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Originally posted by kao
Go nvidia. if you want power, get a 7950 GX2 or GT, or just go dx10 and get an 8800 GTX

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Always the most expensive ay? I'll have a look. Like I said, the price doesn't matter. I saw the 7950GX2 for 400€. That's nothing .

Sorry for the double post but I must tell you that I've done my decision. I'll go with the Leadtek WinFast PX7950GX2 (€ 395,57). It looks great, is powerful and not too expensive (I said money is no problem but over 600€ for a graphics card ).

I want to thank all of you who have helped me and gave me advice, oppinions and experiences on their cards and for searching links and infos .

to you.

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Just an aside as I'm reading through this post:

Speaking of power, you may want to make sure that your PSU is up to the job. Personally I'd not stick any of these new PCI-E cards in anything less than a 400W power supply, and even then you'll want to check the make - some vendors are just better than others.

Oh, and the nVidia card is the sex. Although ATI released a small program to do MPEG ENcoding on-card (which would be sweet), nVidia wins hands-down on all the games I've tried.

I have a 500W supply atm. But i think about buying a 750W with cable management.. All those wires everywhere ...

EDIT: As soon as I get all my pieces together and my new computer build up I'll post some specs and pics. If somebody cares...

I seriously wouldnt go for that card,
nVidia and ATI graphic cards are the most popular and therefore have more support with games etc....
If you go and buy a graphics card that is maybe not as supported as others e.g ATI and nVidia then your pretty screwed on games that dont work because of your graphics card.
At least you know when you're buying an ati or nvidia that you've got a decent well known graphics card that has lots of support if it goes  wrong.

So if you dont want to spend so much then get a chepear graphics card by that make. Expensive doesnt always mean the best

I've just had problems playing Need for Speed Most Wanted because i have a laptop and they dont support it and now guess what... I cant use it because they wouldnt support me e.g taking the game back and refunding or even fixing the problem.

Sorry for the lengthy explanation and stuff but it has to be said and im sure cookie would of said something like i have.

(im also sorry if it doesnt make sense to you)

Nathan

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Originally posted by ins4ne

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Originally posted by kao
Go nvidia. if you want power, get a 7950 GX2 or GT, or just go dx10 and get an 8800 GTX

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Always the most expensive ay? I'll have a look. Like I said, the price doesn't matter. I saw the 7950GX2 for 400€. That's nothing .

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Uh, no, I just said the 7950 GX2 because they're not that expensive considering it is two GPUs  so when you run them on dual GPU mode (with one monitor) you have two cards on sli.

If money doesn't matter then why didn't you get an 8800 GTX?

I think someone is telling porkies ;p

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Originally posted by andrewdodd13
Although ATI released a small program to do MPEG ENcoding on-card (which would be sweet)

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Nvidia PureVideo Decoder

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Originally posted by Mike

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Originally posted by andrewdodd13
Although ATI released a small program to do MPEG Encoding on-card

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Nvidia PureVideo Decoder

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O_o

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Originally posted by kao
If money doesn't matter then why didn't you get an 8800 GTX?

I think someone is telling porkies ;p

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Originally posted by ins4ne
I said money is no problem but over 600€ for a graphics card

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Read my posts first. kthx.

You talked about the 8800 GTX. I'm searching for it. I only found the XFX GF8800GTS

EDIT: Found the GTX now but that is a bit too expensive . + delivery date unknown. Like all the good stuff .

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Originally posted by ins4ne


EDIT: Found the GTX now but that is a bit too expensive

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That's what i thought

I've gone for the GTS, it should be delivered soon, although i'm not supposed to have it until xmas...

My two cents: the Nvidia GTX/GTS would be awesome, if you can afford them. But, i'd go with kao, get a 7950 GX2, or one of the 7950 series. I think it's too late now though.