recent discrete graphic cards are better than Intel's integrated graphics.
CharlieBrownsc
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada598 Posts
July 30 2011 22:31 GMT
#86
If you do decide to go for something in the pricerange of a gts450, I'd consider a 6750. Same price point, but more impressive benchmarks, and less power usage (not that you're limited, but it's always nice)
SC2 ID: CharlieBrown.318, #1 bitbybit.Prime fan
gulati
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2241 Posts
July 30 2011 22:41 GMT
#87
I'd go with the 6870. I have a 470GTX Superclock, and I adore it, but the 6870 is the clear favorite between the two. (And I am a die-hard Nvidia fan)
C r u m b l i n g
MiyaviTeddy
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada697 Posts
July 30 2011 23:17 GMT
#88
Question: Kind of related to what we're talking about.

What's wrong with ATI? like specifics or an elaborate answer to why. The only problem I had was when my ATI X1600 pro fan burned out.
Aiyeeeee
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
July 30 2011 23:19 GMT
#89
There's nothing wrong with ATI. It's just personal preference.
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-30 23:25:44
July 30 2011 23:25 GMT
#90
On July 31 2011 08:17 MiyaviTeddy wrote:
Question: Kind of related to what we're talking about.

What's wrong with ATI? like specifics or an elaborate answer to why. The only problem I had was when my ATI X1600 pro fan burned out.


Anybody who thinks one or the other brand has specific problems that the other doesn't is lying to themselves. I think the last time there was a specific problem was certain lower end 4xxx series cards that weren't really designed for high-end gaming having VREG's that couldn't handle FurMark Benchies, causing some damage, but this was fixed with drivers. Aside from that, both brands have their share of all of the issues that happen.
MiyaviTeddy
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada697 Posts
July 31 2011 07:50 GMT
#91
And this whole time, I was under the impression that ATI cards are somewhat inferior to Nvidia in one way or another based on what everyone tells me personally.

I don't suppose you can also help explain me about Intel and AMD? I hear Intel is doing really well compare of AMD in terms of their CPUs.
Aiyeeeee
Az0r_au
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia385 Posts
July 31 2011 08:04 GMT
#92
On July 31 2011 16:50 MiyaviTeddy wrote:
And this whole time, I was under the impression that ATI cards are somewhat inferior to Nvidia in one way or another based on what everyone tells me personally.

I don't suppose you can also help explain me about Intel and AMD? I hear Intel is doing really well compare of AMD in terms of their CPUs.


Right now there is a large descrepancy in processing power per clock cycle in favor of Intel. You get much more performance out of the new Sandy Bridge range of processors.
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
July 31 2011 16:39 GMT
#93
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/2

CPU benchmarks. You can select different types of benchmark with the dropdowns. And the price/performance chart is nice too.
jessicam12
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Last Edited: 2022-08-06 16:41:35
August 06 2022 16:40 GMT
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