Which card to chose?

Lixen666 · 05-12-2005, 10:37 PM

I want to make a budget gaming PC and am not sure which card would suit best. Or is none appropriate?

1) Sparkle GeForce 6600 SP-PX34DT
(PCIE - 256 DDR)

2) Asus Radeon 9600 XT/TD
(AGP - 128DDR 128bits - SVHS - Composite - DVI)

3) HIS Excalibur 9550 Turbo 256MB/128Bits
(AGP VGA, TV-Out and DVI-I supported)

Thanks in advance :p

~Lixen

ReverseFluxx · 05-12-2005, 10:46 PM

Well, out of those two, the 6600 would be better, however, I would spend a little bit more and get a 6600GT, which has great performance at a midrange-card's price.

4W4K3 · 05-12-2005, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReverseFluxx

Well, out of those two, the 6600 would be better, however, I would spend a little bit more and get a 6600GT, which has great performance at a midrange-card's price.

ditto

6600GT should be like $170 now i believe.

ripken2004 · 05-12-2005, 10:57 PM

its even down to 160 at newegg, and get the gt, not the regular

Lixen666 · 05-12-2005, 11:23 PM

So this one will do the trick?

Sparkle GeForce 6600 GT SP-PX43GDH
(PCIE - 128ddr3 - DVI - HDTV)

How smooth will I be able to run... lets say HL2 with it?

~Lixen

nevinenigma · 05-12-2005, 11:27 PM

quite smooth on high settings(but not AA and AF at the highest)(as long as the rest of your system specs are on par)

Lixen666 · 05-12-2005, 11:39 PM

I am not really familiar with "AA" and "AF", what does it stand for?
And the rest of the specs is posted in this thread: Trying to puzzle a computer together.

~Lixen

ReverseFluxx · 05-12-2005, 11:44 PM

I can run my 6600GT at everything highest, highest AA (anti-aliasing), and highest AF, which both smooth out the models. HL2 runs nice and smooth with these settings.

nevinenigma · 05-12-2005, 11:51 PM

AA=Anti-aliasing(may of heard about it in photoshop or other graphic designing). Basically it makes edges look smoother as apposed to jagged. However if using a higher resolution it isn't really necassary. AF=Anisotropic Filtering which basically makes textures sharper, without it textures lose quality(blur) as they get further away from the camera(camera being you in the game).

05-12-2005, 10:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lixen666 New Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Belgium Age: 22 Posts: 9	Which card to chose? I want to make a budget gaming PC and am not sure which card would suit best. Or is none appropriate? 1) Sparkle GeForce 6600 SP-PX34DT (PCIE - 256 DDR) 2) Asus Radeon 9600 XT/TD (AGP - 128DDR 128bits - SVHS - Composite - DVI) 3) HIS Excalibur 9550 Turbo 256MB/128Bits (AGP VGA, TV-Out and DVI-I supported) Thanks in advance :p ~Lixen Last edited by Lixen666; 05-12-2005 at 10:41 PM.

05-12-2005, 10:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
ReverseFluxx Silver Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Nebraska Age: 20 Posts: 125	Well, out of those two, the 6600 would be better, however, I would spend a little bit more and get a 6600GT, which has great performance at a midrange-card's price. __________________ Gaming: Athlon64 3500+, 1024MB RAM, PCI-e 6600GT, 200+400GB HDD, 19" LCD + 19" flat CRT, Windows XP Pro Test Server: PIII 450Mhz, 320MB RAM, TNT2 32MB, 12+10+8GB HDD, Windows 2000 Pro Notebook: Turion64 ML-40, 1024MB RAM, ATI XPRESS 200M, 100GB HDD, 17" WXGA, Fedora Core 5 64-bit, Windows XP Pro

05-12-2005, 11:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
nevinenigma Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 119	quite smooth on high settings(but not AA and AF at the highest)(as long as the rest of your system specs are on par) __________________ Athlon 64 2800+ 1024mb pc3200 80gb 7200rpm Asus k8n XFX 6600GT

05-12-2005, 11:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
ReverseFluxx Silver Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Nebraska Age: 20 Posts: 125	I can run my 6600GT at everything highest, highest AA (anti-aliasing), and highest AF, which both smooth out the models. HL2 runs nice and smooth with these settings. __________________ Gaming: Athlon64 3500+, 1024MB RAM, PCI-e 6600GT, 200+400GB HDD, 19" LCD + 19" flat CRT, Windows XP Pro Test Server: PIII 450Mhz, 320MB RAM, TNT2 32MB, 12+10+8GB HDD, Windows 2000 Pro Notebook: Turion64 ML-40, 1024MB RAM, ATI XPRESS 200M, 100GB HDD, 17" WXGA, Fedora Core 5 64-bit, Windows XP Pro

05-12-2005, 11:51 PM	#9 (permalink)
nevinenigma Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 119	AA=Anti-aliasing(may of heard about it in photoshop or other graphic designing). Basically it makes edges look smoother as apposed to jagged. However if using a higher resolution it isn't really necassary. AF=Anisotropic Filtering which basically makes textures sharper, without it textures lose quality(blur) as they get further away from the camera(camera being you in the game). __________________ Athlon 64 2800+ 1024mb pc3200 80gb 7200rpm Asus k8n XFX 6600GT

05-12-2005, 10:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
ripken2004 Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 534	its even down to 160 at newegg, and get the gt, not the regular

05-12-2005, 11:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Lixen666 New Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Belgium Age: 22 Posts: 9	So this one will do the trick? Sparkle GeForce 6600 GT SP-PX43GDH (PCIE - 128ddr3 - DVI - HDTV) How smooth will I be able to run... lets say HL2 with it? ~Lixen

05-12-2005, 11:39 PM	#7 (permalink)
Lixen666 New Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Belgium Age: 22 Posts: 9	I am not really familiar with "AA" and "AF", what does it stand for? And the rest of the specs is posted in this thread: Trying to puzzle a computer together. ~Lixen

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