AudioVayne
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Building a machine to run Second Life for a family member.
The base machine is an IBM (in the planning stage atm and haven't checked out the board). The machine is typical of 2.8Ghz, DDR RAM (I will throw in 1Gb), AGP Graphics slot, a measly 230W Sata PSU (obviously to be upgraded) and likely a 40 GB HDD running Windows XP Home.
I don't really know a lot about graphics cards, But SL's graphics card recommendations are:
NVIDIA Graphics cards
6000 Series:
* 6600, 6700, 6800
7000 Series:
* 7600, 7800, 7900
8000 Series:
* 8500, 8600, 8800
GeForce Go Series:
* 7600, 7800, 7900
ATI Graphics Cards
* X800, X900, X1600, X1700, X1800, X1900
* x2600, x2900
* x3650, x3850
Now I've looked at a few of them and the X1650 PRO is my choice so far, but that's by looking at paper, Can anyone recommend any particular graphics card that'll do a great job? After a cost effective card, maybe a couple of options to offer my cousin.
Cheers in Advance
The base machine is an IBM (in the planning stage atm and haven't checked out the board). The machine is typical of 2.8Ghz, DDR RAM (I will throw in 1Gb), AGP Graphics slot, a measly 230W Sata PSU (obviously to be upgraded) and likely a 40 GB HDD running Windows XP Home.
I don't really know a lot about graphics cards, But SL's graphics card recommendations are:
NVIDIA Graphics cards
6000 Series:
* 6600, 6700, 6800
7000 Series:
* 7600, 7800, 7900
8000 Series:
* 8500, 8600, 8800
GeForce Go Series:
* 7600, 7800, 7900
ATI Graphics Cards
* X800, X900, X1600, X1700, X1800, X1900
* x2600, x2900
* x3650, x3850
Now I've looked at a few of them and the X1650 PRO is my choice so far, but that's by looking at paper, Can anyone recommend any particular graphics card that'll do a great job? After a cost effective card, maybe a couple of options to offer my cousin.
Cheers in Advance