Best suitable card

[Ultiweap]

Hi,

I would like to know what card should go with my PC. I have actually a onboard graphic card from Intel but I would like to know what card should I buy for a good gaming experience and also a card not too expensive.

Thanks in advance for the help

 

[bushwhacker]

By looking at your board, 946GZ, you might want to give 8600GT or 8800GTS a try.

 

[Ultiweap]

Yes that would be nice but the problem is that it is too expensive for me....

 

[Whiffen]

So how much do you have to spend?

A geforce 8400 will play source based games alright, Crysis and other newer games on the lowest settings with 800x600 resolution.

I would aim for a 8500 GT though if you have under 100$.

 

[SNGX1275]

What is your budget? Without knowing that recommendations are just shots in the dark.

So while we are shooting blindly, I'll suggest a 9600GT.

 

[Ultiweap]

My budget is actually to 175$ thats is Rs4785 in my country and I don't think I would get a good card at that price in my country(Mauritius). But I think I can get it on the web. What card do you recommend as I will buy it on the web?

 

[bushwhacker]

if 175 dollars, then go with geforce 8 cards. Most of them are under 175 now anyway.

 

[SNGX1275]

The 9600GT is almost as good as an 8800GT and is much cheaper.

 

[HaMsTeYr]

i as well, recommend the 9600 GT. You get much more performance than a 8600 GT and its performance is very close to that of a 8800 GT. Should cost you less than the 175 USD

 

[Ultiweap]

Thanks for all your help

Ok wil try to get one but where do you think I may get one on the net for less than or equal175USD card price and shipping too...???

 

[HaMsTeYr]

I'm not sure where you can find cheap shipping or items in Mauritius but you can always try ebay xD

 

[Ultiweap]

Ok will try for it... Thanks a lot

 

[czarh]

The 9600GSO or the 9600GT

the 9600GSO is basically an 8800GT with an updated BIOS, but its really cheap and delivers respectable gaming performance

 

[Ultiweap]

Ok will try to find one on ebay... Found some good card but will take a little more time of reflection before buying.

 

[Ultiweap]

Hey...

I have an HP Compaq dx2300 Microtower but I don't know exactly what mobo I have but I would like to know if someone know what mobo it is?

Also I would like if it support crossfire for me to be able to combine my onboard card with my future new graphic card?

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Then you're limited to getting a mid-range card, since you have only a 250W PSU in your PC, and getting a powerful card like the 9600GT will need you to get a new PSU as well. I'm not sure if you'll be able to fit a regular ATX PSU in there, so you'll have to measure the current PSU's dimensions and see if you can get a new PSU with the same or smaller dimensions. For the 9600GT\GSO or the 8800GT, you'd need a PSU with at least 26A on the +12V rails combined.

And no, Crossfire doesn't work with an onboard video chip, besides the fact that your motherboard doesn't support Crossfire at all.

 

[Ultiweap]

Ah ok...

Thats bad very bad... I will check for the PSU because I need a good card graphic to my play my game as this onboard one did not have Vertex Shader and Transform & Lightning that most game need.

One more thing that is annoying me, I had Vista two days before but when I tried to put XP by booting only XP booted I tried to use Vista Boot pro 3.3 to make the two booting but got a problem and also Vista booted and XP got problem when I tried to open. Now I have XP only and I would like to know if I put Vista now by booting will both boot directly or I will need to do something for it?

Thanks for help in advance

 

[Ultiweap]

Can someone help me with the problem for Vista...

I have XP right now but will like to add Vista on another partition to have both but I would like to know if I will get problem with booting if I do it?

Thanks in advance for any help
Armand

 

[HaMsTeYr]

No, you won't get any problems with that. Dual booting is a normal solution

 

[Ultiweap]

Thanks.... Because I did the reverse process before(Vista before then install XP) and I got a lot of problem with it.

Now I can install it normally.

 

[xz12058]

I can't understand the suggestion on 4th floor.
on my opinion,8500GT and 8400GS is just a trash.it's not a good idea to buy them
so why not choose 9600GT or HD3850? If you can afford more ,HD4850 would be a
better choice

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

What are you talking about? Did you post in the wrong thread?