Sub-$100 Graphics Card

[mwiz79]

Hi,

Am planning to build a machine around AMD 3800+ and can't decide the graphics card. Am planning to go for an X1300Pro.

Which one of these is a good buy:
X1300Pro based cards

or is there any other card that I should consider. the machine won't be used for gaming and would mostly be used for video encoding etc.

Regards,
M

 

[quantumsheep]

Hi,

Am planning to build a machine around AMD 3800+ and can't decide the graphics card. Am planning to go for an X1300Pro.

Which one of these is a good buy:
X1300Pro based cards

or is there any other card that I should consider. the machine won't be used for gaming and would mostly be used for video encoding etc.

Regards,
M

For under $100 you can get:
a 7600gs : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143054

A Radeon X800GTO 256mb: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814131007

Or a x1600xt:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102657R

All 3 of those cards are MUCH faster than that x1300pro you have been looking at, and all are under $100.

I would go with the x800gto as you can potentially unlock the other 4 pixel pipelines and have what is basically an x800XL. The only drawback is that it does not have pixel shader 3.0.

If that means a lot to you then its pretty much an even choice between the 7600gs and the x1600xt. Both are graet value at that price.

EDIT! I didn't read the thing about it not being used for games. If it is just being used for video encoding, get the x1600xt because of ATI's AVIVO.

AVIVO also comes with x1300pros, but the x1600xt is MUCH faster than the x1300pro. It's in a different league.

 

[Black-heart]

Hi,

Am planning to build a machine around AMD 3800+ and can't decide the graphics card. Am planning to go for an X1300Pro.

Which one of these is a good buy:
X1300Pro based cards

or is there any other card that I should consider. the machine won't be used for gaming and would mostly be used for video encoding etc.

Regards,
M

For under $100 you can get:
a 7600gs : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143054

A Radeon X800GTO 256mb: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814131007

Or a x1600xt:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102657R

All 3 of those cards are MUCH faster than that x1300pro you have been looking at, and all are under $100.

I would go with the x800gto as you can potentially unlock the other 4 pixel pipelines and have what is basically an x800XL. The only drawback is that it does not have pixel shader 3.0.

If that means a lot to you then its pretty much an even choice between the 7600gs and the x1600xt. Both are graet value at that price.

EDIT! I didn't read the thing about it not being used for games. If it is just being used for video encoding, get the x1600xt because of ATI's AVIVO.

AVIVO also comes with x1300pros, but the x1600xt is MUCH faster than the x1300pro. It's in a different league.

I found an inno 3d 7300gt

Chipset: inno 3d GeForce 7300 GT
Memory: 256mb GDDR3
Core Frequency: 500MHz
Memory Frequency: 1400MHz
RAMDAC: 400MHz
Interface: PCI-Express
Pixel Per Clock: 8
Memory Bus: 128-bit
Max. Resolution: 2560 x 1600
SLI Ready: Yes
Output: 1. Dual-Link DVI | 2. DVI | 3. HDTV

it was only £45 and could run fear on high settings at 1280 x 1024 @ 42fps and bf2 @51fps when on high settings @ 1024 with 4xaa 8xaf which is pretty decent for a cheap card. whats more u could have 2 in sli and then that woul kick some ass (although that wont be in ur buget)

if you know what ur doing a x800gto will when unlocked / oveclocked perform about the same.

hope that helps

patrick

 

[Azured]

The 7300 series is about as fast as the x1300. Granted, the 7300GT is better than the x1300pro, but even the stock x800GTO is significantly faster than the 7300GT.

 

[angry_ducky]

If you're not going to be gaming, then I'd consider this passively cooled Gigabyte Radeon X1300 for $52.

 

[quantumsheep]

He doesn't want gaming performance, he wants video editing capability. ATI excels in this area.

My advice is the x1600xt, it also wipes the floor with the 7300gt in games.

 

[desolationw]

Am planning to build a machine around AMD 3800+

the machine won't be used for gaming and would mostly be used for video encoding etc.

i would strongly recommend a dual-core cpu, i have a x2 3800 and video encoding is alot faster. although the 3800 is 2.4ghz and the x2 is only 2x2.0ghz, the are easy to o'c if necessary and run cool(mines idles at 25C on stock cooling)