Looking for a card

Hoedizzy · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:35 am Post subject: Looking for a card

Hey guys need your help. I am doing a major system overhaul, and I need to pic up a PCI-E videocard for my new system. Now the requrements are as follows.

-dual head (can be just VGA)
-prefer Nivida, I like there dual display better
-I really do not need a gaming card (just needs to run Halo)
-main use is for web / graphic design
-I am on a tight budget

Thanks!

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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Well...........how tight a budget? You're looking at a plain-jane 6600 on a tight budget. Those run about $100 give or take, depending on where you look.
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sickofsoyo · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:27 am Post subject:

all PCI express x16, and all under $100

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=GO&Range=1&MAXPRICE=100&bop=and&description=PCI+x16&InnerCata=48
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FreeTheRock [banned] · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:55 am Post subject:

1 word of caution stay away from video cards with turbo cache for nvidia and hyper memory for ati it uses some of your ram for the card and it can lead to very poor performence. there was an article done by a hardware review site a very well respected one i might add and i would have to find it again cause it came out a while ago. I think it was Anandtech that did the aricle on turbo cache and hyper memory.

Hoedizzy · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:52 pm Post subject:

sandness · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 2:37 pm Post subject:

Looks like good option for staying under $100.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150114
$102 gives you a quiet 256mb 6600- best deal for you imo.

sickofsoyo · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 3:36 pm Post subject:

I know you were probably aware, I just put that there for you so you could get to it and browze quicker... I was actually looking at this 6600 ASUS

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121180
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lanparty pro875b
Enermax Liberty 500 Watt Modular PSU
Sony 52X CD-RW
Samsung 120gig SATA hdd
Maxtor 100gig SATA hdd
Powmax Demon case
ATI X800 XL AIW, 525 Core, 525 mem
Creative X-Fi Platinum
PDP systems Patriot Ram 2,3,2,5 timings

2old2care · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 3:55 pm Post subject:

Nice looking boards, the 6600's should do you well....

TC is perhaps not the best s0lution for g4ming, because of the system memory being so slow compared to on board memory. BUT....gaming is not your main use, according to your list. It IS however, an inexpensive method to increase the w0rking memory of a card.
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