First of all, hi every1, I'm new to this forum.
I'm currently trying to figure out a new graphics card for my planned CPU..
For the time being these are the specs ive decided on:
Intel Core 2 Duo e8400 @3.0 ghz
2 pieces of 2gb ddr2 ram
For the motherboard, i still haven't gone through the products; but generally it'll support the following:
socket LGA 775 (of course /swt)
DDR2 minimum 2 busses
PCI-E x 16
Right now i'm torn between an nforce based chipset or an intel one.. I heard that having a tandem of Nvidia Processor and GPU lets u overclock em safely using the nforceware (is that the name? i kinda forgot). is this true?
ok -- finally on to the graphics -- using this link (mods, is it okay to use links and references outside of tom's hardware?)
as a reference, i quickly browsed through to my targeted price range; between 90 and 110 dollars.
Found 3 cards that fits my criteria (has to be based on a sort of new chipset, has a high ram [below 512mb is ignorable]). They are:
Geforce 9600gt --( the 500 and the 1000 mb variant)-- $93/118 -- 650 core clock 1800 memory clock
and Radeon HD 4670 --1gb ram-- $97 -- 750core/1100memory
at first i liked the radeon one, not much difference in price for more ram than the 9600gt 512 mb, and also a bit more clock. btw, those figures are the factory default, taken from wikipedia..
of course the next step was to research further.. so i opened another site
the bottomline from comparing these 2 cards in the site is that when running crysis the radeon manages to get 15 lower fps than the geforce (the 512 mb one). BUT, to note, the reviewer used an updated testbed when testing the 9600gt..
my questions are:
1 could the difference in fps come from the different testbeds?
2 are the prices up-to-date or reliable?
3 about forceware; should i try and stick to a nvidia-nvidia processor and gpu for it? is it significant? worth sacrificing if indeed 4670 has more power?
4 would putting a 3.0 ghz processor with this entry-medium level be an overkill ? I had a P4 2.4 ghz put with a 7200 gt (+1.5 gb of ram), and yea can't even run mafia with a descent framerate.. dont' wanna repeat the same mistake.
5 will there be a significant difference in performance betwen the 1 gb and 500mb 9600gt? would you say that it's worth the $20 increase?
If u managed to survive reading thru these walls of text, please give me your oppinions.
I'm currently trying to figure out a new graphics card for my planned CPU..
For the time being these are the specs ive decided on:
Intel Core 2 Duo e8400 @3.0 ghz
2 pieces of 2gb ddr2 ram
For the motherboard, i still haven't gone through the products; but generally it'll support the following:
socket LGA 775 (of course /swt)
DDR2 minimum 2 busses
PCI-E x 16
Right now i'm torn between an nforce based chipset or an intel one.. I heard that having a tandem of Nvidia Processor and GPU lets u overclock em safely using the nforceware (is that the name? i kinda forgot). is this true?
ok -- finally on to the graphics -- using this link (mods, is it okay to use links and references outside of tom's hardware?)
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/article.php/10704_3800006__7
Found 3 cards that fits my criteria (has to be based on a sort of new chipset, has a high ram [below 512mb is ignorable]). They are:
Geforce 9600gt --( the 500 and the 1000 mb variant)-- $93/118 -- 650 core clock 1800 memory clock
and Radeon HD 4670 --1gb ram-- $97 -- 750core/1100memory
at first i liked the radeon one, not much difference in price for more ram than the 9600gt 512 mb, and also a bit more clock. btw, those figures are the factory default, taken from wikipedia..
of course the next step was to research further.. so i opened another site
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1293/4/nvidia_geforce_9600gt_512mb_g94_tested/index.html and http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1619/18/msi_radeon_hd_4670_graphics_card/index.html
the bottomline from comparing these 2 cards in the site is that when running crysis the radeon manages to get 15 lower fps than the geforce (the 512 mb one). BUT, to note, the reviewer used an updated testbed when testing the 9600gt..
my questions are:
1 could the difference in fps come from the different testbeds?
2 are the prices up-to-date or reliable?
3 about forceware; should i try and stick to a nvidia-nvidia processor and gpu for it? is it significant? worth sacrificing if indeed 4670 has more power?
4 would putting a 3.0 ghz processor with this entry-medium level be an overkill ? I had a P4 2.4 ghz put with a 7200 gt (+1.5 gb of ram), and yea can't even run mafia with a descent framerate.. dont' wanna repeat the same mistake.
5 will there be a significant difference in performance betwen the 1 gb and 500mb 9600gt? would you say that it's worth the $20 increase?
If u managed to survive reading thru these walls of text, please give me your oppinions.