Buying a Video Card ?

MIGMaster · March 19, 2013, 09:26:36 AM

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TheCommandTent · March 19, 2013, 06:40:16 PM

Quote from: MIGMaster on March 19, 2013, 09:26:36 AM
If you are you should check out this site for excellent information :

http://gpuboss.com/

Thanks for the link.

MIGMaster · March 20, 2013, 06:56:50 AM

There is also a http://cpuboss.com/ for those interested in more geekiness.....

GDS_Starfury · March 22, 2013, 12:08:13 AM

I just cant go intel. for me its like buying apple products. ick

MIGMaster · March 22, 2013, 06:45:18 AM

You're preaching to the choir here, Brother ! I haven't used an iNtel chip since 1994. Supposedly the i5 core is the best bang per buck for gaming, but I'll be sticking with AMD....

Bison · March 22, 2013, 10:06:05 AM

I actually tested out the last generation Intel HD4000 on a macbook before I exchanged that macbook. It handled what I threw at it surprisingly well. I played CMBN, Borderlands 2, and L4D2 without an issue. Maybe not the most graphic intensive games out there but it certainly proves that integrated chips have come a long way.

GDS_Starfury · March 23, 2013, 04:21:43 PM

either way your going to be good to go. it was when I started building my own pc's that I found the AMD/Asus/Ati/Corsair/Antec combo to work best. lower heat, lower energy, lower cost and easier maintence. now that AMD owns ATI I feel that theres also a better vertical intergration as well.

bob48 · March 23, 2013, 05:28:05 PM

This is interesting because I've always gone nVidia, but I now have an AMD 6670 HD, and so far, I've not been that impressed with it. Mind you, I have not tried any over-clocking yet, so its running on the defaul settings. I was thinking of going back to nVidia, but have not really checked out the models that I can bung in and that (a) don't need a bigger PSU, and (b) are within my price range.

Its possible that I may get better performance out of the 6670 if I tinkered with the settings, but I'm not that confident in my abilities in that respect.

Bison · March 23, 2013, 06:38:35 PM

I'd been an AMD/ATI guy for a long time, but I recently switch over to intel/nvidia and I'm just as happy with the performance. I think the differences in performance between equal tiers of nvidai/ati gpu over blown. A fps one way or the other depending on the game.

bob48 · March 23, 2013, 06:44:29 PM

Yeah, Bison. I suspect that you are correct. Maybe with very high-end systems (which mine aint) and top-flight GPU's there is a noticable difference in perfomance.