video card

[paul hab]

hi all. I would like to upgrade my video card on my dell computer. any suggestions? hopefully to help with my frame rates. thanks paul:D

[BNSF4723]

Any PCI-Express video card will do fine. Something like this Radeon 3850 should do more than enough:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161215

However if you need to keep it around/under $100, this is your best bet:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130085

[paul hab]

Thank you for your reply BNSF4723. I will order that radeon card in a few weeks. thanks again Paul:D

[trainrcool]

ok i have geforce 8800gt card and i was looking at upgrading it to an 9800gtx2 i think. my pc has IPIBL-LB motherbored.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01324212&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3648276

would the 9800gtx2 fit in my pc?

[bnsf1959]

ok i have geforce 8800gt card and i was looking at upgrading it to an 9800gtx2 i think. my pc has IPIBL-LB motherbored.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01324212&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3648276

would the 9800gtx2 fit in my pc?

I don't see why not? It should have room for it in your case. Just make sure your power supply is big enough to supply the juice. ;)

[trainrcool]

well i got a 500 watt suppy. i just open the case few mins ago and i don't think i can fit the gtx2 in there. the 8800gt is same long size as the motherbord. i'm going to buy the 8800gts and see if it will fit. i think it the same size as 8800gt but dual slot wide.

[BNSF4723]

I'd personally go for the 4870X2 myself, but I guess that's personal opinion.

[Curious142]

I'd personally go for the 4870X2 myself, but I guess that's personal opinion.

That's great, but at $560 (Sapphire at Newegg) that might stretch some people's budgets a little bit. But, to each his own.

CB

[djt1]

That's great, but at $560 (Sapphire at Newegg)


I just picked up a Diamond 4870X2 from Newegg for my second gaming machine. If you have games/sims that can take advantage multi-GPU it might be worth it but with CPU bound applications it’s not going to perform any better than a single high end GPU. The 4870X2’s performance is totally dependent on the drivers. In other words if the game isn’t supported in the driver forget it.

I have more than a few games that will take advantage of two GPU’s but as far as my sims go, I don’t expect the 4870X2 to perform any better than my Nvidia GTX 280.


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