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Expert: Chris Morrison Date: 7/11/2008 Subject: graphic card
Question QUESTION: hello,sir.
Please tell me which graphic card is the right one for my pc.
My budget is around 125$.
I would use my computer for CAD,some games like NFS prostreet.
My current configuration is:
*ASUS m2n mx motherboard with onboard Geforce 6100 nforce 430,which
(almost)doesn't support my above said needs.
*processor:AMD 64 X2 3800+
*smps power:450W
Motherboard has the following slots:
*PCIe express x16 -1
*PCIe express x1 -1
*PCI -2
QUESTION: chaintech.is it a good company?
how about XFX?
could you please tell me any card in the XFX range which,has the same
capabilities as i said before?
thankyou very much for the quick reply..
ANSWER: chaintech is a generic company. Their products are hit or miss. Some perform very well, others are a waist of money.
XFX is a higher end company focused on gaming, but their cards should work very nicely for what you want.
This is their 1 gig memory card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150285
The core clock and the memory clock are a little slower than the 512 meg version and it's running DDR2 memory where the 512 version is using ddr3 memory. It will still work nicely for you.
Either of these cards will crush the onboard one you had. I am running an 7800 GT and it runs anything I can throw at it.
The 1 gig card you sacrifice a little speed for more memory, the 512 you sacrifice memory for speed. Either one work work great for what you want. If your not sure check your cad program and see how much video memory they recommend. As far as NFS prostreet, wither of these cards should meet the requirements nicely. If you don't need 1 gig of video memory go with the 512 for the speed.
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QUESTION: Ok.
Which one is better? the one you have shown here is the 8600 GTS right?
What about the 8600GT xxx version that you showed me the last time?
i think it is a bit more cheaper and has 256MB of memory.
But which is faster?
I'm ready to spend the 99.99$.
But i'm in INDIA-(asia),so will i be able to ship it to here?
Because the site"newegg.com" does'nt show any indian states.
Do you know any other reliable site through which i can place a deal?
Answer Since you will be using CAD I would go for the 512 megs of RAM on the card.
I can't seem to find anyone here in america that will ship to india. I did look on ebay india, and there are quite a few Nvidia 8600GT 512 meg cards there. The price in US dollars was about 14 dollars more but included free shipping. http://search.ebay.in/nvidia-8600gt_W0QQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypage...
