Thread: Affordable GFX Card?

I've acquired the home computer something stinking I set together. It's acquired an E2160 2x512MB DDR2 RAM and some miniATX As rock motherboard. A gaming savage as you can see.

thus I simply require a card to tide me over. Not designing on playing anything too extreme and the resolution isn't high either. require to spend as little as potential since after I'm done with this card the hardest thing it will consider is Tetris.

An 8800GT would be substantially faster than a GT 220 so that would be my selection out of the choices you listed. later you didn't reference a budget. while it's doubtful that you'll find anything substantially better than an 8800GT for under $100. The next actual step up would be a GTX 260 which will run you ~$120-130.

The 9800 is a re branded 8800 correct? I may as well purchase from forums and save on tax then.

The 9800GT is a re branded 8800GT eliminate with a 55nm GPU instead of 65nm. They incline to take somewhat less power and overclock slightly better.

acquire some other 1gb stick or source a budget arse 2x2 667 or 800 mhz. you wont oc anyhow. e2160 not oc'ed will be a bit of a pain.but you'll handle. what as rock board is that? you may require to think an fsb mod if it indeed don't oc fer crop.

I'm fairly sure the 9800GT series has both 55nm and 65nm cards. I'm inquiring how would one tell. There's 512mb and 1gb cards too therefore does that matter at all?

What if the monitor being utilized has a res of 1680 x 1050? Does attending a 1gb card give a better opportunity of it being a 55nm card and substantial boost at performance or simply control compared to a 512mb edition?

generally by p/n but yet then utilized best bet would be gpuz or something. the difference doesn't look much at least in the initial tastes i saw.

after pci-e connector less cards are undervolted and such and those will check lower power usance.

You'd also require to check what the PSU is and how much room you've acquired for a GPU. I arrived a GT240 DDR5 for my gf and it does the job. Its not too large its power necessities is simply a 300W PSU, with no 6pin power connector. In conditions of performance its a little below an 8800GT I believe.

I was simply questioning if there were benchmarks that many people experience by now pointing whether 512mb or 1gb creates some sort of difference with 1680x1050 resolution.

i would have to state not but perhaps a game or two will express several improvements. folding looks to make good utilize of additional ram even o na lower end card .

I really do believe I have a 300/350 W no name PSU. I as well have my old OCZ GameXStream 700 consisting around so that's not a problem.
You believe the system will be too imbalanced if I don't raise the RAM? I actually don't require to spend some more money on any upgrades.

former 9800GTs were 65nm but anything you'd determine at an online distributor these days should be 55nm without instance. Having 1GB of RAM on a 9800GT won't furnish any performance increases.