Mainly their Video cards. I'm thinking about getting one of theirs for $100. It seems like a good mid-range card, Radeon X1300 256MB AGP. It has pixel and shader 3. The ATI x1300 pro is $130 and is virtuilly the same. What do you think? is the ATI worth the extra $30?
Im looking to play Company of Heroes with it. I'm used to having the crappiest performance with the crappiest quality so i'm not looking to buy the greatest and expensive, just something to hold me down.
What are you using and what kind of performance are you getting out of it? Any advice? Any quick lessons for me? Is crucial a good company to go to?
2007-01-03 11:41:55 · 5 answers · asked by tenacious_d2008 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
With regards to memory upgrades:
Crucial is generally seen as an enthusiast company catering to the extreme gamers. so, their memory is generally pretty good and will offer uncompromising performance.
With regards to video cards:
I would not buy Crucial video cards as they are not a very reputable video card brand.
For ATI video cards, the well-known brands are: HIS, Sapphire, ATI, PowerColor
For nVidia video cards: eVGA, BFG, Leadtek, and maybe XFX.
as for an x1300 for $130...these will outperform a x1300 day or night:
eVGA nVidia GeForce 7600GT ($109.99 after MiR):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130062
HIS ATI Radeon x1650xt ($133.99 after MiR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161049
...these are of course, assuming you have a pci-express x16 slot...
if you have an agp slot...
HIS ATI Radeon x1650pro ($109.99 after MiR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161053
eVGA nVidia GeForce 7600GS ($119.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130076
2007-01-03 12:09:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crucial overcharges. That is all, they overcharge. I have even compared the prices of their RAM from them, to their RAM sold by other people, they just plain overcharge for stuff. This is my recommendation, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150157
and I am not recommending this because I dislike ATI, they make good stuff, but in the price range you are looking at, all the ATI cards use GDDR2, and are clocked way to high for the cooling they have, meaning they overheat very badly. If you don't believe me, search for some on newegg and you will see dozens of people complaining about the overheating. This is a good card, and will outperform either of the X1300s.
2007-01-03 19:08:07 · answer #2 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've had great luck with their memory upgrades. I've bought several over the last few years for various computers and they've all performed flawlessly.
I haven't bought any video cards from them, but I have had several generic cards that used ati or nvidia chips, and they were all fine. There can be subtle differences between 3rd party cards and original cards--sometimes better, sometimes worse--but I wouldn't worry about it.
Don't listen to fanboy comments about ati versus nvidia. They both generaly make good cards and drivers, and they both drop the ball occassionally. At any given time one or the other wil have the "top" performer, but it goes back and forth.
2007-01-03 11:58:16 · answer #3 · answered by scott 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, i purchased the Senior software that assumes i do not understand a thanks to commence it up. after I make a boo-boo, the instantaneous reads, "call 10 year previous granddaughter for help with this get entry to." way extra effective than having to write down courses like I had to on my Radio Shack computing gadget in 1980.
2016-12-01 19:13:42 · answer #4 · answered by klosterman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would stay away from ati altogether. try nvidia. lot less hassle with their drivers and performs slightly better than ati.
2007-01-03 11:52:24 · answer #5 · answered by interlude 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋