I'm back with a new PC and a few questions

[Kruger]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

its not an Low End

in Nvidia Terms they call it an Mainstream card
its an good card for people that just want an desktop computer to work with it and play some games that dont ask a lot of system requirements.

then the Nvidia has an Perfomance section.
these are the workhorses. they give the perfomance u need to run games that ask some System requirements

for example the Series Nvidia has are separated in 2 parts
Example the FX series

FX 5100 to 5500 = Mainstream
FX 5600 to 5900 = Performance



I have an Geforce FX5700LE TD 256Mb Performance card and I have it from Start 2005.

in GW 1.1 mod I can run the game with an Average FPS of 30 in port&large convoys 50 Fps in open seas

Hunter Out.....

Hunter...the classification you make here was valid two years ago...but not today, that's for sure. Today, not even a 6600GT is a performance series anymore.

[enaceo]

Originally Posted by Kruger

Hunter...the classification you make here was valid two years ago...but not today, that's for sure. Today, not even a 6600GT is a performance series anymore.

You sure?The 6600GT is at the top of it's series,only a bit behind the 6800.The 7*** cards are taknig charge now but the ol' 6600GT still packs a big punch.

[Kruger]

The 7*** cards are Performance. I know the 6600GT still rocks, I'm using one, but it's a mainstream card.

[Gizzmoe]

Originally Posted by Kruger

The 7*** cards are Performance.

Not all of them. Some cards of that series are slow for todays standards, like some of the 7300 and 7600 cards.

I know the 6600GT still rocks, I'm using one, but it's a mainstream card.

Yep.

[HunterICX]

Its a bit weird what Nvidia is doing

Like how does an customer knows an difference between an Mainstream and an Perfomance
and the shop isnt going to help because most of the time they are lying pricks.
I have an PC that always crashed in the summer...Weird I thought. well NOT! I opened the Case looked at my Fans....holy s***! the shop put them the wrong way. the Case Fan was blowing into the Case while it should blow the hot air inside out of the case. since then my Temperature is Stable and only increase with 15ºc while i,m playing.

but back to Nvidia
Nvidia should mark it on there Series
example:
like 6600GT (M)
and 7800GT (P)

but still I always check the Nvidia Site when I,m going to buy an new one to see the Specs.

[Boris]

Nvidia has a numbering system where the first number denotes the current line (7 being the newest) and the second number generally indicates the ranking within that line.

6200 is fairly low in the 6 line, whereas a 6800 is near the top.

In addition there are suffix labels, such as LE, GT, Ultra etc. that further indicate the ranking of the card within a certain model. Unfortunately there is also some overlap, so (just an example) a 6600 Ultra is better than a 6800LE.

I have a 6800 Ultra, which makes it the top of the 6 line. Now a 7200, just because the numbers are higher and it's newer, is nowhere near as good as my graphics card.

The ATI system is similar, but they are now up to their tenth X(10) series, as they generally follow suit with direct x versions. To confuse things further they sometimes have the same acronyms at the end of a card, but thay mean different things, so what is high end for nvidia may be low end for ATI.

I hope this helps some people choose a graphics card, but the best thing I suggest you do is do some research.

[HunterICX]

then what does LE means ? Last Edition?