Question About Comparing Video Cards

PohTayToez

PohTayToez

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What should I look for in a video card? Before, I have only looked at the memory size, but now I am starting to wonder what effect the other specs have, namely memory interface, memory type, memory clock, core clock, RAMDAC, and PixelPipelines.

Currently, I have this card, only about a month old:
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814141028

And I was wondering if it would be worth it to upgrade to something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814195036
(I realise it is recertified... I couldn't find the original item)

Anyway, any help would be appreciated. What is the best video card for under $100? I like to stay around the $60 range, ideally. I'd use it for light gaming (I don't mind turning settings down if I have too), and most internet and school work.
 
Fine :P

The best thing to look for in video cards in actual performance. Memory size means nothing. Any card can be crammed full of RAM, but be much weaker than previous generation cards.

Sites like GPUreview give you a good idea of the different specs on the card. You can get a pretty good idea of a card's performace by it's fill rates and what not. But still, benchmarks in games are the best indication of their power.

Eh...that's a bit for you. Check out gpureview some more, they have tons of definitions and all there.
 
PohTayToez said:
I could not find any answers to the questions that I have there...
Click to expand...

The-Other-One's link to that site answers all your questions:confused:

Did you click on the internal links on the specs for the explanation regarding your questions?
 
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=376&card2=103

here are the two cards reviewed, yes the ati x700 is better, but not by a substantial lot. I myself am upgrading my geforce fx 5200 which really sucks, to a ati x800xl which is like 3 times better, and it will play all games on meduim if not high. If i was you i would try to get something a little better, as the x700 is going to become too oudated as it just isn't powerfull enough. I would suggest looking at used website and classified ads cause you can find you graphics cards cheap there, i got my x800xl for $90. But it is your choice. just ask another quesiton if u need an answer
 
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