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zuratai

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    is this a good graphics card
    « on: November 04, 2008, 08:11:59 PM »
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    Re: is this a good graphics card
    « Reply #1 on: November 04, 2008, 09:23:14 PM »
    Looks good to me.  Good price too.  I don't know anything about PNY's reputation, though.
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    zuratai

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      Re: is this a good graphics card
      « Reply #2 on: November 04, 2008, 09:44:03 PM »
      think its worth buying?
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      Re: is this a good graphics card
      « Reply #3 on: November 05, 2008, 02:44:52 AM »
      It's not a bad card, and PNY are excellent, but for the price you can do better.
      9800GTX for the same price - better performance, but more heat and a bigger card.
      9800GT 512MB - cheaper, same performance in almost all cases.
      4850 - slightly more, but a rebate applies so the final price is less - better performance.

      Without a budget, and your other specs, it's hard to say what's best.
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        Re: is this a good graphics card
        « Reply #4 on: November 05, 2008, 02:26:37 PM »
        I have 4gigs of ram 3.00ghz duel processors, windows xp
        it says that graphics card comes with a free 50dollar game so that should increase the value of it some
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        Re: is this a good graphics card
        « Reply #5 on: November 05, 2008, 02:34:10 PM »
        What kind of CPU do you have?  More importantly, what power supply and case?
        And what's your budget?
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          Re: is this a good graphics card
          « Reply #6 on: November 05, 2008, 02:57:19 PM »
          ok here lol
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          Re: is this a good graphics card
          « Reply #7 on: November 06, 2008, 01:51:24 AM »
          You're going to need a new PSU for a decent graphics card.
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          zuratai

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            Re: is this a good graphics card
            « Reply #8 on: November 06, 2008, 02:39:39 PM »
            *censored*.... how much do they cost
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            Re: is this a good graphics card
            « Reply #9 on: November 06, 2008, 02:46:08 PM »
            Decent PSU's start at about 60 Bucks...
            But they're important and worth the investment.
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            zuratai

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              Re: is this a good graphics card
              « Reply #10 on: November 06, 2008, 03:11:04 PM »
              how do you install a psu
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              Re: is this a good graphics card
              « Reply #11 on: November 06, 2008, 05:25:43 PM »
              First Hit on google...

              Includes pictures and stuff...
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              zuratai

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                Re: is this a good graphics card
                « Reply #12 on: November 06, 2008, 09:57:36 PM »
                Ok ty for some reason my google dosent work it says error 204 or something every time i try to use it
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                zuratai

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                  Re: is this a good graphics card
                  « Reply #13 on: November 06, 2008, 10:03:36 PM »
                  how many watts do you think i should get that would run decently
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                  Re: is this a good graphics card
                  « Reply #14 on: November 07, 2008, 08:22:50 AM »
                  With your current setup and a new vid card 550 to 650W should be sufficient....
                  More = Better.

                  Think in terms of down the road if you plan on adding drives etc. or doing a new build some time.
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