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Graphic Card Suggestion
I have a XPS 600, Pentium D EE 965 3.73GHz 1066MHz FSB, 8GB RAM 666MHz, Windows XP Pro 64bit.
I'm just wondering what would be the best graphic card or cards for my configuration?
I know that any PCIe x16 would work, but I want to get a card that is at the right level for my configuration.
Basically, I don't want to get a graphic card that is slow for my configuration or that it is too fast that my CPU is the bottleneck.
Also, please suggest if I should get 1 or 2 graphic cards as I do have a SLI board.
Thank you.
squeeba
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October 24th, 2008 16:00
This should answer a lot of your questions as far as comparing card speeds:
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/gaming-graphics-charts-q3-2008/benchmarks,30.html
I looked up a couple scores :
your 7800-SLI Crysis 7.1 FPS
8800GT(same as 9800): 21 FPS
7800-SLI 3d mark: 3995
8800GT 3d mark: 11109
looks like a single 9800 is about 3x faster than a 7800 in SLI
As far as the cards you spoke of, the 280 is SUPER power hungry(and big..might not fit in a xps 600) and I'm sure the x2 is also.
Just be wary of what PS you have in your machine when getting one of these power hungry cards
Davet50
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October 24th, 2008 16:00
nthang989
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October 24th, 2008 16:00
squeeba
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October 24th, 2008 16:00
What do you have now and how much were you looking to spend?
I would think the easy answer would be a Nvidia 9800 GT 512 would do the trick for you.
They cost about a $100 on new egg, should blow away what card came with the PC and your power supply should be powerful enough to drive it.
mayu_1
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June 12th, 2009 16:00
Hi Dave my name is Hammad. I have a question if you can help me with this. I have a XPS 700 Q6700, 4Gig RAM and Nvidia 280GTX anow I am thinking to put another card in SLI Mode will it fit in my CPU and work perfectly fine please let me know any suggestions thankyou.