Best choice for GPU? - LiquidNinjas.com

dlobue · 03-03-2010, 08:19 AM

Taking informal poll. Best GPU for 2.4/800/512 P4 running on Abit IC7G Max 2 with Thermalltake 500w PurePower. Looking to spend < $100

Dave

**DCMan** · 03-03-2010, 09:00 AM

8800GT? Anything much more than that and you'll be bottlenecked by the CPU/RAM..

dlobue · 03-03-2010, 09:36 AM

Thanks,

My mistake. Board runs AGP slot.

**DCMan** · 03-03-2010, 11:32 AM

Ah ok! I'd just go for the highest power GPU that you can find then.. 7950 maybe? GX2?!

dlobue · 03-03-2010, 05:14 PM

Many Thanks.

Dave

Link-117 · 03-04-2010, 01:30 PM

Hey this is dlobue's son, would you recommend this card at all?

http://cgi.ebay.com/512MB-PNY-VERTO-...item5d2818341e

I'm looking to spend the money I have to get that so I can play Spore again and so we can use our Flat HP Monitor.

The minimum video specs for Spore are pretty low if you know the game. 128 MB is the least required.

**DCMan** · 03-04-2010, 04:10 PM

You'd be better off with something like a 6800 - much better than the 7300. Although, if you get the DDR3 version, they are little rockets for the price! DDR2 version is a waste of time though..

Link-117 · 03-04-2010, 04:22 PM

Ah, well I already ordered it, It's pretty much an upgrade of the NVIDIA GeForce Card we currently have, but is well outdated, since we got it back in 2004. I don't even really want the best card out there, just a decent one that can run average games like Spore well, not to mention this thing will make Unreal Tournament 2004 run super smooth like the card I had in the main PC.
That PC is pretty much shot, but I'm pretty sure we could restore it if we got the proper restore discs for it. That card doesn't fit though, since it's a PCI card. I'm still pretty new with how hardware works, but I'm learning pretty quickly.

**DCMan** · 03-04-2010, 06:48 PM

What card did you have before?

Link-117 · 03-05-2010, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DCMan

What card did you have before?

On HP: ATI Radeon 600X Series, pretty sure that's only 128 MB.

On the Custom PC: NVIDIA GeForce, maybe 64MB, I don't know what series it is.

Kopfschuss88 · 03-06-2010, 05:30 AM

i had the 7800 gs for my +2600M desktop. i highly reccomend it =P played everything back then really well lol. that was a few years ago...

Link-117 · 03-07-2010, 07:50 PM

Nice

Well, the one I ordered should arrive this Wednesday. Yeah I know there's much better cards out there, I just saw this one for a good price and that's pretty decent. So far my PC Specs are:

Motherboard: ABIT IC-7 Max II Advance.

CPU: Intel 4, 2.41 GHz, can be overclocked.

Ram/Memory: 1 GB (1024 MB)

Hard Drives: 300 GB from HP Media Center PC, and my 149 Gig Hard Drive in an external enclosure, basically an external USB Hard Drive

.

Other Drives: 2 DVD Readers, should move one of the DVD Burners from the HP, and a Floppy Drive.

PSU: 500 W, originally for the HP.

I think that's about it. The only other card I have installed is a USB card and that outdated Video card. The Motherboard has onboard graphics and audio, so that's pretty sweet.

**DCMan** · 03-07-2010, 08:59 PM

Thats cool - Hope it comes nice and quick so you can get gaming again

Link-117 · 03-08-2010, 06:58 PM

Yeah thanks

It's pretty sweet since I'll be killing 2 birds with one stone, as getting the card will not only let me play Spore and other games, but I'll be able to use that sweet HP monitor since this video card only has the VGA port.

03-03-2010, 08:19 AM	#1
dlobue Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: SW Florida Posts: 249	Best choice for GPU? Taking informal poll. Best GPU for 2.4/800/512 P4 running on Abit IC7G Max 2 with Thermalltake 500w PurePower. Looking to spend < $100 Dave

03-03-2010, 09:00 AM	#2
DCMan Super Cow Powers Join Date: May 2002 Location: Near the sinking ship, and free motorbikes. Posts: 3,242	8800GT? Anything much more than that and you'll be bottlenecked by the CPU/RAM.. __________________ Gaming: E8400 @ 4.05Ghz, 4Gb OCZ Ram, Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4, GTX280, 320GB RAID0 + 1.45TB, Silverstone DA850 PSU (850W), LianLi PC7+, Win7 Pro. General Stuff System: Athlon XP 2400+ @2321 (221 * 10.5), Abit NF7-s, 1Gb Ram, XFX6800GS-16pipes/6vp unlocked, 40Gb IDE, WinXP Pro HTPC: AMD Sempron 2400+, ECS Mobo, 512mb Ram, ATI 9250, 200Gb HD, WinXP Home/Meedio Laptop 1: C2D T5450, 2Gb Ram, 160Gb HD, GeForce 7300, Vista Home Premium Laptop 2: A64 3000+, 512mb Ram, 60Gb HD, GeForce FX5700, WinXP Pro

03-03-2010, 11:32 AM	#4
DCMan Super Cow Powers Join Date: May 2002 Location: Near the sinking ship, and free motorbikes. Posts: 3,242	Ah ok! I'd just go for the highest power GPU that you can find then.. 7950 maybe? GX2?! __________________ Gaming: E8400 @ 4.05Ghz, 4Gb OCZ Ram, Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4, GTX280, 320GB RAID0 + 1.45TB, Silverstone DA850 PSU (850W), LianLi PC7+, Win7 Pro. General Stuff System: Athlon XP 2400+ @2321 (221 * 10.5), Abit NF7-s, 1Gb Ram, XFX6800GS-16pipes/6vp unlocked, 40Gb IDE, WinXP Pro HTPC: AMD Sempron 2400+, ECS Mobo, 512mb Ram, ATI 9250, 200Gb HD, WinXP Home/Meedio Laptop 1: C2D T5450, 2Gb Ram, 160Gb HD, GeForce 7300, Vista Home Premium Laptop 2: A64 3000+, 512mb Ram, 60Gb HD, GeForce FX5700, WinXP Pro

03-04-2010, 04:10 PM	#7
DCMan Super Cow Powers Join Date: May 2002 Location: Near the sinking ship, and free motorbikes. Posts: 3,242	You'd be better off with something like a 6800 - much better than the 7300. Although, if you get the DDR3 version, they are little rockets for the price! DDR2 version is a waste of time though.. __________________ Gaming: E8400 @ 4.05Ghz, 4Gb OCZ Ram, Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4, GTX280, 320GB RAID0 + 1.45TB, Silverstone DA850 PSU (850W), LianLi PC7+, Win7 Pro. General Stuff System: Athlon XP 2400+ @2321 (221 * 10.5), Abit NF7-s, 1Gb Ram, XFX6800GS-16pipes/6vp unlocked, 40Gb IDE, WinXP Pro HTPC: AMD Sempron 2400+, ECS Mobo, 512mb Ram, ATI 9250, 200Gb HD, WinXP Home/Meedio Laptop 1: C2D T5450, 2Gb Ram, 160Gb HD, GeForce 7300, Vista Home Premium Laptop 2: A64 3000+, 512mb Ram, 60Gb HD, GeForce FX5700, WinXP Pro

03-04-2010, 06:48 PM	#9
DCMan Super Cow Powers Join Date: May 2002 Location: Near the sinking ship, and free motorbikes. Posts: 3,242	What card did you have before? __________________ Gaming: E8400 @ 4.05Ghz, 4Gb OCZ Ram, Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4, GTX280, 320GB RAID0 + 1.45TB, Silverstone DA850 PSU (850W), LianLi PC7+, Win7 Pro. General Stuff System: Athlon XP 2400+ @2321 (221 * 10.5), Abit NF7-s, 1Gb Ram, XFX6800GS-16pipes/6vp unlocked, 40Gb IDE, WinXP Pro HTPC: AMD Sempron 2400+, ECS Mobo, 512mb Ram, ATI 9250, 200Gb HD, WinXP Home/Meedio Laptop 1: C2D T5450, 2Gb Ram, 160Gb HD, GeForce 7300, Vista Home Premium Laptop 2: A64 3000+, 512mb Ram, 60Gb HD, GeForce FX5700, WinXP Pro

03-03-2010, 09:36 AM	#3
dlobue Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: SW Florida Posts: 249	Thanks, My mistake. Board runs AGP slot.

03-03-2010, 05:14 PM	#5
dlobue Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: SW Florida Posts: 249	Many Thanks. Dave

03-04-2010, 01:30 PM	#6
Link-117 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Vohyzaea Posts: 31	Hey this is dlobue's son, would you recommend this card at all? http://cgi.ebay.com/512MB-PNY-VERTO-...item5d2818341e I'm looking to spend the money I have to get that so I can play Spore again and so we can use our Flat HP Monitor. The minimum video specs for Spore are pretty low if you know the game. 128 MB is the least required.

03-04-2010, 04:22 PM	#8
Link-117 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Vohyzaea Posts: 31	Ah, well I already ordered it, It's pretty much an upgrade of the NVIDIA GeForce Card we currently have, but is well outdated, since we got it back in 2004. I don't even really want the best card out there, just a decent one that can run average games like Spore well, not to mention this thing will make Unreal Tournament 2004 run super smooth like the card I had in the main PC. That PC is pretty much shot, but I'm pretty sure we could restore it if we got the proper restore discs for it. That card doesn't fit though, since it's a PCI card. I'm still pretty new with how hardware works, but I'm learning pretty quickly.

03-06-2010, 05:30 AM	#11
Kopfschuss88 The Central Scrutinizer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Back in the USSA!! Posts: 334	i had the 7800 gs for my +2600M desktop. i highly reccomend it =P played everything back then really well lol. that was a few years ago... __________________ Miss my desktop Laptop for Iraq : CPU: Core I7 Q820 RAM: 4 gigs ddr3 GPU: Nvidia 280m HDD1: 500gig HDD2: Blank 17 inches of awesome

03-07-2010, 07:50 PM	#12
Link-117 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Vohyzaea Posts: 31	Nice Well, the one I ordered should arrive this Wednesday. Yeah I know there's much better cards out there, I just saw this one for a good price and that's pretty decent. So far my PC Specs are: Motherboard: ABIT IC-7 Max II Advance. CPU: Intel 4, 2.41 GHz, can be overclocked. Ram/Memory: 1 GB (1024 MB) Hard Drives: 300 GB from HP Media Center PC, and my 149 Gig Hard Drive in an external enclosure, basically an external USB Hard Drive . Other Drives: 2 DVD Readers, should move one of the DVD Burners from the HP, and a Floppy Drive. PSU: 500 W, originally for the HP. I think that's about it. The only other card I have installed is a USB card and that outdated Video card. The Motherboard has onboard graphics and audio, so that's pretty sweet.

03-07-2010, 08:59 PM	#13
DCMan Super Cow Powers Join Date: May 2002 Location: Near the sinking ship, and free motorbikes. Posts: 3,242	Thats cool - Hope it comes nice and quick so you can get gaming again __________________ Gaming: E8400 @ 4.05Ghz, 4Gb OCZ Ram, Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4, GTX280, 320GB RAID0 + 1.45TB, Silverstone DA850 PSU (850W), LianLi PC7+, Win7 Pro. General Stuff System: Athlon XP 2400+ @2321 (221 * 10.5), Abit NF7-s, 1Gb Ram, XFX6800GS-16pipes/6vp unlocked, 40Gb IDE, WinXP Pro HTPC: AMD Sempron 2400+, ECS Mobo, 512mb Ram, ATI 9250, 200Gb HD, WinXP Home/Meedio Laptop 1: C2D T5450, 2Gb Ram, 160Gb HD, GeForce 7300, Vista Home Premium Laptop 2: A64 3000+, 512mb Ram, 60Gb HD, GeForce FX5700, WinXP Pro

03-08-2010, 06:58 PM	#14
Link-117 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Vohyzaea Posts: 31	Yeah thanks It's pretty sweet since I'll be killing 2 birds with one stone, as getting the card will not only let me play Spore and other games, but I'll be able to use that sweet HP monitor since this video card only has the VGA port.

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