I'm not looking for anything to serious, I'm just wanting to play games like Pain Killer, Doom 3, F.E.A.R at medium too good quality. I'm look to spend like 200 bucks or a little under. my current system is a Gateway Intel 4, 2.75Ghz, 1.5GB RAM, GeforceFX 5200 and PCI slots.
I'm not sure but believe my current video card is built into the motherboard. Not that I think it matters...I was just thinking about getting a SLI card...but I found out its best to have a matching card in speed and model if you have SLI. I'm pretty sure...but want to be certain...you have to have TWO SLI cards to take advantage of SLI technology right? Thx for any repiles
2006-12-06 02:25:51 · 7 answers · asked by fleshtrap_666 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
in SLI, the cards have to be identical, same in all aspects besides company. That means the model, the speeds, and ... that is about it.
it looks better if it is the same card though.
but okay, i hate to break it to you, but 2 cards i SLI will cost atleast 300 for a descent pair.
you could try a nVidia 6800 GT Ultra
i think it may be just about 200 if not less.
if you really want SLI, and don't care too much otherwise
get 2 6600GTs
they are good
1 alone could play Battlefield 2 on medium graphics will little lag.
i currently have 2 7800GTs from eVGA and it can play any game at high quality with out lag
i get anywhere from 30 fps o 500 fps.
i don't know how, but monitors say that i do achive 500 every now and then.
30 is unusual though, i don't get that too much.
2006-12-06 10:33:08 · answer #1 · answered by Eng 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I remember correctyl the GeForce FX 5200 is an AGP card.
SLI only works on PCI Express cards.
So either you upgrade your motherboard also, or you are stuck with a single card AGP solution.
The best bang for bucks in the AGP card segment would be a Geforce 6600 GT.
However if you consider upgrading your motherboard, the PCI Express card 7600 GT is also a valuable buy.
Don't buy an expensive card, like the 7900 and up. In January the new Windows XP is being released which means, there will soon be DirectX 10 games and this means yet another new graphics card.
If you can, save your money until next year when Vista is released, then buy a new board with a new graphics card and play these few months with fewer details in Doom and FEAR.
2006-12-06 02:41:21 · answer #2 · answered by Arminator 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should really look at the specs for your motherboard. In order to run SLI you must have an ALI motherboard with 2 PCI Express x16 slots. If you don't know, then you probably don't have an SLI motherboard. If you are looking for a relatively inexpensive but solid video card I'd recommend a GeForce 7600GT. It's not the best, but it's a good value card if you don't want to shell out too much cash.
2006-12-06 02:35:20 · answer #3 · answered by taskr36 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, you should wait a bit before buying a new graphics card. Direct X 10 is just out and there arent that many cards that support it yet. Wait until more Dx10 compatible cards come out and go for one of those. If you want SLI you have to have a PCI-Express slot on your motherboard else you need a new motherboard. For SLI you need two of the same cards, when you buy one make sure you check the cards to see if they need a bridge or the motherboard bridges the two.
2006-12-06 02:32:38 · answer #4 · answered by Scott A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get an Nvidia 7000 series will be good enough, be sure to have a 8x AGP slot and make sure that you are getting a graphic card that is compatible with DirectX 9 and running a pixel shader 2.0 & above. Cheers!
2006-12-06 02:35:54 · answer #5 · answered by Mummy S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, SLI requires two cards - the same model.
SLI isn't worth it, you can get better performance generally with one better card, for the same cost. I recommend the Nvidia 7900 GS or the ATI comparable X1650 Pro. Just find the best deal for the price
2006-12-06 02:28:14 · answer #6 · answered by shadowkat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The manufacturers do no longer count, any GTX 660 Ti works, no count if this is EVGA, MSI, XFX, Zotac or an Nvidia reference card. All that concerns is that the enjoying cards be the precise comparable kind, based upon the comparable GPU. yet "precise comparable" would not strengthen to the kind, it only means you won't have the ability to pair a GTX 560 Ti or GTX 560 SE with a GTX 560, you won't have the ability to pair a 192-bit GTX 460 with a 256-bit GTX 460, you won't have the ability to pair a 448-center GTX 560 Ti with the 384-center version, etc....
2016-10-14 03:31:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋