Video Card Help Plz...
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I would assume you've got motherboard with PCI-E x16 slot and having a quality PSU with min. 500W
Since you are going to hook it to TV, I suggest you go for ATI card as they support sound through HDMI.
What is your budget for Video card?
I suggest you get min. of 4770/ 4850 < 4870 < 4890. Choose one depends on your budget.
Since you are going to hook it to TV, I suggest you go for ATI card as they support sound through HDMI.
What is your budget for Video card?
I suggest you get min. of 4770/ 4850 < 4870 < 4890. Choose one depends on your budget.
heres my setup so far, my total budget is about $2000 CND
COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - $179.99
XIGMATEK Dark Knight-S1283V 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler - $49.99
CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply - $164.99
Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor - $354.99
CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory - $131.49
Foxconn BloodRage GTI LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - $279.99
Total so far = $1154.44
lol that's the first time I added everything up I have a lot more to go with my budget! Then again, I still have to buy the TV, and I'm also buying bulbs and LEDs to put inside, but I guess I can spend up to say, $500 on a video card.
One last thing. Will text be easily readable this way? I will be doing a lot of programming work on my machine so I need txt to be easily readable.
COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - $179.99
XIGMATEK Dark Knight-S1283V 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler - $49.99
CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply - $164.99
Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor - $354.99
CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory - $131.49
Foxconn BloodRage GTI LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - $279.99
Total so far = $1154.44
lol that's the first time I added everything up I have a lot more to go with my budget! Then again, I still have to buy the TV, and I'm also buying bulbs and LEDs to put inside, but I guess I can spend up to say, $500 on a video card.
One last thing. Will text be easily readable this way? I will be doing a lot of programming work on my machine so I need txt to be easily readable.
Bodaggit23
Active Member
Select one of the top cards, Extreme Gamer, Power User, Multimedia Enthusiast if you want a serious video card.
The GTS 250 in the second column is also good.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/graphics_cards_buy_now.html
Copy and paste the model name (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260) and
paste it into the online retailer of your choice to see how much they
would cost.
The GTS 250 in the second column is also good.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/graphics_cards_buy_now.html
Copy and paste the model name (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260) and
paste it into the online retailer of your choice to see how much they
would cost.
CardboardSword
New Member
I'd recommend with your budget, either the 4890, or a 4870 X2 for pure brute power. Either card will perform very well at high resolutions, but the 4870 X2, where it's a dual GPU, will eat most anything in properly supported games.