Graphics cards

**Laurentius** · December 21, 2006, 06:32 PM

hi guys, i'm thinking about getting a new PC and was wondering whether it would be better to get two nvidia 7600GS graphics cards or one 7950GT, cheers

**Gallio** · December 21, 2006, 06:33 PM

When you go to the shop, ask the man to do a dance for each card. Whichever dance is best, buy that one.

**Laurentius** · December 21, 2006, 06:35 PM

yeah thanks, now are you just taking the mick or are you saying that they're the same and it doesn't matter which one i go for?

**Wartz** · December 21, 2006, 06:41 PM

One 7950gt would beat two 7600GS's

**Gallio** · December 21, 2006, 06:38 PM

I'm sure you can find all you need to know here*: http://tomshardware.co.uk/

*dances not included

**hyp3o** · December 21, 2006, 06:44 PM

The 7900 series is a significant improvement over the 7600. With the recent price drops across the board due to the 1st gen dx10 cards coming out (i.e. 8800) now is a fantastic time to go out and get one of the last gen dx9 cards.

http://techreport.com/reviews/page.x?pg=graphics

**Wurfspiess** · December 21, 2006, 06:49 PM

i got a 7950Gt ......get one ,reasonable price with a good performance...what do you need more?

**dearmad** · December 21, 2006, 07:02 PM

make sure you get one that is clocked at 600mhz core. Unless oyu want to oc it yourself. I got a 25% speed increase using an eVGA 600Mhz clocked versus an XFS one clocked at 570 (the silent ones with passive coolers).

And DON'T get passively cooled one- it'll run at 95degrees+. not good. My eVGA runs at 45 degrees.

**Laurentius** · December 21, 2006, 07:16 PM

cheers guys

**Proximus** · December 21, 2006, 07:26 PM

And off the the basement with you.

**IZ-Master** · December 21, 2006, 07:30 PM

well im geting this baby for xmas http://www.alienware.com/product_det...de=SKU-DEFAULT

with some customs

AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual Core Processor
768MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8800 GTX

i wont get daul nvidia for a while

**PyrrhusIV** · December 21, 2006, 07:48 PM

well im geting this baby for xmas http://www.alienware.com/product_det...de=SKU-DEFAULT

with some customs

AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual Core Processor
768MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8800 GTX

i wont get daul nvidia for a while

Good Job! You can buy from Alienware and pay so much more than building it yourself!

j/k mate

.... though, it would be plenty cheaper to buy it yourself... Alienware and Dell tend to be murderous when it comes to buying gaming rigs... the prices are insane...:hmmm:

**IZ-Master** · December 21, 2006, 07:59 PM

ya i know my current pc i make it myselft but is a xmans gift from my father and he live on another country i thoug of puting it myselft but he wont give me the money so just tried to make the best i can with 3,200 now if u know of another site to buy pcs cheapers but with the grapic and processor i would be happy to try ^^

**Incinerate_IV** · December 21, 2006, 10:07 PM

Dell usually make nice gaming rigs for much less than Alienware's. Alienware is wayyyy overpriced.

When in doubt, always go for 1 high end instead of 2 med range. Save the trouble.

**Hadrian** · December 22, 2006, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by Incinerate_IV

When in doubt, always go for 1 high end instead of 2 med range. Save the trouble.

Good advice and a solid rule of thumb for GPU's. Never do medium range GPU's in SLI, they just don't perform well enough to make it worth while. Your better off with one top end GPU like Incinerate suggested...