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JesseGraham
March 29th, 2006, 09:04
Heya! i was flicking threw the latest PC User magezine the other day, at school! And i notices some of the computers they tested in it had 512 MB graphic cards, not 256x2, a 512!

Does anyone have one, or heard of any, whats your veiw on them, worth it? Is it good performence?

THANX!

Jesse Graham
Bruce
March 29th, 2006, 09:46
Well, memory isn't everything, but on the right card it can be great.

7900GTX http://thaportal.com/upload/files/drool.gif
charris
March 29th, 2006, 10:06
512mb There ATI and as bruce said memory isnt everthing. You could get a 256 mb card from Nvidia that would quite easily beat ATI Crap.
JesseGraham
March 30th, 2006, 03:18
mmm... thanks, that explains, why my brother has a 128mb Nvidia and i have a 256MB Radeon Pro, more ram, and more proccessing speed, yet his pc still out performs mine....
Daniel
March 31st, 2006, 17:11
512mb There ATI and as bruce said memory isnt everthing. You could get a 256 mb card from Nvidia that would quite easily beat ATI Crap.

nVidia is about equal to ATI.

ATi X1900XTX is the best card available at the moment, not because of raw performance, but a combination of great performance and image quality. nVidia sucks --- at image quality.
Wojtek
March 31st, 2006, 18:01
had 512 MB graphic cards, not 256x2, a 512!
read this: http://www.ati.com/products/fireglv7350/index.html
1GB video card haha
Brandon
March 31st, 2006, 18:21
I'm still satisfied with my 256 MB Radeon 9550.
:p
Bruce
March 31st, 2006, 18:27
Can that thing even play games?

I barely made it through Quake4 with my 6600GT.
Brandon
March 31st, 2006, 20:11
Can that thing even play games?

I barely made it through Quake4 with my 6600GT.
Strangly, yes, it runs the average gamer's games quite well.
Decker
April 1st, 2006, 10:31
What do you need it for Jesse? Average machine won't even get close to pushing it but if it's 'latest and greatest' then get ready to more for the card than the system it runs in LOL
needlehost
April 1st, 2006, 10:35
My laptop runs an ATI mobility radeon 9700, and performance seems to be fine, I get let down by my sound card more.
Decker
April 1st, 2006, 10:47
One of mine has the 9700 and I've never had a prob with GFX or sound - usually the Centrino CPU rather than anything else. Have a 9600XT-4 on the desktop i normally use and again I find it other components that can let you down (motherboard bus is a -----)
Brandon
April 1st, 2006, 11:04
My laptop runs an ATI mobility radeon 9700, and performance seems to be fine, I get let down by my sound card more.
Yeah, my sound card sucks alot. It's an old Creative Labs Blaster.
Daniel
April 1st, 2006, 13:14
O_O eVGA 7900GT CO Superclock for meeeeeeeeeee