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Think I need to splash out on a new video card
« on: 11 May 2009, 17:44:06 »
Just got round to installing the RC of Windows 7, so as the machine was 'clean' decided to an Experience Index test, which didn't come out so well  :-[



That said, I don't really play games, and its nice to have a passively cooled, quiet video card (its a BTX system), so a little undecided  :-/
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Re: Think I need to splash out on a new video card
« Reply #1 on: 11 May 2009, 17:47:30 »
Using MSI Geforce 8600 GT..fairly cheap and adequate for games ;D :y
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Re: Think I need to splash out on a new video card
« Reply #2 on: 11 May 2009, 17:50:03 »
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Using MSI Geforce 8600 GT..fairly cheap and adequate for games ;D :y
Think the Media Center downstairs has an 8500 in it - a LP card, passively cooled, but gets pretty warm...
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« Reply #3 on: 11 May 2009, 17:54:35 »
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Using MSI Geforce 8600 GT..fairly cheap and adequate for games ;D :y
Think the Media Center downstairs has an 8500 in it - a LP card, passively cooled, but gets pretty warm...

8600 is also silent.Never had problems except the first installation as my mobo have an on board gpu which it doesnt like to disable ;D >:(
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« Reply #4 on: 11 May 2009, 17:57:53 »
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Using MSI Geforce 8600 GT..fairly cheap and adequate for games ;D :y
Think the Media Center downstairs has an 8500 in it - a LP card, passively cooled, but gets pretty warm...

8600 is also silent.Never had problems except the first installation as my mobo have an on board gpu which it doesnt like to disable ;D >:(

When its finished installing a load of crap, I'll see what video card is currently in there.  Had a feeling it was the onboard one you get with 965 chipsets - X3100 - but then it looks to be a plug in card  :-/



You can tell who doesn't get particularly enthused about his own PC, can't you ;D
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Using MSI Geforce 8600 GT..fairly cheap and adequate for games ;D :y
Think the Media Center downstairs has an 8500 in it - a LP card, passively cooled, but gets pretty warm...

8600 is also silent.Never had problems except the first installation as my mobo have an on board gpu which it doesnt like to disable ;D >:(

When its finished installing a load of crap, I'll see what video card is currently in there.  Had a feeling it was the onboard one you get with 965 chipsets - X3100 - but then it looks to be a plug in card  :-/



You can tell who doesn't get particularly enthused about his own PC, can't you ;D

yep ;D
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Re: Think I need to splash out on a new video card
« Reply #6 on: 11 May 2009, 18:04:43 »
ive gone for a 9600 Series cheapish as i play games on the PS3 but vista gives it an experiance rating of 6.9
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Re: Think I need to splash out on a new video card
« Reply #7 on: 11 May 2009, 18:16:55 »
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ive gone for a 9600 Series cheapish as i play games on the PS3 but vista gives it an experiance rating of 6.9
Noisy?  My PC is utterly silent, and I want to keep it that way...
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Re: Think I need to splash out on a new video card
« Reply #8 on: 11 May 2009, 20:27:46 »
sod it, it does what I need it to do, why mess with it....
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Re: Think I need to splash out on a new video card
« Reply #9 on: 11 May 2009, 21:30:49 »
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ive gone for a 9600 Series cheapish as i play games on the PS3 but vista gives it an experiance rating of 6.9
I got a 9600 GT too, 5.9 on vista which is top I think works good for games, runs CoD4 & CoD5 at a steady 60-80 FPS
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Re: Think I need to splash out on a new video card
« Reply #10 on: 11 May 2009, 21:45:41 »
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ive gone for a 9600 Series cheapish as i play games on the PS3 but vista gives it an experiance rating of 6.9
Noisy?  My PC is utterly silent, and I want to keep it that way...

Don't get an 8800GTX then...  :D
Not incredibly loud itself but overall my PC is quite loud and I would love a silent one haha  ;)

Getting a MacBook soon though which will be rather good!  8-)

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Re: Think I need to splash out on a new video card
« Reply #11 on: 11 May 2009, 21:51:23 »
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ive gone for a 9600 Series cheapish as i play games on the PS3 but vista gives it an experiance rating of 6.9
Noisy?  My PC is utterly silent, and I want to keep it that way...

Don't get an 8800GTX then...  :D
Not incredibly loud itself but overall my PC is quite loud and I would love a silent one haha  ;)

Getting a MacBook soon though which will be rather good!  8-)

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No reason for loud desktops in this age - BTX format has been out for 7 or 8 years now...
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Re: Think I need to splash out on a new video card
« Reply #12 on: 11 May 2009, 22:10:13 »
no idea about video cards these days, used to be clued up on them when i had a decent spec PC of the age.

Now i have the xbox, i don't have the need to keep changing graphics cards (one reason i bought the xbox)

Geforce cards used to be the ones to have few years ago, last time i looked it was ATX, bet its moved on again  ;D
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Re: Think I need to splash out on a new video card
« Reply #13 on: 11 May 2009, 22:12:04 »
its not reaally noisy you cant hear it over the system fans its got a thermo fan so under load hits fan speed increases but as i say its a hell of alot quieter than my old ATi Radeon 9800SE bloody turbine!

im running a zalaman cpu cooler with the standard 2 fans 1 in 1 out setup in an old Cheiftec Dragon case
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Re: Think I need to splash out on a new video card
« Reply #14 on: 11 May 2009, 22:26:19 »
what about a motherboard with built in Hybrid Sli Nvidia GPU and then run a seperate Hybrid Sli compatible card for Hybrid power.

Full on gaming gets the Powerfull noisy seperate GPU (you won't hear it over the gunfire etc) and for the less intensive applications the MB switches to the silent passive cooled on board GPU ;)
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