Thread: Computer Graphics Cards

Really need to know how much your looking to spend.

My personal preference is for the Nvidia Cards so I would suggest a GTX570/580

Whatever you choose I would suggest checking carefully the power requirements particularly what amps your powersupply can provide over a 12v rail vs the requirement for the card.

I ended up needing a new powersupply for my gtx480 despite having a 1000w because it could only do 30A per rail and the card needed 50A or something like that can't remember the exact numbers now

was looking at the 1500-1900 $ gaming systems on that gamedude site.

Cards are speced as

nVidia GTX-570 PCI Express video card
ATi 6870 High Performance PCIexpress Video card

Either one is fine Vlad,,
my 570 GTX OC runs fine on my (good quality) 560w PSU,,

I'd want an Intel i5 or better,, (amd are not in the game atm,,)

you may want to look at your monitor specs with those cards--

as always,, Toms Hardware gives you all the info,,,

Toms Hardware ?



Hmm i didn;t think there would be any compatability issues with an older monitor... will it still work but perhaps just not take advantage of the cards capability.

I would not have a clue what GPU is good anymore but if you check out the Wiki on whirlpool it may give you an idea Gaming Machine Configurations

"but perhaps just not take advantage of the cards capability."
not really much point then--



does your monitor have either of these connectors?
(yes those two are the same)

Either

Would that be a dreded HDMI cable ?

I'm not sure but wil havea look.

If not, whats a new monitor worth?

Hi Vlad,

Post up some specs of the systems you are looking at so i can give you some advice!

If you want to future proof, then you have to spend big, unfortunately. If you go mid range (~$500 card) then you will get about 2 years out of it.

Games are developing so quickly and using so much system power that if you dont buy the best (or very close to) you will need to upgrade sooner or later, if you are a serious gamer.

For example, i bought an ATi HD5870 last year. It will be touch and go as to whether i will be able to play Battlefield 3 later this year when its released. However, if i had spent $300 extra and gone the better card, i wouldn't be having this trouble now!