I am looking around for a computer for my son for Christmas which will largely be used for gaming, but also for homework. I have found one with a 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 6100 graphics card. How good will this be, do you think? Or would it be better to spend another £150 and have a 7500 card. All advice appreciated.
2006-10-13 06:04:34 · 12 answers · asked by Hello Dave 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
This is mostly a question of budget but the 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 6100 is a very good one and fully compatible with major game softwares.
All I can say is that most gamers would appreciate their graphics card being replaced by this one!
2006-10-13 06:10:33 · answer #1 · answered by juliepelletier 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yea try to find a good deal first on the 7500 card becasue thats really better...If not the 6100 will do... matters what kind of computer you have... if you got a gaming computer with tons of memory then get the 7500 card if an old computr like 3 years or older get the 6100 casue maybe the old computers can't take the graphicz...
2006-10-13 06:07:30 · answer #2 · answered by SaY wHaT >? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having been in the computer trade since 1991 I can highly recommend you concentrate on spending money on main memory i.e. DDR2 RAm at least 1gig and a graphics card that can push pixels around at a high clock speed. These are the two aspects I believe you should put to your computer supplier. Don't buy a PC with integrated graphics. You need a separate PCI graphics card.
The processor and hard drive speed are secondary considerations if money is a squeeze.
2006-10-13 06:12:41 · answer #3 · answered by forgetful 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Better spec card i think. I have not heard of nvidia 6100 or a 7500
2006-10-13 06:09:04 · answer #4 · answered by sooooo angry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be honest, if your son would be playing 3D video games you should probably better go for a higher graphics card than NVIDIA 6100.
I recently spent 100$ US on a NVIDIA 9200 and it works better than ever. Graphics are very decent and there is no lags during gameplay.
http://www.freewebs.com/infosource100
2006-10-13 06:50:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 6100 is a great card. You dont need more. Check out Dell though, they have some great deals.
2006-10-13 06:15:21 · answer #6 · answered by Mark T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the fact that its a 256 MB graphics card alone is good, but if the kid is going to be playing games that is like beyond 3D graphics or something it perfectly fine.
2006-10-13 06:08:49 · answer #7 · answered by adonismarte 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a 256 MB card is good a 512MB is above and beyond but make sure u have at least 1GB of ram and at least 150GB of harddrive space a gaming proccesor is the intel pentium4 + hyperthreading.
2006-10-13 06:09:27 · answer #8 · answered by boy a 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
check the TigerDirect.com, United Kingdom version. They are better equiped to answer all your gaming needs andyou can get a free catalogue too.
2006-10-13 06:17:09 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
umm get the 256mb its less money and tell him to stop playing so many games! lol
2006-10-13 06:07:52 · answer #10 · answered by cherilyn w 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋