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Old 05-26-2010, 07:03 PM
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Hey guys, i was wondering if any of you know of a good cheap graphics card for under $150, i have an Nvidia GeForce 9500GT. If anybody would know of a better one that is under $150, please, let me know. i got a few games that will not run smoothly because of the settings i have on, im a perfectionist, so i pretty much need to have good graphics or else it will piss me off, lol


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Old 05-27-2010, 01:10 AM
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...0%20-%20%24200

plenty to choose from there...
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Old 05-27-2010, 03:11 PM
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ok jet, thanks, i think i found one (too bad ill have to wait till my birthday to get it, lol, which is in september )
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Some say that the best weapon is the one you never have to fire, well I say the best weapon is the one you only have to fire once, thats how i do it, thats how America does it, and it's worked out pretty well so far.

"The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his" - General George S. Patton

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Old 05-27-2010, 03:55 PM
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Im pretty sure mine would be around that price now - 9800 GTX+ overclocked (not sure if they make the GTX+ version anymore)
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Old 05-27-2010, 04:58 PM
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hmm, where could you find one?
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Old 05-27-2010, 05:14 PM
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Google? lol
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Old 05-27-2010, 06:23 PM
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lol, duh, i just dont feel like searching it, ill do it l8r tho
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"The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his" - General George S. Patton

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Old 05-27-2010, 08:13 PM
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sry for double post, but is it a GIGABYTE GV-N98XP512H-B GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card?

or more like EVGA 512-P3-N874-AR e-GeForce 9800 GTX + Superclocked 512 MB DDR3 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card?
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Old 05-28-2010, 04:34 AM
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Nah it was by Inno3D, GTX+ Overclocked
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Hm can't seem to find an OC version, even though its printed on the box, but heres the gtx+

http://www.inno3d.com/products/graph...00gtx_plus.htm
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ok, but using direct x 10 will let me play dx9 games too, right? and i read reviews saying that it was a 512mb, not a 1gb (which it says it is a 1gb in the name) and my 9500GT is a 1024mb (which is 1.24gb?)
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Old 05-28-2010, 11:11 PM
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You'll be able to play DX9 games with a DX10 graphics card. BTW, 1024mb = 1.024gb.
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Old 05-29-2010, 01:19 AM
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ok, and thanks

so why does it matter if its 512mb or 1gb? idk alot about computers :P
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Old 05-29-2010, 02:39 AM
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Actually.. 1024mb = 1gb

The higher the memory, the better it performs on higher resolutions, usually.
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to answer the question yeah any DX10 or DX11 card can run DX9.
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Actually.. 1024mb = 1gb

The higher the memory, the better it performs on higher resolutions, usually.
damn it, so now i gotta find one that is 1gb? i got this demo (ARMA 2) that runs pretty good on all high settings, and there's only a slight (about 1/2 of a second, maybe less, but its enough to annoy me a bit) delay between mouse movement/keyboard button pressing and the action its used for, but its on a kinda low resolution. so i want a new graphics card to get rid of the delay, and im guessing there is a delay because of the resolution
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Some say that the best weapon is the one you never have to fire, well I say the best weapon is the one you only have to fire once, thats how i do it, thats how America does it, and it's worked out pretty well so far.

"The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his" - General George S. Patton

"Heroes are remembered, but legends never die" - The Sandlot

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Old 05-29-2010, 08:48 AM
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What resolution are you running? I have 1440x900 and 512mb is fine for me.
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1152x864 but in ARMA 2 demo, its 1008x756 for the 3D resolution to not have an even bigger delay between buttons and the game
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Some say that the best weapon is the one you never have to fire, well I say the best weapon is the one you only have to fire once, thats how i do it, thats how America does it, and it's worked out pretty well so far.

"The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his" - General George S. Patton

"Heroes are remembered, but legends never die" - The Sandlot

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Old 05-29-2010, 11:15 AM
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In that case im sure you'll be fine with 512mb
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ok, so all i need is $100+ and i will get it....is it easy to install it?
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Some say that the best weapon is the one you never have to fire, well I say the best weapon is the one you only have to fire once, thats how i do it, thats how America does it, and it's worked out pretty well so far.

"The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his" - General George S. Patton

"Heroes are remembered, but legends never die" - The Sandlot

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