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Ang. Re: Nvidia cards?

Ang. Re: Nvidia cards?

2004-04-29       - By Henry Katz

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Demian Zarins wrote:

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> "Cheap" is a relative issue, what you need to do is see what your
> budget is and then ask what the best card for that amount is.
> I would also recommend the nvidia FX Ultra series (5900 or 5950)
> rather than Ti cards though. The 5700 card is very noisy
> so you might want to watch out with that one.

Demian,
Define noise in dB. Louder than the hum of 40mm ball-bearing fans
evacuating several 450W PSes?

Henry

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> The FX 5700 Ultra GDDR3 is cheap, has better features than the GeForce 4
> series and a good performance for the money. But for 200$ you will
> already get a 5900. And maybe in July you will get for the same money
> the 5950. Other GeForce cards below 200$ I would not recommend.
>
> Stefan Andersson wrote:
>
> > Thomas Shaw wrote:
> >
> >> Hello again. I know this gets asked a lot (and I did a search on
> >> Softimage.com also), but... What is a "good" gaming/Softimage video
> card
> >> that is inexpensive?
> >> After several months of frustration with ATI, I am going to replace my
> >> radeon9800 (cry) with one from Nvidia, but I can't afford much to spend
> >> much...
> >>
> >> I don't really need super screaming performance. Is there anything
> >> decent
> >> for under 200$, as cheap as feasible is fine with me.
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot. I was just about to go to EB in frustration and buy
> >> whatever
> >> they had. Lol.
> >>
> >
> > I've used a GeForce4 ti4200 and GeForce3 ti200 cards for a long time,
> > and the work like a charm. Look at http://www.pricewatch.com/ for the
> > cheapest price.
> >
> > best regards
> >
> > /stefan andersson
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Demian Zarins wrote:<br>
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 <font size="2" face="sans-serif">"Cheap" is a relative issue,
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 <font size="2" face="sans-serif">I would also recommend the nvidia FX
Ultra series (5900 or 5950) rather than Ti cards though. The 5700 card
is very noisy</font>
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 <font size="2" face="sans-serif">so you might want to watch out with
that one.</font>
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Demian,<br>
Define noise in dB. Louder than the hum of 40mm ball-bearing fans
evacuating several 450W PSes?<br>
<br>
Henry<br>
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 <font size="2"><tt>The FX 5700 Ultra GDDR3 is cheap, has better
features
than the GeForce 4 <br>
series and a good performance for the money. But for 200$ you will <br>
already get a 5900. And maybe in July you will get for the same money <br>
the 5950. Other GeForce cards below 200$ I would not recommend.<br>
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Stefan Andersson wrote:<br>
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&gt; Thomas Shaw wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Hello again. I know this gets asked a lot (and I did a search
on<br>
&gt;&gt; Softimage.com also), but... What is a "good" gaming/Softimage
video card<br>
&gt;&gt; that is inexpensive?<br>
&gt;&gt; After several months of frustration with ATI, I am going to
replace
my<br>
&gt;&gt; radeon9800 (cry) with one from Nvidia, but I can't afford much
to spend<br>
&gt;&gt; much...<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; I don't really need super screaming performance. Is there
anything
 <br>
&gt;&gt; decent<br>
&gt;&gt; for under 200$, as cheap as feasible is fine with me.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Thanks a lot. I was just about to go to EB in frustration and
buy <br>
&gt;&gt; whatever<br>
&gt;&gt; they had. Lol.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I've used a GeForce4 ti4200 and GeForce3 ti200 cards for a long
time,
 <br>
&gt; and the work like a charm. Look at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href=
"http://www.pricewatch.com/">http://www.pricewatch.com/</a> for
the <br>
&gt; cheapest price.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; best regards<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; /stefan andersson<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
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