Graphics Cards related queries here.

Cilus

Cilus

laborare est orare
mr.csk said:
Hi

iam currently having a core 2duo machine(3 years old) and planning to buy a laptop and planning to use my desktop as a part of the home theatre system. Wish to connect my 42inch LCD to the CPU so that i can watch movies in HD. I had a 8800GT OC edition and it got burnt out 3 months back coz of excessive gaming :)...
Can you please suggest the BEST but CHEAPEST G.card i can buy for that purpose? No gaming, only watching HD movies on tv
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In most of the cases frying Graphics card occurs due to the poor PSU. Mention the exact model of the processor (Like Core2Duo e7200) and the PSU or SMPS so that we can suggest you the appropriate Gfx card.

For only HD Movies, HD 6450 or GT 520 is okay and available around 2.5K. But I'll recommend you to get a HD 5670 512 MB GDDR5 version as it can handle more tweaks like Upscaling, noise reduction, Interlaced to Progressive conversion which can increase the output video quality dramatically.
 
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sarosh

Journeyman
Hello,
I am posting here after a very long time. I have been using my Zotac 9600GT for quite a while, but not much for gaming. Recently I have purchased a dell 21.5 inch monitor with a native resolution of 1920x1080. I still use the old Acer 19 inch monitor as a secondary monitor. So currently I am running a dual monitor setup on the 9600GT and everything is fine.

However, after having this new display from Dell, I am once again getting tempted to upgrade my graphics card and get some gaming done. I will mostly play older games which I had 'downloaded' earlier but didn't play.

So I guess my question is, is there any card I can buy for around Rs.6000/- or Rs.7000/- that will allow me to game at the resolution of 1920X1080 with the AA and AF maxed out. I will most likely play older games like Crysis, Terminator Salvation, James Bond-(forgot the rest), etc.

Or in other words, is there a card I can buy for a max budget of Rs.7000/- and what kind of performance will that card give me when I play Crysis at 1920 with AA and AF enabled and maybe maxed out. Surprisingly, the Zotac 9600gt is offering me 16, 20fps on crysis at medium settings at 1920 resolution, so it is playable, but I'm tempted to upgrade the card and max the settings to enjoy the new monitor.

My Cpu: Intel E6550 @ 2.33GHz
Ram: 4GB (3.24 usable)
Motherboard: Intel DP35DP
 
Tenida

Tenida

Gadget Freak
For 7k budget, I think Gigabyte HD7750 1Gb DDR5 will be the best option.
Check this review
You will get over 30 fps in cryris and other old games in medium setting.
Amd Hd7750 is equivalent to 6770 and its based on newer architecture and further driver support will give greater performance than older gen gfx card.
*www.smcinternational.in/index.php?...ategory_id=33&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=91
 
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sarosh

Journeyman
Hi,
Thanks for that link, but it seems that the card is not as powerful. Maybe I'll wait a while and buy a card that will allow me to game at 1920 with AA and AF turned on. Because I game for the graphics only, not so much the game.

Just wanted to ask, what's this deal about the bit interface? I remember when I was buying the Nvidia 6600GT everyone was making a big deal of the bit interface, everyone was warning me to stay away from 128bit interface, only buy a 256bit interface card.My current 9600GT is a 256bit interface, but the link you sent me has a 128bit interface.

So are the cards going back a step from 256bit to 128bit, or was that bit interface just hype?
 
damngoodman999

damngoodman999

damnbadman666
@ Sarosh

Go for HD 7750 its a good card for that price . As for 128 bit its a memory bandwidth the speed makes little difference from 256 " NOT BIG DIFFERENCE " also u get lot of performance for the price
 
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sarosh

Journeyman
Just a last request, could you please paste the equivalent link of the card on ebay.in
If I am not mistaken, that same card is listed on ebay for about 10K?

I signed up on SMC, made a profile, placed an order, but then they say they will only accept bank transfer or direct deposit from Kotak Mahindra. I send them an email and they said they will reply in 2 days.

Just as a last request, if you (or anyone else) could post the link for the card on ebay that would be great. Im looking for the best card I can buy in the budge of 6k to 7k.
 
coderunknown

coderunknown

Retired Forum Mod
sarosh said:
Just a last request, could you please paste the equivalent link of the card on ebay.in
If I am not mistaken, that same card is listed on ebay for about 10K?

I signed up on SMC, made a profile, placed an order, but then they say they will only accept bank transfer or direct deposit from Kotak Mahindra. I send them an email and they said they will reply in 2 days.

Just as a last request, if you (or anyone else) could post the link for the card on ebay that would be great. Im looking for the best card I can buy in the budge of 6k to 7k.
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SMC offers discount as well as free shipping. so it'll cost you less than ebay.

sarosh said:
Just wanted to ask, what's this deal about the bit interface? I remember when I was buying the Nvidia 6600GT everyone was making a big deal of the bit interface, everyone was warning me to stay away from 128bit interface, only buy a 256bit interface card.My current 9600GT is a 256bit interface, but the link you sent me has a 128bit interface.

So are the cards going back a step from 256bit to 128bit, or was that bit interface just hype?
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6600GT uses DDR memory maybe which were slow. read low clock rate. so a 256bit or whatever it uses was really helpful. with GDDR5 (on HD7XXX series), the clock speed is high so theoretical bandwidth is high too on a lower bus width. hence 128bit bus is enough. 256bit bus will raise the bandwidth even higher but the GPU doesn't require or say can't use so much bandwidth.

9600GT uses GDDR3 ram which was slow.
 
Mr. Officer

Mr. Officer

Rookie
I'm trying to build my gaming rig [full HD] in stages - as of now I cant afford to change proc+mobo+gpu BUT can invest 7.5k to 8K. I was wondering if I can get a Full HD monitor and in the next 4-6 months upgrade other components ?

Can my current MSI R6670-MD1GD5/components handle games at 1920*1080p [even if its on low settings] my system can handle almost any game at 1440*900 mid - high settings with decent frame rates.

**please refer to my sig for my present config**
 
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Jaskanwar Singh

Jaskanwar Singh

Aspiring Novelist
Tenida said:
Hd6850>Gtx460 768Mb>>HD7770>HD6790>GTX550Ti>HD7750>HD6770

But still there's not much difference between Gtx550ti and HD6790 in gaming
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:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:
GTX460 are now EOL. you wont find them in stores probably. theres GTX560 1GB now.

hardware canucks is very good review site.
AMD Radeon HD 7770 & HD 7750 Review

difference between 6790 and 550ti varies between 2-8 fps.
and in few cases 7770 just touches 6850.
 
koolent

koolent

Youngling
Hey, wanted to ask something..


WHAT IS THE LAUNCH DATE OF MSI R6770 TWIN FROZR II/OC ?

I AM NOT GETTING IT AROUND ANYWHERE, IS IT PRETTY OLD OR PRETTY NEW SO SHOULD I WAIT OR JUST MOVE ON ?
 
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