My Specs

[THE_MASK]

Just get the cheapest 1 gig video card you can find .

[Méo]

Got a GeForce 9800 GT 512 Mo

The problem is my E5200 @ 2.50GHz

Plan to change my rig, but i hesitate between the official release or wait until the community release some Amazing/Awesome supermod.

Will i be able to wait... Should i...

[selfhighfi]

No worries for me just did a major upgrade.

Coolermaster HAF 932 Full Tower
750 watt psu
2x WD Raptor 300 gb in raid 0
core i7 920
Asus X58 rampage 2
6 Gigs Kingston DDR3@ 2000mhz
300 worth of water cooling equipment from www.dangerden.com
And my brand new XFX 5870 XXX Edition checked newegg everyday since octber till my purchase on black friday even when they charged my card thought it was to good to be true.

[JU_88]

Originally Posted by sober

Just get the cheapest 1 gig video card you can find .

Gotta be very careful with this.
Always better to get a Faster GPU with 512mb than a crappy GPU with 1GB
for instance;

A 9800GT with 512MB
is gonna be MUCH better than
a 9500GT with 1GB (its probably 1GB of slower DDR2 anyway)
The latter is like buying a Mercades with a smart car engine under the hood.

The price difference will make it obvious which is the better card.
The golden rule of buying a new Video card is: GPU comes first, memory second, (Always)
If it sounds too good to be true, its because it is.
Dont be fooled.

[Lord Justice]

Originally Posted by JU_88

Gotta be very careful with this.
Always better to get a Faster GPU with 512mb than a crappy GPU with 1GB





The golden rule of buying a new Video card is: GPU comes first, memory second, (Always)
If it sounds too good to be true, its because it is.
Dont be fooled.

agree with the faster core clock speeds of gpu, and affordable stream procsessing, yes VIDEO memory second, but also what one uses it for and what other harware installed, if running very old and slow lower frequency ram and cpu then there be a limited bottleneck to usage of fast card, and its type of application. even on the basis of video card absorbing some of the data transfer.

[Lord Justice]

As this thread is for sh5 new comming sim, and amongst all the panic iam sure i can possibly get away with posting this message here and not on the hardware forum, perhaps will do soon, rather see good parts go to good commanders. ok this applies to (uk commanders only )as shipping overseas may be expensive. Iam building a new rig (pc) for myself and sh5 at the moment, exspensive but future proof, therefor i have spare existing used parts, all very good order with original reciepts from overclockers, only 1 year old. except corsair ram only 3 months old. rather than selling all individual on ebay, may sell as job lot to one you guys with discount as fellow sub simmers, and to put it bluntly it will contibute toward high end gpu card for me. may sell sepratley.you can check all the prices out for these parts then skim off as these are used then i may discount even more, mad, ok here is what i have for offer fast end ddr2 hardware. (1) Medium spec good quality ASUS p5q motherboard, with discs etc (2) CPU e8400 core 2 duo 3.0ghz, with stock and advanced cpu coolers. (3) 4 gig of 2x2 3month old corsair dominator xms2 1006 mhz ram with not used cooling fan , plus 1 year old 4 gig 2x2 OCZ 800mhz gold edition ram. (4) Video Card sapphire ati 4850 1gb version, disc included. if needed 650 watt corsair psu, not modular. 500 gb western digital sata hard drive with vista home premium oem discs, points to note all parts are used in great working order, between 11months to 13 months old and newer, only ever played 3 games, nothing else and one other important factor to mention never ever overclocked these, all stock speeds, just purchased better cpu coopler 3 months ago as budget case temps were a little high. only thing i can quibble on is the support securing plate on video card is bent as had to fiddle to seat card properly. if anyone intrested i can hold these until mid feb b4 i sell them, as will be wanting my new gpu card for march sh5 release. ps. i will do a very good deal, as these are now spare.

[stabiz]

Originally Posted by JU_88

Gotta be very careful with this.
Always better to get a Faster GPU with 512mb than a crappy GPU with 1GB
for instance;

A 9800GT with 512MB
is gonna be MUCH better than
a 9500GT with 1GB (its probably 1GB of slower DDR2 anyway)
The latter is like buying a Mercades with a smart car engine under the hood.

The price difference will make it obvious which is the better card.
The golden rule of buying a new Video card is: GPU comes first, memory second, (Always)
If it sounds too good to be true, its because it is.
Dont be fooled.

This is very true, there are some awful 1GB cards around.

[Hartmann]

Single core 2400, 2 gb of ram,and ati 2900xt...........

[PL_Andrev]

You need 1GB card if use HD resolution.

[FIREWALL]

This card will kickbutt. And only $ 33.00. Not a missprint.

http://cgi.ebay.com/evga-8800gtx-768...item4cec756777


Thats right !!! $33.00

[Kaleun_Endrass]

Firewall, I wouldn't buy that...

This card has issues - some times it works and most of the time the PC hangs with no video signal.

[JU_88]

Originally Posted by Kaleun_Endrass

Firewall, I wouldn't buy that...

Me niether, its a busted card