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Jaycatt Nico
Musical Cat
Join date: 1 Jun 2005
Posts: 169
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03-29-2006 10:54
I'm about to purchase a new video card, primarily to use with SL. I'm willing to spend up to around $400 or so. Anybody have a favorite, or advice on a card to stay away from?
Thanks in advance!
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Striker Wolfe
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Join date: 11 Dec 2004
Posts: 355
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03-29-2006 10:59
I purchased an Nvidia 7800GTX 256MB PCI-e for $450 a few months ago, I am very satisfied and would recommend it. But you really wont notice any difference between that and a 6600GT 128MB in SL since it really doesn't make good use of the GPU (Used to use a 6800 and a 6800GT on my computer). Id recemmond a good CPU before a $450 card for SL
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Striker Wolfe
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Join date: 11 Dec 2004
Posts: 355
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03-29-2006 11:02
I purchased an Nvidia 7800GTX 256MB PCI-e for $450 a few months ago, I am very satisfied and would recommend it. But you really wont notice any difference between that and a 6600GT 128MB in SL since it really doesn't make good use of the GPU (Used to use a 6800 and a 6800GT on my computer). Id recommend a good CPU before a $450 card for SL
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Corvus Drake
Bedroom Spelunker
Join date: 12 Feb 2006
Posts: 1,456
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03-29-2006 11:38
CPU is definitely the real hog here, though I too have the 7800GTX (2 of them in fact) and love my performance.
I sell computer parts for L$, including dual cores and that card in particular, and will have the new 7900GTX in stock very soon.
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Delta Nyak
Registered User
Join date: 9 Feb 2005
Posts: 123
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Spend your money on the CPU . . .
03-29-2006 12:03
I agree with Corvus, Try an AMD 64 x2 3800 (approx $296), or faster, and if SL is your focus, you should have good results with a 6800GS or a 7600GT, more GPU will not appreciably improve your SL experience.
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HUGSaLOT Valkyrie
Registered Fartiologist
Join date: 13 Jan 2004
Posts: 79
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Vid cards!
03-29-2006 15:21
From: Jaycatt Nico I'm about to purchase a new video card, primarily to use with SL. I'm willing to spend up to around $400 or so. Anybody have a favorite, or advice on a card to stay away from?Thanks in advance! You should buy a video card at about the same value as your CPU was. So if your CPU cost $400, then you should consider a video card that's priced about $400. Though this doesnt mean you must spend that much money, look for it's retail value, and see if you can search for a model that's cheaper. The real thing to do is is keep a balance between your CPU and Video. You don't want to have a super powered CPU, with a weak video card, nor do you want a weak CPU that can't feed data to your super video card. Honestly you DO NOT NEED a $400 video card to play SL, a $50 video card works JUST FINE with SL. This isn't Quake 4, or FEAR, Far Cry, or some high end crazy video game. Heck if a mid-rage G4 based MAC can run Second Life, you don't need some over priced PC to play it either. I know people who play SL on an old PCI based video card. But then again, you don't want to use a $50 video card if your CPU cost you $250. Minimum of a 128meg RAM on the video card, AGP or PCIe would be better. And anything made with in the last 2 years or so.
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