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Vincent.
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My father wants a new video card, and he wants one around the price of 80 euro's. Do I need to include more details, and if so which? So I was wondering if you guys could help me out.
Btw, we live in the netherlands.
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What are you gonna do with it.
Games, HD movies, etc.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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| ArcaneKnite wrote: | What are you gonna do with it.
Games, HD movies, etc. |
Most likely games.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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| any preference? ATI or NVidea? Also make sure that you have a good PSU that can support the card
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| Farr. wrote: | | any preference? ATI or NVidea? Also make sure that you have a good PSU that can support the card |
Prebuilts usually come with a 300W PSU, and a $80 graphics card isn't gonna be a power hog, so I wouldn't worry about that.
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| ArcaneKnite wrote: | | Farr. wrote: | | any preference? ATI or NVidea? Also make sure that you have a good PSU that can support the card |
Prebuilts usually come with a 300W PSU, and a $80 graphics card isn't gonna be a power hog, so I wouldn't worry about that. |
It's Euros not dollars
80euros = $103usd
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Write for what PC you want that card.
Processor
Motherboard
RAM
PSU - power supply unit [box at the back in which power cord is plugged in] (Wattage and (more importantly) Producer)
This is important because sometimes users want to buy a graphics card that is too powerful for the rest of PC (and than you're just waisting money).
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Get an HD5570 or something from alternate.nl.
I believe it's 82euros right now.
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These are the only things i could figure out..
Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2140 @ 1.60GHz 1.60 GHz
2,00 GB Ram.
And a Radeon 2xxx series video card. (Don't know which one precisely)
If he would buy a better video card, would that make a lot of difference while playing games?
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| Roy. wrote: | These are the only things i could figure out..
Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2140 @ 1.60GHz 1.60 GHz
2,00 GB Ram.
And a Radeon 2xxx series video card. (Don't know which one precisely)
If he would buy a better video card, would that make a lot of difference while playing games? |
Ehhhhhh, yes and no. You're going to get somewhat of a bottleneck, it really depends on what type of games you'll be playing.
Also, your dad plays games?
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| elpacco wrote: | | Roy. wrote: | These are the only things i could figure out..
Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2140 @ 1.60GHz 1.60 GHz
2,00 GB Ram.
And a Radeon 2xxx series video card. (Don't know which one precisely)
If he would buy a better video card, would that make a lot of difference while playing games? |
Ehhhhhh, yes and no. You're going to get somewhat of a bottleneck, it really depends on what type of games you'll be playing.
Also, your dad plays games? |
Yeah he does, he loves command and conquer games, and also likes shooters, he prefers sniper games.
Would adding more Ram be a smart choice too?
And is a HD5570 video card a good choice?
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The 5570 is consider to be in the lower-middle of the pack and comparing to your dad's current card, it will be a major improvement.
If I were you, I'll start with a HD5670 and work from there.
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| kls85 wrote: | The 5570 is consider to be in the lower-middle of the pack and comparing to your dad's current card, it will be a major improvement.
If I were you, I'll start with a HD5670 and work from there. |
Alright thanks, I'll look into the HD5670.
Although you said it would be a major improvement compared to my dad's current card, I didn't post what card he has tho.. :')
By the way, the 5670 had 512MB of ram, and my dad's current card has 1Gig ram, does less ram means a worse card?
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| Roy. wrote: | | kls85 wrote: | The 5570 is consider to be in the lower-middle of the pack and comparing to your dad's current card, it will be a major improvement.
If I were you, I'll start with a HD5670 and work from there. |
Alright thanks, I'll look into the HD5670.
Although you said it would be a major improvement compared to my dad's current card, I didn't post what card he has tho.. :')
By the way, the 5670 had 512MB of ram, and my dad's current card has 1Gig ram, does less ram means a worse card? |
You posted that his has a HD2xxx series which is 3 generations old. but your right as maybe your dad has a high-end HD2000 series card which I doubt since I used to have HD2900XT which requires a large psu as it eats up 2 power connectors-a 6pin and 8pin.
Go to your dad's computer, download and run GPU-Z and post a screenshot here.
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| Roy. wrote: | | kls85 wrote: | The 5570 is consider to be in the lower-middle of the pack and comparing to your dad's current card, it will be a major improvement.
If I were you, I'll start with a HD5670 and work from there. |
Alright thanks, I'll look into the HD5670.
Although you said it would be a major improvement compared to my dad's current card, I didn't post what card he has tho.. :')
By the way, the 5670 had 512MB of ram, and my dad's current card has 1Gig ram, does less ram means a worse card? |
512MB is more than enough unless you play in 1920x1080 and up and even then it is sufficient for most games.
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