| Re: Suggestion on a ATI Radeon X graphics card? [message #310562 is a reply to message #310514] |
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Chuck Norris
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Your system RAM type has absolutely nothing to do with what video card you can and can't use.
What's your budget for the card? What CPU and RAM amount do you have? What's the specs on this new PSU (rating of +12V rail and wattage)? The answers will help wonders.
As a general answer, an X1650XT should be the minimum IMO, but I'd personally go higher (and with nVidia, but will recommend ATi if it's what you want, and would thus suggest an X19xx class card).| luv2pb wrote on Sun, 13 January 2008 11:35 |
Also, I don't think ATI used DDR3 yet. One of many reasons their cards just can't compete any more.
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They have. nVidia first used GDDR3 on an FX 5700 card, and ATi, probably on the X800 class cards or maybe the later 9800XTs, I don't know. I do know they've used it. I think ATi was even the first to use GDDR4. The reason ATi isn't competing this generation is a combination of lack of performance and showing up REAL late to the game. They've had to rely on price, but with the 8800GT, even that's hard to do. Luckily, the price on that has gone up above MSRP due to supply and demand, so they have some hope in the lower price market.
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