I currently have a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 with 128Mb memory, and want one with at least 256Mb+ memory. I do alot of high-end simulations and video renderings, so oviously I need to upgrade. What have you guys tried and like? What should I look out to avoid?
2007-02-23 06:09:07 · 6 answers · asked by wickink 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
If you are doing renderings and sims, I'd go with the ATI Raedon 9800 Pro. I used the 256 meg for a while, and loved the dual monitors. 3ds max, adobe after effects, premiere, maya, poser, etc. all ran great on it. I upgraded to the 512 meg of same card recently, as the old one I burned out the bearing on the fan after 3 years of use.
Definitely recommend the 9800 though, I've been rendering with one for a while now and love it.
by the way, it runs all my games nicely too, from WoW to Vangaurd to FPS'ers to whatever. Framerate on this card for Wow is about 70 frames per second.
2007-02-23 06:15:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NVidia 8800 GTX!!! of course you need to make sure you have a power supply that can handle it :P
The card you have is the one I used to have and I feel your pain - I upgraded to a Radeon 9600 a couple years ago...been good to me but nowadays you would do much better with something like the Nvidia 7900Gs
2007-02-23 14:13:26 · answer #2 · answered by crayziegirl75 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GEFORCE 8x or ATI 1600,
www.tomshardware.com is the best place to go for hardware advice (and newegg too to read the customer reviews).
2007-02-23 14:13:39 · answer #3 · answered by m34tba11 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your computer have a PCI Express slot then get this one.
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814102061
Or this one if you own an older computer that has the AGP slot
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161070
if you do HARDCORE rendering work then uhhh look at this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133103
2007-02-23 15:58:32 · answer #4 · answered by noname 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatever one you get, do NOT get a GeForce 6200 of any brand. That chipset has lots of problems.
2007-02-23 14:13:30 · answer #5 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go with the superclocked version: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130079
2007-02-23 14:14:27 · answer #6 · answered by [ΦΘΚ] PIяATE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋