ComputerForum.com ComputerForum.com  

Go Back   Computer Forum > Computer Hardware > Video Cards and Monitors

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Old 01-25-2008, 05:47 AM   #1 (permalink)
Bronze Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 25
Default video card for graphics/rendering

Hi, I'm a first time poster here and will be buying a desktop in a month or two and I'm looking for advice on what video card to get. I will be doing a lot of graphics work with Photoshop and Illustrator as well as 3D modeling and rendering. I also tend to do a lot of multitasking. My budget is about $1000 for the entire desktop and I prefer to not be an energy guzzler if I can help it (I'd like to keep my power supply around the 350 watt mark if possible).

Most of the recommendations are based on gaming rather than graphics work and I just have no idea what cards to consider beyond knowing that I want more than an integrated card.

what do you all think?
ecory is offline   Reply With Quote


Old 01-25-2008, 05:59 AM   #2 (permalink)
Silver Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 128
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by ecory View Post
Hi, I'm a first time poster here and will be buying a desktop in a month or two and I'm looking for advice on what video card to get. I will be doing a lot of graphics work with Photoshop and Illustrator as well as 3D modeling and rendering. I also tend to do a lot of multitasking. My budget is about $1000 for the entire desktop and I prefer to not be an energy guzzler if I can help it (I'd like to keep my power supply around the 350 watt mark if possible).

Most of the recommendations are based on gaming rather than graphics work and I just have no idea what cards to consider beyond knowing that I want more than an integrated card.

what do you all think?
radeon hd 3850
littlenlnga is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-25-2008, 01:36 PM   #3 (permalink)
Bronze Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 25
Default

thanks for the reply. Why the radeon hd 3850?
ecory is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-25-2008, 02:22 PM   #4 (permalink)
Platinum Member
 
jimkonow's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chatham, New York
Age: 18
Posts: 963
Default

well, the 3850 isnt exactly a workstation card.
youre definitely gonna have to up your power to around 500w to have a stable system and a workstation card running...sorry to be the one to tell you.
lemmie put a system together for you....im assuming you live in the US?
__________________
E4500 @ 2.2GHz
Gigabyte P35-DS3L
2048MB OCZ DDR2-800
80GB Excelstor SATA 3.0
MSI HD2600XT (256MB GDDR4)
NEC DVD-R-DL


above for sale.....450 shipped.
vista ultimate 32 bit or windows xp home for an OS.
jimkonow is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-25-2008, 05:04 PM   #5 (permalink)
Bronze Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 25
Default

yes, I live in the US. Thanks
ecory is offline   Reply With Quote


Old 01-28-2008, 05:34 AM   #6 (permalink)
Bronze Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 25
Default

Any other recommendations?
ecory is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-03-2008, 06:12 AM   #7 (permalink)
Bronze Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 25
Default

bump...
ecory is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-03-2008, 06:33 AM   #8 (permalink)
VIP Member
 
hermeslyre's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Portland, Oregon
Age: 19
Posts: 4,973
Default

The 8800gt, on par with the $400-500 8800gtx, would be great. It's not a workstation card, but it's damn powerful, and for $240, I don't know that you could get a CAD card that compares. More good news; it only requires a 400w, +12v@26 amperes.

The 512mb of VRAM it sports should help tons.
hermeslyre is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-06-2008, 06:37 PM   #9 (permalink)
Bronze Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 25
Default

Thanks hermeslyre, I'll look at the 8800gt. It's good to have a starting point. There are so many different cards out there it's a bit overwhelming.
ecory is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Installed Radeon 9250 Video Card and get "Please check signal cable" error. EightBallz Video Cards and Monitors 2 12-19-2006 01:06 PM
Video Card 101 Clarification The Duke Video Cards and Monitors 3 10-26-2006 07:25 PM
Video Card 101 Praetor Video Cards and Monitors 15 02-26-2006 02:03 PM
video card purchase RayWheels Video Cards and Monitors 3 11-02-2005 03:43 AM
This a good Video Card. YaDeadNinja Video Cards and Monitors 4 07-12-2005 04:30 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 02:27 PM.


Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.8.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
SEO by vBSEO 3.3.0 ©2009, Crawlability, Inc.
Copyright © 2002-2009 Computer Forum - TechZine - Web Design Forum