I need your opinion on video cards

[varun706]

I'm planning to build my own performance LAPTOP. I have listed out my parts for the laptop.

Motherboard: Gigabyte 6 series GA-H67M-D2-B3 Intel H67 motherboard ( PCI Express x16 v1.0= 2 slots. PCI Express x1 = 2 slots)
Processor: Intel core i5 650 BX80616I5650 3.20 GHz
Hard drive: Seagate ST95005620AS Momentus XT 500GB@ 7200rpm
RAM: Corsiar PC8500 DDR3 8GB SODIMM
OS: Windows 7 64bit English
Optical drive: Sony BD-5300S-OB Tray feed

Only thing now I want is a good 1GB Graphics card to go with this config. The price should be between Rs.4500-Rs.11250 ($100- $250)
Preferred: ATI and NVidia.

 

[GanX]

I'm planning to build my own performance LAPTOP. I have listed out my parts for the laptop.

Motherboard: Gigabyte 6 series GA-H67M-D2-B3 Intel H67 motherboard ( PCI Express x16 v1.0= 2 slots. PCI Express x1 = 2 slots)
Processor: Intel core i5 650 BX80616I5650 3.20 GHz
Hard drive: Seagate ST95005620AS Momentus XT 500GB@ 7200rpm
RAM: Corsiar PC8500 DDR3 8GB SODIMM
OS: Windows 7 64bit English
Optical drive: Sony BD-5300S-OB Tray feed

Only thing now I want is a good 1GB Graphics card to go with this config. The price should be between Rs.4500-Rs.11250 ($100- $250)
Preferred: ATI and NVidia.

I would go with something like the “AMD Radeon HD 6850”. It’s a pretty solid card and it is in the price range you describe. There are other options but it would help to know what the rig is for?!

 

[varun706]

The rigs' for mainly gaming. Still I'll consider your suggestion

 

[varun706]

I would go with something like the “AMD Radeon HD 6850”. It’s a pretty solid card and it is in the price range you describe. There are other options but it would help to know what the rig is for?!

The Card you has suggested has GDDR5 memory type. I have DDR3 memory slots.
Now I have 2 options

ATI Radeon HD 4670

Visiontek Radeon HD 4670

The first one is compatible with Win vista but I have win 7. So, what about the second option. Or if you have any other recommendations, thats cool too.

 

[Th_Redman]

"varun706"...DDR RAM and GDDR RAM are totally separate from each other for compatibilty. You can have a video card that is any type of GDDR or DDR video RAM and have the appropriate RAM for your system memory and will not be an issue. My comp has 4 GB's of DDR2 RAM in the motherboard and an XFX Radeon HD4770 GDDR5 video card. Totally compatible. So you can buy whatever video card that's within your budget. Enjoy!. The_Redman

 

[varun706]

"varun706"...DDR RAM and GDDR RAM are totally separate from each other for compatibilty. You can have a video card that is any type of GDDR or DDR video RAM and have the appropriate RAM for your system memory and will not be an issue. My comp has 4 GB's of DDR2 RAM in the motherboard and an XFX Radeon HD4770 GDDR5 video card. Totally compatible. So you can buy whatever video card that's within your budget. Enjoy!. The_Redman

Thanx man. I didn't know that.

 

[jyjjy]

The HD4670 and all vaguely current video cards are fully compatible with Windows 7.You can't use standard video cards in a laptop however. Honestly you would better off buying one pre-assembled in my experience. A desktop, sure, build it yourself, but there's generally little to be gained by trying to build your own laptop.

 

[4745454b]

An opinion on video cards? Awesome things that we couldn't play video games without. Probably not what you had in mind.


What I would like to know is how you're going to squeeze an mATX board into a laptop. Or how you are going to get SODimms to work on a board that doesn't take them. You don't build a laptop, you buy them. If you want to build a desktop, at the least you need new ram.

 

[curryj02]

I'm planning to build my own performance LAPTOP. I have listed out my parts for the laptop.

Motherboard: Gigabyte 6 series GA-H67M-D2-B3 Intel H67 motherboard ( PCI Express x16 v1.0= 2 slots. PCI Express x1 = 2 slots)
Processor: Intel core i5 650 BX80616I5650 3.20 GHz
Hard drive: Seagate ST95005620AS Momentus XT 500GB@ 7200rpm
RAM: Corsiar PC8500 DDR3 8GB SODIMM
OS: Windows 7 64bit English
Optical drive: Sony BD-5300S-OB Tray feed

Only thing now I want is a good 1GB Graphics card to go with this config. The price should be between Rs.4500-Rs.11250 ($100- $250)
Preferred: ATI and NVidia.

What other posters are trying to say is that it is impractical to build a custom laptop (it can and is done by some, but not without an extreme amount of difficulty and expertise). No one has stopped to ask, and you haven't explained (other than it will used for gaming) the main reasoning behind custom building a laptop instead of a desktop.
Do you want a laptop for the portability from place to place (ie. without battery) or for use on the move (ie. away from a power outlet)?
Do you have some components already?

In relation to my first question, if you are happy to use the system in locations with access to a power outlet, then I would suggest looking into some small form factor PCs, such as:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163157
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163112
If however you wish to use it on just battery power, then as previous posters have advised, you should look into a pre-built (non-customizable) laptop such as:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834200048

On a side note, another problem with your suggested build is that the H67 (LGA1155 socket) motherboard you have selected is incompatible with the Core i5 650 (LGA 1156) CPU listed.

In short, go back to the drawing board and figure out what you want!

 

[varun706]

Do you all think that I should start all over again??. I really need to build myself a performance laptop. Pls help me

 

[4745454b]

Buy one within your budget. You can't build one.