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Graphic Card Recommendations

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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All you buffs!!

This is the card that has gone tits up in my PC. Now I'm waiting for an answer as to whether it's a FOC replacement or if they'll claim I broke it. Regardless it'll be 30 working days till I get an answer and that's a lifetime away!!

So any recommendations as a replacement. Something with the same specs and price range. Silent if possible. I know Asus do a silent 512Mb card.

:D

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The DX10 compatible 8600 will be out soon. :)

    eta: Today, infact
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    Go for an Nvidia item, 7900 series if you want tbh.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Prices for the 8600 a bit higher than I was looking at. £150+
    Plus the 8600 is only 256Mb card. My x1600 is 512mb. Does that matter/make a difference?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The higher the MB the greater the amount of textures can be stored (think, higher resolutions require more ram). My card is 256mb at 1680 x 1050 ok. But for the massive monitors like 1960 x whatever yea you probably do need a 512mb card.

    Same card as mine I think: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=544663

    (though mine was £150 when I bought it)

    ATI cards have much better drivers atm, something to bear in mind. Nvidia cards reporting issues with Vista and a lot of new games. Though that's only going to temporary, but they've just spent all their time developing the new cards to get ahead of ATI.

    x1650 512mb:

    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=484552

    Oh silent...
    256mb http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=470935
    512mb http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=470936 ?

    eta: this one is mine http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=481911
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ShyBoy wrote: »
    512mb http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=470936


    Was looking at the 7600 and think this is the one I'll plump for.

    Has to be silent as PC sits in the bedroom and on 24/7 sucking the life out of the internet. :)

    Plus when I'm playing games / programming at night the missus needs her shuteye.

    Although me shouting "For fecks sake" as I get gutted by a horde of Orcs tends to disrupt that.

    Cheers
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I just normally tend to rip the stock vga cooler on and put an artic cooling silencer on hehe
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Nvidia! Always supported for everything.. almost
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I have a tasty 7950GT, but one thing it is not is silent.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Maybe, this (http://www.smartratings.com/search/7600/item/Search) will help you pick the best one based on your requirements. There is a compilation of expert and user reviews for every product that is listed. Good luck.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ok. So my GeForce 7600 GS arrived and all plugged in. Drivers installed and all would appear to be working fine. Almost.

    Whenever I play an AVI (Divx) it's very dark. See Screenshot. The rest of the screen seems to be ok. Just the actual window playing the file.

    Any clues/help?

    I have installed the latest video driver but no change.

    I have uninstalled DivX and reinstalled with no joy.

    :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Actually scrap that. Got it working. Me in all my haste downloaded the wrong flipping driver.

    :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    NinjaMaster wrote: »
    Was looking at the 7600 and think this is the one I'll plump for.

    7600gt is a nice card, I've got one, it's not too noisy, and it runs most things at the moment.

    cant run supreme commander, but I think that's my processors fault! (the only thing i've not upgraded in 4 yrs)

    edit: ooh, I see you got one, ignore me! :)
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