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    Desktop Question- Graphics cards

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Melinapayne, Feb 15, 2010.

  1. Melinapayne

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    I know this should go in desktop-review, but that forum is pretty much dead.



    Which of these should i get? It's going in an ATI Triple-core desktop Athlon 2, 2.9GHz, which can be unlocked to a Deneb (basically). i have roughly 150 (firm) to spend on a card.


    HIS, Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161316
    ----Upside, ATI and AMD are the same company and work very well together. this fits my color-scheme of green lighting and blue parts, and i've never had a problem with ATI parts.


    XFX GeForce GTS 250 1GB 256-bit DDR3
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150365
    ----Upside... fits my color scheme kinda. I hear that the 2XX series is very good.
    ---Downside.... the 260M i have in my laptop is complete garbage, and i'm not sure that i like Nvidia.



    Any suggestions?

    You can also recommend other parts, just throw the link at me. Gotta be from Newegg though.
     
    Melinapayne, Feb 15, 2010
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    it's no guarantee that you have a deneb, unless you have an older Athlon II. The propus core doesn't have L3 cache so you may have one of those, depends on the age of that CPU you have for chances on getting a Deneb core.

    I'd get a 5770 if you can find one for a good price, should be doable. Otherwise the 5750 is the better buy, imo.
     
    goofball, Feb 15, 2010
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  3. Melinapayne

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    Melinapayne, Feb 15, 2010
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    update. I don't like that the 5770 is only 128 bit, when it has so much mroe potential. with the 5750 that i chose being 256 bit and also 1 gig, shouldn't theoretically be a faster card?
     
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    The 5750 is 128bit as well...
     
    Melody, Feb 15, 2010
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    Melinapayne, Feb 15, 2010
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    A few months ago, I picked up an EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 275 at Fry's for $145 after mail-in-rebate, so I think you can do better with $150 to spend on a graphics card. The GTX 275 has a 448-bit bus, with 896MB of GDDR3 RAM, and will outperform both the cards you listed.
     
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  8. Melinapayne

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    but my problem is, won't the ATI work better with AMD products than Nvidia will?
     
    Melinapayne, Feb 15, 2010
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    No - in fact, a few years ago when AMD processors were more on-par with Intel's offerings, the gamer's favorite combination was a nicely-overclocked AMD dual core plus an Nvidia graphics card. That offered the best bang-for-the-buck and the best performance.

    CPU and GPU are more or less independent. Although I find ATI's current offerings more attractive, Nvidia does have better driver support and game developers tend to optimize games to perform better on Nvidia cards (although there are certain games where the opposite is true).
     
    MidnightSun, Feb 15, 2010
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    Nah it doesn't work like that.
     
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  11. Melinapayne

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    interesting. I'm interested in DX11, Eyefinity, and whatever the third one is. and also like i said, i don't like nvidia much. I've always had ATI, and i didn't like the 260GTXM, because its been an awful card to me... I'd rather have an ATI, unless someone can convince me otherwise :p
     
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    5770, there's a reason why it is above the 5750 in the model listing, and it's not just marketing.
     
    goofball, Feb 15, 2010
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    i can't afford to do it today, i don't have the funds to do it. I need to wait until the funds come back from my returned laptop (thank you atty general!)
     
    Melinapayne, Feb 15, 2010
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    Thanks for your cooperation.
     
    Padmé, Feb 16, 2010
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