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John Eisner - 22 Aug 2004 18:06 GMT

Can someone give me a non-biased answer to what the best video card could be for
a:

Vpr Matrix Model 2000
P4 / 2.0GHZ
1GB DDR SDRAM

Now considering everything involved, power issues, slightly older CPU, so forth
what is the best card for my buck?

GeForce 6800 GT?
ATI Radeon X800 Pro?

I would like an honest opinion from someone who has no biased towards Nvidia or
ATI.

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Brett - 22 Aug 2004 18:16 GMT

The processor could be a bottle neck for either of those cards. If you have
no further upgrade plans then perhaps a 6800 non ultra or even a 9800pro on
the cheap may give you just as much performance as a more expensive card.

If you've got your mind set on one of the cards you listed , then its
pretty widely believed that the 6800GT is a bit quicker than the X800pro.

B.

> Can someone give me a non-biased answer to what the best video card could
> be for
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> Nvidia or
> ATI.

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John Eisner - 22 Aug 2004 18:34 GMT

Hmm, thanks. This seems like what I want to do then.

I'm not planning on upgrading this computer ever again. I'm going to purchase a
new system in 2-3 years but plan on using this one until that time. So thanks
for the info.

I have to be realistic so I'll be going with your suggestion of a 6800
non-ultra.

There is nothing though from me overclocking this slightly, right? My computer
wouldn't be a bottleneck for that? Sorry, not very well versed on the
overclocking.

> The processor could be a bottle neck for either of those cards. If you have
> no further upgrade plans then perhaps a 6800 non ultra or even a 9800pro on
> the cheap may give you just as much performance as a more expensive card.
>
> If you've got your mind set on one of the cards you listed , then its
> pretty widely believed that the 6800GT is a bit quicker than the X800pro.

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Nada - 23 Aug 2004 10:07 GMT

> Can someone give me a non-biased answer to what the best video card could be for
> a:
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>
> I would like an honest opinion from someone who has no biased towards Nvidia > or ATI.

What's your monitor like? If it's less than 19", I wouldn't get
either of those cards, because they're strong enough to wrestle with
the "Incredible HULK" 2000 inch plasma screens with very high
resolutions. If 6600GT gets into your local store in one of these
weeks, I'd get that (whether there would be an AGP version).

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radmanaustin - 27 Apr 2007 20:37 GMT

Don't know if you will get this but I could use some help. I have the same
computer you do (had), VPR Matrix. Its been a sweet computer and is still
running strong as our second home computer. I just bought a 6800 vanilla
Apollo 128 graphic card as an upgrade. The card is really having a lot of
trouble playing games like Half Life 2 or Oblivion. Crashes, reboots,
artifacts. The desktop and low resource games run fine. What's the deal?
Did you get the 6800 and did it run on your computer? If you had problems
were you able to work around them? I'm hoping that is is not a compatibility
problem with Intel motherboard. Thanks for any help you can provide.

Radmanaustin

>Can someone give me a non-biased answer to what the best video card could be for
>a:
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>I would like an honest opinion from someone who has no biased towards Nvidia or
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radmanaustin - 30 Apr 2007 14:27 GMT

Never mind. I took the card out and dusted it off. BIG cloud of dust. Don't
know if this had anything to do with it but when I reinserted the card it
never looked back. Everything worked great. Even unlocked the extra pipelines.
I think that GPU cards are very touchy. There are a lot of pins to connect.
Even a small misalignment can cause problems. Also noted less lag in the
computer. Think the card is helping out the CPU. Nice upgrade for
$41+shipping from E-bay.

Regards,

Radman

>Don't know if you will get this but I could use some help. I have the same
>computer you do (had), VPR Matrix. Its been a sweet computer and is still
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>>I would like an honest opinion from someone who has no biased towards Nvidia or
>>ATI.

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