2006-10-24 06:54:32 · 4 answers · asked by john f 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Well Nick answer doesn't make that much sense, he tells you that you need to buy a PCIE motherboard so you can use new video cards like the 1600Pro, which he says runs like a dream. Well the GeForce 7800GS is far more powerful than that card and it runs on AGP 8x, so I would recommend you go with it.
2006-10-24 12:09:23 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ohhh... it's the old old Radeon vs Nvidia question...
Simply put, Nvidia gives better graphic capabilities at a reduced speed, Radeon gives slightly less quicker.
Its like comparing a Celeron 2gig processor to an athlon 2 gig processor, on the whole its very similar but the one generally out performs the other...
I always use Radeon personally, the cards are (relatively) cheap (you can get a 256mb x700 or something for about 50 notes) easy to install and the performance is more than acceptable.
But there are a lot of Nvidia people who feel the same... its a tough question...
Onboard graphics cards are generally pants though....
2006-10-25 04:23:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, with your motherboard, you are limited to the older AGP 8x Cards. I, personally, would wait and buy a PCI-Express Motherboard (I have the ASRock 939Dual-SATA2) and I use a Sapphire ATI Radeon X1600 PCIe 16x Card with it. It plays games like a DREAM.
If you have to keep the motherboard, I would check out www.newegg.com for AGP 8x Video Cards and sort by price and then by rating...
Hope this helps,
Nick
2006-10-24 15:19:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nvidia or ati are the leaders but it all depends on what you want to use the computer for if ur planing on useing it for playing games get a better one
2006-10-24 13:57:14 · answer #4 · answered by softwarestealer0 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋