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    Image of SinisterBill prints in color on both sides SinisterBill prints in color on both sides
    12/15/09

    In reply to The Graphics Cards You Should Buy at Every Price
    I'm running 2x 4870's now and while the performance is killer, I'd say avoid going the 2-card route if you can help it. It takes more power and makes more noise and I've also run into some heat related issues.
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    Image of Odin Odin
    12/15/09

    In reply to The Graphics Cards You Should Buy at Every Price
    This is useful considering I'm building a new rig next month but such a shame they didn't provide benchmark charts. I like to see graphs for these sort of things rather than a vague performance analysis.
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    Image of BubbleF**kingBuddy BubbleF**kingBuddy
    12/14/09

    In reply to The Graphics Cards You Should Buy at Every Price
    No AGP or PCI? I have an old PC, and I don't really have the disposable funds to replace the motherboard, CPU, and related components. I have a 6200, and I've heard mixed news about the newer PCI cards.
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    Image of Odin Odin
    12/15/09

    @BubbleF**kingBuddy:
    Whether you have the money to replace the rest of your system or not it isn't their fault that your hardware is quite literally obsolete. There's no point covering hardware that was phased out about 5 years ago. I mean it's not as if AGP or PCI are even recent anymore.

    Trust me you're better off just saving up and buying a new system rather than wasting money on something that's just getting more and more outdated and harder to maintain.
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    Image of robinandtami robinandtami
    12/14/09

    In reply to The Graphics Cards You Should Buy at Every Price
    The PC may not be as popular for the home theater as it is for gaming... but it would still be nice if we could occasionally be given more info about what graphics cards are best for use in our home theaters. Like which ones can do 7.1 lossless audio over HDMI? Or which ones are hdcp compliant?
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    Image of Brett Benedict Brett Benedict
    12/14/09

    In reply to The Graphics Cards You Should Buy at Every Price
    Good list. It should remain relevant for about a month.
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    Image of dsectric dsectric
    12/14/09

    In reply to The Graphics Cards You Should Buy at Every Price
    Great article! thanks
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    Image of Beftus Beftus
    12/14/09

    In reply to The Graphics Cards You Should Buy at Every Price
    What!? No AGP, bummer!
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    Image of Odin Odin
    12/15/09

    @Beftus:
    AGP is a 12 year old technology that started being phased out 5 years ago. It's wholly irrelevant unless you have a very outdated machine (5 years is a long time in computing) and you're much better off with a new PC than trying to maintain legacy technology.
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    Image of Aleki Aleki
    12/14/09

    In reply to The Graphics Cards You Should Buy at Every Price
    I'm already far enough down the spital of PC gaming upgrades; the last thing I need is more temptation! Thanks Giz!
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    Image of Pessimippöpötåmus Pessimippöpötåmus
    12/14/09

    In reply to The Graphics Cards You Should Buy at Every Price
    Sigh. None of those meet my requirements. Damn Dell and their pretty space saving design! Who has a normal PCI gfx card with half the normal card size that they want to sell to me?
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    Image of QLAB QLAB
    12/14/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: It would appear that Newegg has some 30 different cards for you to choose from.

    [www.newegg.com]

    I have had good luck with Nvidia 9500s for lowend systems.
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    Edited by QLAB at 12/14/09 3:19 PM Pessimippopotamus approved this comment QLAB was starred QLAB was unstarred
    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    12/14/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: Normal PCI isn't going to give you enough bandwidth for gaming anyway, so I wouldn't really bother if you don't have a PCI-E slot handy.
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    Image of Pessimippöpötåmus Pessimippöpötåmus
    12/14/09

    @QLAB: It turns out many of those still won't fit. Hahaha.

    @HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: But how will I play 4 year old games?!
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    Image of Necrotoxin Necrotoxin
    12/14/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: Why not buy a new PC case, and put your dells hardware in it? Then you can buy a normal video card.
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    Image of Pessimippöpötåmus Pessimippöpötåmus
    12/14/09

    @Necrotoxin: I had that thought, but I don't want to open that can of worms. I'll end up replacing every part of the computer while making sure each and every single bit is compatible. I'd rather save up for an i7 computer and milk my computer dry as dry as possible.
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    Image of mattycakes mattycakes
    12/14/09

    In reply to The Graphics Cards You Should Buy at Every Price
    Every time I read the word "Crossfire" I thought of this...
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/14/09

    @mattycakes: Everytime I read the word "Crossfire" I think of the day Jon Stewart caused an idiot in a bow tie to lose his job.
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    12/14/09

    @mattycakes: Every time I hear the word crossfire, my brain re-broadcasts it as CROSSFIIIIAAAAAAAHHHH!
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    Image of Brightmotor Brightmotor
    12/14/09

    In reply to The Graphics Cards You Should Buy at Every Price
    I hope everyone know that they do this every month right?
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    Image of Plowking Plowking
    12/14/09

    In reply to The Graphics Cards You Should Buy at Every Price
    Excellent article and great advice.

    Big into my games running absolute max settings, but with a modest monitor of 1400x900 the very top of the line card is not necessary for me.

    But wanted some future proofing so I got a gtx285 1 gig ram.

    But that was only because my gtx8800 died, and that card ran everything.
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    Image of Gordon McAlpin Gordon McAlpin
    12/14/09

    In reply to The Graphics Cards You Should Buy at Every Price
    But what if you own a Mac?

    …

    :(
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    Image of SEDAGIVE?! SEDAGIVE?!
    12/14/09

    @Gordon McAlpin: Then you gave up PC gaming a long time ago.
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    Image of plasticmouse plasticmouse
    12/14/09

    @Gordon McAlpin: You already know the answer to that don't you?
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    Image of Damian Cardona Damian Cardona
    12/14/09

    @Gordon McAlpin: You can get the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285.
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    Image of ichiban1081 ichiban1081
    12/14/09

    In reply to The Graphics Cards You Should Buy at Every Price
    Very informative and makes it so easy to choose the right card for the right budget. Thanks for this.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    12/14/09

    In reply to The Graphics Cards You Should Buy at Every Price
    I've got two of the exact Sapphire HD 4850's pictured Crossfired in my system, and I can attest to their amazing performance for the price point. They also create enough heat to warm a decent-sized apartment, so bonus in the winter! (seriously, make sure your case is well-ventilated)
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