What is the best ( and most expensive ) video card for a home computer? one for video gaming and one for graph
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Gaming machine: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102672\nCAD machine: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814195007
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I'm sure they'll get around to it soon, as there are at least four other brands - BFG, eVGA, MSI, and XFX - that are currently making cards with that spec, and they're going to want to compete in that space.  (Personally, $750+ for a video card seems pretty out there, but there are enough gamers out to make it a  worthwhile market.)  Some are available at newegg, and some at monarch computer.
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the best are www.newegg.com and www.tigerdirect.com. Tiger Direct usually has some big rebates which = amazing prices, while newegg has good prices without rebates. I'm pretty sure tiger was selling a 99 dollar geforce 6800! I think the rebate ends the end of may. You can overclock that baby with rivatuner (www.3dguru.com) to be like a 220 dollar 6800 GT or Ultra by unlocking the 4 hidden pipelines. any questions feel free to email me.
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Depends on how much money you are talking.\nFor video get a 7XXX series Nvidia card such as a 7900GT\n2 Gigs of RAM preferable. PC3200 is the most common. If you plan to overclock get PC3500 or higher.\nDual core AMD processor \nASUS A8N-SLI board is good. Also might check into DFI board if you like overclocking\nA really good hard drive I have found is the 320GB WD SATAII drive with 16MB cache. Very fast transfer rates..almost as much as the WD Raptor.\nMake sure you get at least a 450W power suply. Supporting SATA plugs and PCI-E plugs also.\n\nCheck out http://www.newegg.com for good prices and tons of user review.\nhttp://www.tomshardware.com for other reviews\n\nJust do your homework. You will find which components are the best rated for gaming and most often used. It might take a month or so at the most to research,,not a couple of years lol. COnsidering that a computer is considered "obsolete" in a year or two, thats silly.\n\nIf you do end up getting store made, http://www.cyberpowerpc.com has some nice configurations
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ditch the onBoard Video card and get an AGP or PCI-express video card.   Newegg.com will be a good place to look for new video cards.   Otherwise i don't think there is a way to increase the amount of memory used for the onboard card.
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If you're looking for REAL performance for MODERN games both will be severely disappointing. If you want to look for a card for modern games (Like Call of Duty 2, Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion, Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Far Cry, Doom 3, F.E.A.R., ect) get something like:\nATI X800 or X850 series...\nATI X1800 or X1900 series...\nnVidia 7600 series...\nnVidia 7800 series...\nnVidia 7900 series...\nnVidia 8800 series.
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YIKES, anything other than onboard video!!! Use the Geforce 2 with the newest NVIDIA drivers and you will far surpass anything the SIS chipset could offer. Then upgrade as soon as possible.
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i'm sorry. i just disagree with techiashish cause the PCI EXPRESS is better\nit allows faster bus speeds(16X& more) then AGP (8X max) so it's better to have a graphics card working on the PCI EXPRESS than AGP. faster, better, more stable, less cpu speed consumption\nin a ascending order video cards used\n1-pci bus (normal)(slow)\n2-agp (Better)(fast)<8X\n3-pciXpress (the best)(Fastest till now)starting from 16X
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well the most powerful Intel processor is the Core 2 Extreme Dual core processor and the best of a video card is this:\nBFG Tech BFGR7950GX21GBE Geforce 7950GX2 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Dual GPU Video Card
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Go with the GeForce 7800.  I never buy the latest greatest product as it's usually too expensive.
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http://www.newegg.com/\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.com/\n\nYou will see a lot of video cards for ATI and Nvidia chipsets.
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Dude, BUILD ONE YOURSELF!  You'll get better components and you'll feel better about yourself having done this knowing you didn't just pay for Dell or Gateway to slap their name on it and give you an overpriced pc.\n\nAs far as AMD or Intel,  they both have great chips right now!  You wouldn't go wrong with either chip.  \nGeForce 7950 GX2 is top of the line right now alongside ATI's X1900 Crossfire graphics card.\nNVIDIA nForce 600i Series are built for gaming, Asus, Abit, MSI, Intel's 965 Extreme Edition chipset.\nLook at www.computerpoweruser.com also.  They offer some good comparisons of motherboards, graphics cards, memory, displays, etc.\nHere's a few sites that offer some good bundle deals and overall prices. \n\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.com/\n\nhttp://newegg.com/\n\nhttp://www.pcmech.com/byopc/\n\nhttp://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Home.jsp\n\nhttp://www.mwave.com/mwave/index.hmx?\n\nGood luck & Have fun!
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Best consumer graphics card by NVIDIA: Geforce 7800 GTX 512MB\nBest consumer graphics card by ATI:    X1900 XTX\n\nThe reason I specify both is because they're so close that it depends on the game. NVIDIA has traditionally done better with opengl games (ut series, doom, etc) while ati has faired better with games like Half Life 2.\n\nI actually would not recommend the nvidia quatro earlier mentioned because the quadro is a workstation graphics card designed for a professional environment. You can get nearly the same performance for much less out of the top of the line gaming graphics cards on the market. from wikipedia: "3D cards for model rendering in art and animation use different cards than those used for games. nVIDIA's "Quadro" series, which can cost over a thousand dollars, is geared toward rendering and 3D animation, while the GeForce series is meant for gaming and actually performs much faster at a lower price." So unless you're looking to do predominantly CAD work or other professional jobs, I'd buy a gaming card.\n\nbigdaddy: You gave the best workstation graphics card. I gave the best gaming cards. Since they are designed to perform different tasks, I thought that a distinction needed to be made. Thus I stated why I felt that the cards I mentioned were better _for_a_typical_consumer_.
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Video cards are hardware and you have to buy them at a store or online and have them shipped to you. Here is a link to Fry's, which often has the best prices and the largest selection.\n\nhttp://shop1.outpost.com/search?cat=-466...
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Apparantly when he gave his "REAL" answer, he neglected to read the "REAL" question.  This best video card you can get for $150 to $200 is this:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814136001 a 7900GS, while not the absolute best card out, still a very good card that I am sure you will be more than happy with.\n\nAs for motherboard, you do need an nVidia chipset motherboard to run SLI.  nVidia chipsets work fine with Intel processors.  Here is the problem, currently there is only one nVidia chipset that will support true full SLI, that is the nForce 590.  The others will give you SLI, but the PCI Express slots will only run at 8x each, therefore not giving you the full bandwidth.  nVidia is scheduled to release new chipsets next week, so you may want to take a look at those.\n\nHere is what I would recommend however.  Next year the new PCI Express specification is coming out, which will double the bandwidth of each slot.  I would recommend just buying an inexpensive non SLI board now, and then upgrading to one of the new boards when they come out, especially since you don't plan on having two cards right now anyway.
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High-end rigs use two video cards, but not to display two different things, like all of the people who posted above me think you're wanting to do.  The two video cards (the process is called SLI) display half of what you see on the screen at any one time.  For instance, card #1 always displays lines 0-1024, while card #2 always displays lines 1-1023.  That's faster, for gaming, but it's not really needed today.\n\nHere's what I would recommend you buy, for gaming, if you got lots of money to burn: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048+1067920129&Subcategory=48&description=&srchInDesc=&minPrice=&maxPrice=  Any of those cards will do any of the newest games, at high resolutions, with high framerates.  If you don't have $300 for one card (BTW, SLI would cost more, since you'd need to buy two cards, and wouldn't necessarily give you more performance, if you bought 2 slower cards), anyway, here's what I would get (these are the best value for the money): http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048+1067918888+1069609641&Subcategory=48&description=&srchInDesc=&minPrice=&maxPrice= or: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048+1067920131+1069609641&Subcategory=48&description=&srchInDesc=&minPrice=&maxPrice=  \n\nIf you're only wanting to run "dual desktops", just buy yourself any of these cards, you'll save yourself quite a bit of money: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048+1069609642&Subcategory=48&description=&srchInDesc=&minPrice=&maxPrice=\n\nedit: No, your Dell isn't SLI compatible.
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This is like asking which is better Ford or Chevy.\nYou'll probably get answers from both sides (notice I said sides).  Most people have one video card.  Specs and testing again are like cars.  Some specs are better for one side some specs favor the other side.\nnVidia fans will trash ATI. ATI will trash nVidia.\nThese are the two major players and both have their advantages.\nAlso best graphics card for DVD playback?...for gaming? ...photoediting? PCI Express or AGP? \nBelow is a good link.