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stuffradio
July 7th, 2008, 03:08
I upgraded to the ATI 3650. It supports full HD 1080P.

The card I was on before was the NVIDIA 6600 GT. I'll let everyone know how much of an improvement in performance I notice.

What's your card!? :P
sep
July 7th, 2008, 09:51
1GB Geforece 8500 . It sucks, but if I upgrade I will also need a new Power Supply.
iBrightDev
July 7th, 2008, 12:24
before...
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB Video Card
* Chip Set: RADEON 9800 Pro
* Memory: 128MB DDR SDRAM
* Interface: AGP 8X
* Connector(s): DVI-I (Digital), VGA (Analog), and S-Video
* Enviroments: Windows Me, 2000, XP

now...
ATI Radeon X1050 AGP 256MB Video Card
* GPU: Radeon X1050
* Video Memory: 256MB GDDR-128bit
* Interface: AGP
* Core Clock: 325MHz
* Clock Speed of Video Memory (RAMDAC): Dual RAMDACs (2 at 400MHz each)
* Maximum Resolution: 2048 x 1536
* Video Outputs: DVI, VGA & TV Out

only bought it because my 9800 went out which i liked a lot more, and it was supposed to be Vista ready, WRONG. if you try to install vista with it being used as the graphics card, Vista gives you the big ol F*CK YOU blue screen and fails. so, to get it to work, you have to use an older card, install vista, then plug in the new graphics card, DONT LET IT AUTO REBOOT AFTER INSTALL. get the lates drivers from ATI (here (http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=vista32/common-vista32)). and then reboot. after all that, it will work properly, but, still will get the random bluescreen here and there. so, keep checking for new updates like i have to do. stupid AGP motherboard. wish i PCI-E on it now.
stuffradio
July 7th, 2008, 14:18
:P My card didn't epic fail while installing drivers. I installed the drivers whilst in Vista using the very card I was upgrading to.
iBrightDev
July 7th, 2008, 14:21
:P My card didn't epic fail while installing drivers. I installed the drivers whilst in Vista using the very card I was upgrading to.

yeah, with the original upgrade, it was totally fine. it was when i had to redo my comp that it became the problem. it would blue screen every time i tried to re-install vista. after a little googling, i found the problem to be the default drivers vista finds for my card. pretty retarded though when right on the box itself it says, "Vista Ready" really pissed me off i must say.
Schmarvin
July 7th, 2008, 15:50
Right now? An Nvidia GeForce 6200 256MB
Supports up to 1280 x 1024 resolution, same as my monitor. I'd need a new monitor to get a better resolution.
But, I'll be getting a new video card, maybe an Nvidia 8600. I'll be adding that to my computer with the addition of new parts. Hopefully by the end of the month. :)

Glad you got a new card. But, not to thrilled that its just an ATI.
stuffradio
July 7th, 2008, 18:24
But, not to thrilled that its just an ATI.
I've seen lots of reviews from gamers saying ATI is more reliable than NVIDIA.
Schmarvin
July 7th, 2008, 19:20
I always overclock my GPU, so it doesn't matter. Lol, in my opinion, and yes, just an opinion, Nvidia is still higher in the graphics industry. The last two ATI cards I had went to crap when I tried to overclock them.
Corazu
July 7th, 2008, 20:41
9800GTX 675mhz 512mb

And an 8500GT for the auxiliary monitors.
DarkBlood
July 11th, 2008, 00:11
I always overclock my GPU, so it doesn't matter. Lol, in my opinion, and yes, just an opinion, Nvidia is still higher in the graphics industry. The last two ATI cards I had went to crap when I tried to overclock them.

Why do most computers I see for sale have Intel GMA then? :S It's like computer companies like Gateway don't want people to have good graphics.
Schmarvin
July 11th, 2008, 18:10
Intel is cheaper. :D Main reason.
themoose
July 11th, 2008, 19:31
I don't play games on my PC, subsequently I don't really care about graphics cards. It's something like a nvida geforce 256mb.
Gamer4u
July 12th, 2008, 03:48
Do you know of Fraps?
Johnson
July 12th, 2008, 04:17
Why do most computers I see for sale have Intel GMA then? :S It's like computer companies like Gateway don't want people to have good graphics.

Because that's for consumer machines.
RagekiJohn
July 12th, 2008, 04:58
I just got 3 free Dell P4 desktops from my friend they all came with ATI Radeon 7000. It was pretty crappy and I had a Geforce 2 MX 100/200 around my house so I swapped it with that. Plan on upgrading it to a Geforce FX 5200 at least :). Unfortunately, these Dells only run on AGP 4x :(.
DarkBlood
July 12th, 2008, 08:46
Because that's for consumer machines.

Computers can still come with ATI or nVidia graphics cards for consumers though, I've seen a few on bestbuy.com
RagekiJohn
July 13th, 2008, 17:46
Well, I just ordered a Geforce FX 5200 128MB AGP 4x/8x video card :) for about $30. It's a pretty decent deal considering I'm using a Geforce 2 MX 100/200 right now which is giving me a lot of problems. Can't even play Counter-Strike with highest settings on that Geforce 2. I'm always forced to run it at 16bit with all the lowest settings just to get a decent FPS.
mess451
July 21st, 2008, 02:36
In fact I don't care video card too much, i don't play games on my pc
DarkBlood
July 21st, 2008, 09:03
In fact I don't care video card too much, i don't play games on my pc

For some people, it's not for games though. Some Linux software requires direct rendering, and Intel cards can't do direct, they can only use AIGLX, which is always indirect. However, Intel cards CAN install XGL (direct), it's just they'll go super slow.

So I'd rather have an option between the two methods by getting ATI or nVidia.