HI, just wondeirng what the best video card i can get for $250 or less. when i mean best, im talking about best performance in video editing and gameing.
Also, the rest of my set up is pretty sweet.....at least i think so. Im probably going to be ordering it pretty soon like this weekend, and just want some opinions/suggestions on it. please dont say intel! cuz i like amd.
dvd burner: PHILIPS 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Write 2-Tone ATAPI/E-IDE Model PHM-165P6S - Retail
Harddrive- Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
motherboard- GIGABYTE GA-M55plus-S3G Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
power supply- APEVIA (ASPIRE) ICEBERG ATX-IB680W-BL ATX12V/ EPS12V 680W Power Supply With 3-Color LED Lights - Retail
Processor (and i think its super awesome)- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor Model ADA5200CSBOX - Retail
Operating System- Microsoft Windows XP Pro
2006-11-07 10:05:26 · 5 answers · asked by George 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
The 7950GT is the best for around $250, so that is the clear choice. That motherboard is fine and at a good price, just disable the onboard video once you put your card in. The power supply is not that excessive, after all someday you may want to upgrade to a new high power video card. I would recomend this one though:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817341001 its a little bit better quality, even though it has a little less power. You didn't mention RAM, but I would suggest 1GB or 2 if you can afford it.
You can ignore this part since you told me not to say it, but I'm gonna say it anyway. The Core 2 Duo E6600 is about $100 cheaper and it outperforms the 5200+, thats a fact, not a personal preference.
2006-11-08 10:04:23 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The motherboard already comes with an integrated video card (nVidia GeForce 6100). I would recommend to get a motherboard without integrated video card and go for GeForce 7600/7800.
That motherboard you've chosen runs on nvidia 430 chipset, if it's with a G. The S3 modell runs with nvidia 550 chipset. (problem is 430 doesn't recognize AM2 socket!).
This motherboard issued some problems during overclocking so be sure to ask what revision it is before buying it. Take a look here:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_List.aspx?VenderType=AMD&CPUType=socket+am2
The power supply is quite exagerate for this pc. 680W will support a quad sli configuration with no problem, but in this case it's way too much. Something around 450-500W maximum should be enough.
2006-11-07 10:20:10 · answer #2 · answered by agent-X 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nice rig you got there. I am a tech for geekring.com and we have reviewed the apevia iceberg before its a wonderful power supply.
but anyways,
The best card you can get for $250 is a Nvidia 7950GT.
Believe me i know what i am talking about.
i get a 512mb one for an extra $20 at tigerdirect.com
i would get this one
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2466891&CatId=0
The motherboard would be fine you can just disable the onboard video.
2006-11-07 10:40:32 · answer #3 · answered by gowrifleman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That new gpu would desire to be high-quality, as long because of the fact the cardboard is pci show and so is your motherboard it is going to artwork, one factor you will would desire to seem out for however is the flexibility standards of your new card. on account which you equipment is so previous your ability furnish will no longer be able to attend to the extra suitable ability mandatory via the photographs card. what length ability furnish do you have?
2016-10-21 10:54:14 · answer #4 · answered by kreitzer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend, get a sweet sweet SLI video card, you will love it.
2006-11-07 10:09:53 · answer #5 · answered by cubanitoloko23 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋