Upgrading GFX Card....ATi or nVidia?

Feuer Frei! · 07-07-11, 05:24 AM

There are lots of factors to consider before buying/committing.
Like all things in life.
Firstly, budget.
From this and this alone you will be able to short-list a few cards.
Do your research, consider what you want to use it for, be it gaming, multi-media, or both, check online reviews of temperatures at full load and idle, benchmark reviews, do you want to be future-proof: ie last you for a while?
Is your case big enough? Does it have enough cooling? Does your mobo support the card(s) you have short-listed?
Does your cpu bottleneck the card? Do you have enough RAM?
Ok, i think you get the picture, i have an ATI 6990 in this, my main rig, and a GTX 570 in my 2nd rig.
Obviously not comparable, but no problems with either, drivers, temps, cooling all good.
But you need to ensure all that, not just slap a gpu in and game away.

07-07-11, 05:24 AM	#5
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	There are lots of factors to consider before buying/committing. Like all things in life. Firstly, budget. From this and this alone you will be able to short-list a few cards. Do your research, consider what you want to use it for, be it gaming, multi-media, or both, check online reviews of temperatures at full load and idle, benchmark reviews, do you want to be future-proof: ie last you for a while? Is your case big enough? Does it have enough cooling? Does your mobo support the card(s) you have short-listed? Does your cpu bottleneck the card? Do you have enough RAM? Ok, i think you get the picture, i have an ATI 6990 in this, my main rig, and a GTX 570 in my 2nd rig. Obviously not comparable, but no problems with either, drivers, temps, cooling all good. But you need to ensure all that, not just slap a gpu in and game away. __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS