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    Need help choosing Graphic Card

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by tharith, Aug 25, 2009.

  1. tharith

    tharith Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    Between Geforce and ATI which one is more powerful for gaming ?

    Which is the latest Geforce graphic card on the market right now ?

    Could you please tell which of these are more powerful ? Geforce GTX, GTS,
    GX2.

    If I wanted to buy Geforce GTX 275 or 260, will they work with any CPU like Intel® Core™2 Duo processor or below ?

    Next month I am going to Australia and I'm looking to buy on of the graphic card to be able to play latest games.

    One more thing, between GTX 275 and 260 which one is better as I've seen their price are the same.

    I appologies for asking too many questiones, however I really need your help.

    Thank in Advance
     
    tharith, Aug 25, 2009
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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  3. Darth Bane

    Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith

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    This belongs in the desktop forum....

    The kind of graphics card you can use will depend on the motherboard, which basically 99.9% of new motherboards will use pci-e, so you don't have to worry about that.

    As for the nvidia vs ati, I would go which-ever is cheapest.
     
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  4. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    are you looking at desktops or laptops?

    for laptops, you have to look at the brand of the laptop and specs... difficult to upgrade laptop GPUs unless you get an MXM compatible, and you have very few choices too

    for desktops, depending on how much you want to spend... in the US, read http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card,2387.html

    different prices in australia of course
     
    paper_wastage, Aug 25, 2009
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