Buying for the first time...

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I'm planning to build a pc for the first time and i'm not really sure what to look for in a Graphics card and where to start. I live in Australia and if anoyone could give me any useful Aussie site(s) a would greatly appreciate it!
 
My Cpu will be AMD Athlon64 Dual-Core and i plan to get at least 1 Gig RAM i'm not sure about the moBo yet tho. I'm looking for a graphics card in AGP.
 
You should be looking at pci-e for a new build, especially since you on s939.

What is you budget
 
well thats not a bad budget, you should be able to pick up a 6800gt and have a fit of change. Which is a good card
 
Or if you get a SLI mobo you could SLI 2 6600's.
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2 standard 6600's probably wouldnt even compare to a single 6800 GT. It ould be a waste of time and money, stick with the one top end card, go with either the nVidia GeForce 6800GT or the ATI X850 and you'll have a stunning setup. Just make sure you dont skimp on the RAM, haveing 1Gb is all good but mke sure its low latency.

Alos, are you planning to overclock your new system??
 
dragon2309 said:
2 standard 6600's probably wouldnt even compare to a single 6800 GT. It ould be a waste of time and money, stick with the one top end card, go with either the nVidia GeForce 6800GT or the ATI X850 and you'll have a stunning setup. Just make sure you dont skimp on the RAM, haveing 1Gb is all good but mke sure its low latency.

Alos, are you planning to overclock your new system??
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tre true :) i bought a sli mobo 2.. and wanted to buy 2 6600gt's,.. but 1 6800gt was just as ast. now i still have the 2nd slot free for upgrading :)
 
If you took two standard 6800's then you might have a bit better performance but for the massive leap in cost it really isnt worth it.
 
skidude said:
Are you serious that a 6800 would perform better than 2 6600's!!!! I never knew that!!
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no, 1 6800gt has the same performance as 2 6600gt's ;)

and SLI isnt overrated. it is the way of getting the best grafics at the moment :D
 
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