I will be building a new pc shortly , downgrading my old pc. Was planning on 4gb ram 3.4ghz p4 d 2 x 36gb raptors setup as raid and 2 x 500gb storage drives dvd and dvdrw. this will not be a game machine but will be used for video editing i need recommendations for sub $150.00 video cards that are aero capable. Was thinking of nvidia 7600 or radeon x1600 in 256mb pci-x will be using my old hauppage 250 tv tuner and was going with vista ultimate edition as i need to connect to a domain controller.video card must have 256mb / 512mb on board not 128mb plus shared system memory. thanks for all your help
2007-01-13 04:06:15 · 5 answers · asked by i.jones@snet.net 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Hey Dude,
It is a bit early to put together a monster VISTA system. Look what happened with Windows XP sp2. Everyone who put a 'monster' system together from the start only had an average system after sp2.
256MB is a MINIMUM for the video card. I have been running the beta for a while and still find that my $300 brand new 256MB video card can not smoothly do all the things that Vista offers.
NEVER do shared video for a Monster system.
Sub $150. card, not likely if you want it to work well. There are plenty out there but you ALWAYS get what you pay for.
Tom
2007-01-13 04:11:46 · answer #1 · answered by Cafetom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well the X1900GT was dropped to less than $160 at newegg.com and it is 10% slower than a 7900GT - its a great card -
however, if i were you, i would wait for the rest of the G80s or the new R600s because there probably will be 8600GTs or X2600 Pros that will be direct X 10 and Vista capable -
bottom line - wait
cheers
p.s. you might wanna upgrade the processor - get a dual core amd x2 or core 2 duo (pentium Ds suck horribly) - the $130 amd athlon x2 3800 will beat any penitum D or 4 - even the extreme edition
2007-01-13 04:12:48 · answer #2 · answered by gr1m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8400gs is the in effortless words less costly dx10 card, yet that ought to not also be okay to run your screensaver! Do your self a favour and p.c.. up an nvidia 8600gt or ati 2600xt! Rob a economic agency in case you should!
2016-11-23 15:59:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your editing you should opt for Dual nVidia cards in SLI
With 256 each to give you 512 mb V ram total.
2007-01-13 04:12:47 · answer #4 · answered by Tomber S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry but I have never had a computer that fast so cant help
2007-01-13 04:09:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋