What's Your Video Card?

[Dredd2099]

I read in "xtremesystems" that there are problems related to 7900GT, & they suggested 7900GTX (about 25k at PCXpress) or 7950GX2. How true?

 

driver revision only

 

as far as i can tell, its not really a problem but a nitpick anywayz

wont go into details but IMO

its negligible if ur not really a hardcore gamer and u dont have a high end screen

Edited September 29, 2006 by Dredd2099

[johnlove]

I used to have an nvidia geforce 6800 vanilla... after a year it blacked out. warranty is overdue but i asked for a reconsideration. i left it for 3 weeks and when it came back it's already an nvidia geforce 7800gs w/ another 6months distro warranty! i added 1K for the upgrade and 500 for the wonderful service.

 

surprisingly, blacked out again in less than a week. i got the replacement after 3 days. now i'm still using it (for more than 3 months already).

 

pretty satisfied. high framerate. can cope with high end games such as FEAR.

 

Very good service! May I know where you got your card?

[jimithing]

which is better 7600gs agp or 6800gs agp?

[Dredd2099]

which is better 7600gs agp or 6800gs agp?

 

one with higher number

[justx]

I read in "xtremesystems" that there are problems related to 7900GT, & they suggested 7900GTX (about 25k at PCXpress) or 7950GX2. How true?

 

 

Some and it's not manufacturer specific. I had to RMA two 7900GTs before getting a good one. After two (2) months, the first one exhibited artifacts and tearing when gaming. Then there was the occassional lock up. A few days thereafter, my pc won't boot. The second was dead on the third day after doing some torture testing. The third card is doing fine.

 

The 7900 GT series is a good card. I can practically play all games with all graphic settings at high and my temps never exceed 52C.

[d33th]

I'm using a GForce 5200 Ti lang Recently, during the typhoon. We had a nationwide blackout and my PC was left online. When I tried to boot it. I'm getting like square pixels and I can't even read well the letters while its booting up on the system Can anyone tell me if its a video card or a monitor problem? Sometimes while its on the windows desktop. My PC just freezes and it shows different colors and many square on my monitor Sometimes, it just hangs up while starting windows, and it shows garbled text Can someone help please?

[jimithing]

I'm using a GForce 5200 Ti lang Recently, during the typhoon. We had a nationwide blackout and my PC was left online. When I tried to boot it. I'm getting like square pixels and I can't even read well the letters while its booting up on the system Can anyone tell me if its a video card or a monitor problem? Sometimes while its on the windows desktop. My PC just freezes and it shows different colors and many square on my monitor Sometimes, it just hangs up while starting windows, and it shows garbled text Can someone help please?

 

 

try checking the fan of your vidcard

[kenji_1989]

Inno3D Geforce 6200 TurboCache...

 

Hehe weak..I miss my 7600GT...napilitan ibenta dahil kulang sa tuition... T_T Huhu syang nakakalaro pa man din na ko ng games in medium settings.. Anyways, ipon ulit hehe..

[CyberRay]

7950GX2 1GB PCI-E

[kiboy_1223]

Mine is a Gecube x1950pro 512mb 256-bit Video card...I saved for almost a year to buy a new rig..=) saving hard does pay =) God bless to you guys =) :goatee:

[BROWNEYES]

Mine is ge force fx 5200 128bit on a p4mam2-v mobo,256memory...6 months ko pa lang sya gamit,bought it last feb..2 months ago,nagloko na..i always encountered a green screen everytime i watch streaming videos(like metacafe,porn sites,hehe),and bigla na lang nagrereboot computer ko after a few minutes of playing warcraft or even opening google earth.I opened my cpu and i can see that the videofan is workin naman,what gives?...care to help me out here guys..thanks.

[FAlonso]

7800 GTX, wasn't worth it though, sad to say

[johnlove]

which is better 7600gs agp or 6800gs agp?

Are you sure its a 7600gs in agp format? Where did you find it?

[kenji_1989]

Are you sure its a 7600gs in agp format? Where did you find it?

 

Inno3D Geforce 7600GS in AGP... Still available in many stores

 

http://www.inno3d.com/products/graphic_car..._agp/7600gs.htm

[MiG-29C]

Nice write-ups you got here. To those who are experiencing problems with their graphics cards, hope you could specify what brand of GPU you are using and maybe some details too about your setup/rig. This would be a great help to those of us who are planning to upgrade our video cards. That way, we all could avoid the lemons. Thanks! I'm planning to get one.

 

So which one would you recommend?

 

BRANDS

- Sapphire

- Palit

- Leadtek

- PowerColor

- Inno3D

- MSI

- ASUS

- Foxconn

 

CHIPSET

ATI

Nvidia

[kenji_1989]

Nice write-ups you got here. To those who are experiencing problems with their graphics cards, hope you could specify what brand of GPU you are using and maybe some details too about your setup/rig. This would be a great help to those of us who are planning to upgrade our video cards. That way, we all could avoid the lemons. Thanks! I'm planning to get one.

 

So which one would you recommend?

 

BRANDS

- Sapphire

- Palit

- Leadtek

- PowerColor

- Inno3D

- MSI

- ASUS

- Foxconn

 

CHIPSET

ATI

Nvidia

 

 

For ATI video cards = Sapphire the best...For a little cheaper, Powercolor

 

For Nvidia = eVGA (great in OCing), Leadtek, Gainward, Palit, Inno3D

[MiG-29C]

By the way, I'm looking for a good GPU because I'm gonna install Microsoft Flight Simulator X and run it with all the settings maxed out, with decent frame rates. Demanding kasi yung system requirements ng FSX. Instead of getting a GeForce 8000 Series, do you think a pair of GeForce 7300GTs (256MB 128-Bit) running on SLI mode would be enough for the job?

 

The rig I'm building will have the following specs:

 

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Socket 939

Asus A8N-SLI SE

Kingston 1GB DDR2 RAM PC400

Seagate 120GB HDD 7200RPM SATA

Creative 24-Bit X-Fi Platinum

_________ >>>> Video Card ????

 

Here's a screenshot of FSX to give you an idea of FSX and Direct X 10's power:

http://www.avsim.com/pages/0106/FSX/fsx022.jpg

http://www.avsim.com/pages/0106/FSX/avsim2.jpg

http://www.avsim.com/pages/0106/FSX/fsx002.jpg

http://www.avsim.com/pages/0106/FSX/fsx006.jpg

http://www.avsim.com/pages/0106/FSX/fsx030.jpg

http://www.avsim.com/pages/0106/FSX/fsx028.jpg

[karim06]

"When it come's to NVIDIA based GPU cards which manufacturer do you consider the best Palit or Inno3D. Hindi sa pagiging bias but I consider palit dahil sa fan/heatsink assembly. Dahil napansin ko madali masira GPU fan ng Inno3D. Which leads to overheating of the unit and unexpected errors.

[kenji_1989]

"When it come's to NVIDIA based GPU cards which manufacturer do you consider the best Palit or Inno3D. Hindi sa pagiging bias but I consider palit dahil sa fan/heatsink assembly. Dahil napansin ko madali masira GPU fan ng Inno3D. Which leads to overheating of the unit and unexpected errors.

 

Yup mas ok pa Palit kaysa sa Inno3D lalo na sa HSF. Inno3D bagay lang yan kung hindi ka ganung heavy gamer na matotorture card mo.

 

@ Mig-29C

 

Instead of getting 2 7300GT and run it in SLI mode, I suggest getting a 7600GT instead . Mas malaki gagastusin mo kapag iSLI mo ang dalawang 7300GT kumapra sa isang 7600GT and hindi pa ganung problema sa power requirements. Unless lang kung habol mo ay multi view display ha. Yang 7600GT will be your gfx card that is something to hold you on. Kasi irerelease na po ang DX10 cards so buying a high end video card right now will be useless unless youre not planning to upgrade in the future.

 

So I suggest getting one Geforce 7600GT and buy a Geforce 8 card later on para ma utilize mo na yung DX10 feature ng FSX.

 

OT: FS Gamer ka ba? Mukhang parehas tayo ng hilig ah..

Edited November 12, 2006 by kjota1989

[MiG-29C]

Yup mas ok pa Palit kaysa sa Inno3D lalo na sa HSF. Inno3D bagay lang yan kung hindi ka ganung heavy gamer na matotorture card mo.

 

@ Mig-29C

 

Instead of getting 2 7300GT and run it in SLI mode, I suggest getting a 7600GT instead . Mas malaki gagastusin mo kapag iSLI mo ang dalawang 7300GT kumapra sa isang 7600GT and hindi pa ganung problema sa power requirements. Unless lang kung habol mo ay multi view display ha. Yang 7600GT will be your gfx card that is something to hold you on. Kasi irerelease na po ang DX10 cards so buying a high end video card right now will be useless unless youre not planning to upgrade in the future.

 

So I suggest getting one Geforce 7600GT and buy a Geforce 8 card later on para ma utilize mo na yung DX10 feature ng FSX.

 

OT: FS Gamer ka ba? Mukhang parehas tayo ng hilig ah..

 

 

Thanks! Yeah, I guess I'll go for the 7600GT instead. By the way, how come the AGP versions are more expensive than the PCI-E? What's so special about them aside from the different slot dimensions? Also, most people like ATI. What gives?

 

Yeah, you're correct. Just like what my callsign and avatar sez, I'm into hardcore flight simulation stuff. The more realistic, the better. Kaya siguro di ako bumili nung Lock-On: Modern Air Combat because of the realism issue. I love Falcon 4.0 Allied Force better. Reading the 750-Page manual to learn about avionics, radar modes, fighter tactics and instrument approaches is well worth it. And on the Flight Simulator, nothing beats the satisfaction of bringing your Boeing 737 back in one piece after executing a perfect ILS Runway 06 Approach to RPLL in poor visibility and lousy weather. Hehe!

 

Check Six!

[kenji_1989]

Thanks! Yeah, I guess I'll go for the 7600GT instead. By the way, how come the AGP versions are more expensive than the PCI-E? What's so special about them aside from the different slot dimensions? Also, most people like ATI. What gives?

 

Yeah, you're correct. Just like what my callsign and avatar sez, I'm into hardcore flight simulation stuff. The more realistic, the better. Kaya siguro di ako bumili nung Lock-On: Modern Air Combat because of the realism issue. I love Falcon 4.0 Allied Force better. Reading the 750-Page manual to learn about avionics, radar modes, fighter tactics and instrument approaches is well worth it. And on the Flight Simulator, nothing beats the satisfaction of bringing your Boeing 737 back in one piece after executing a perfect ILS Runway 06 Approach to RPLL in poor visibility and lousy weather. Hehe!

 

Check Six!

 

When it comes to low end cards, there is only little difference in price with PCI-E...However, in high end AGP cards, because of low demands, kaya mas mahal since users buy high end cards in PCI-E platform...Kasi nga kaunti nalang yung nagmamanufacture ng motherboard na may AGP slot so consumers, bat sila bibili ng high end video card na out of production?..

 

I finally found someone na katulad ng interests ko... See you in the Games Thread dun tayo usap about flight sim...

[johnlove]

Inno3D Geforce 7600GS in AGP... Still available in many stores

 

http://www.inno3d.com/products/graphic_car..._agp/7600gs.htm

 

Thanks, I thought AGP is not anymore in production.

[FF]

Thanks, I thought AGP is not anymore in production.

 

best bang for the buck is a 7900 GS ...

[Kurtsky Keigee]

Ganun padin same ol 6600 tamad magpalit eh

[johnlove]

Hi, does anyone has an idea when the gforce 8800 would be available in Manila, & what are its hardware (mobo) requirements?