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    What's the best graphics card

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by mattireland, May 30, 2007.

  1. mattireland

    mattireland It used to be the iLand..

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    I know this is such a daft and vague question as I should be specifying needs and stuff but I was just wondering - what is the best all round graphics card which can handle a bit of this, a bit of that, a bit of gaming, a bit of image editing, a bit of video work and a bit of programming - what is it? Is there one of these which will provide Dual View (as I can't live without this)?

    Also are old PCI cards campatible with new PCIe interface???

    Thanks and sorry for the vagueness!
     
    mattireland, May 30, 2007
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  2. taelrak

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    For desktops: NVIDIA Geforce 8800 Ultra (or better yet, two of them in SLI)

    For laptops w/ DX10:
    Currently out: NVIDIA 8600M GT or ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT (not actually in any systems)
    Soon to be out: NVIDIA's 8700M GT

    For sheer performance w/o (and possibly w/) DX10: NVIDIA Geforce Go 7950 GTX
     
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  3. FREN

    FREN Hi, I'm a PC. NBR Reviewer

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    For desktops: Geforce 8800 GTX/Ultra
    For laptops (DX10 only): Geforce 8700M GT
    For laptops (all): Geforce Go 7950GTX
     
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    ronkotus Notebook Evangelist

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    blackbird Notebook Deity

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    How do people already know the 8700M GT is for sure coming?? Right now its the 8600M GT or has the 8700M already been announced
     
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    Man I would love to run 8800 ultra in SLI, but really lol what is the point ??
    Its to darn expensive
     
    blackbird, May 30, 2007
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    Think of it as an extra heater for your room.
     
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  8. Jalf

    Jalf Comrade Santa

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    Didn't see anyone else answering this one, so... No. They're completely different interfaces, unfortunately.
    Most motherboards still come with one or two PCI slots though, so if you have a PCI card, you can probably use it there.
     
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    FREN Hi, I'm a PC. NBR Reviewer

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  10. Jeff

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    i think everyone has missed the point, he doesn't want to know the most powerful but the most economical allrounder.

    In which case i would say it would be the 320mb 8800gts. it has dual dvi(thats what he wanted to know) and it is not going to blow the budget like your 8800gtx's in sli. heck most of the people in the world don't have that sort of money to blow on a couple of graphics cards.
     
    Jeff, May 30, 2007
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