Gaming Computer?

[chrisgill369]

so is that 5900 XT actually a good graphics card baring in mind i want it primarily for gaming, cs:source, HL2 etc. Highest settings would be what i want while playing the too lol

 

[Hugo82]

Check out this website for the ratings of different graphics cards in 3dmark03. http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041004/vga_charts-04.html#3dmark_2003

 

[chrisgill369]

nice one, ive been looking for that for ages. I saw it on here ages ago and saved it, then deleted it, then went looking for it again lol. Thanks again , that will help alot

edit: how come the geforce fx 5900 is above the fx 5900 gt

 

[Hugo82]

np, check out the other charts for other games etc, and the V charts for PCIE results.

 

[chrisgill369]

you might not have seen my edit question....look above

 

[Hugo82]

I have no idea, maybe the tests that are run favour the lower version card, similar to Half Life 2 is better with the x800 but the 6800 GT/U is better with Doom ....

 

[chrisgill369]

are ati cards better with amd, and nvidia cards better wth intel or is this wrong?

 

[Hugo82]

I don't believe so. but the AMD 64 processors are a lot better for gaming.

 

[chrisgill369]

is this card any good
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=14-145-107&catalog=23&manufactory=BROWSE

660GT 128mb but its GDDR3 which makes the card better i beleive.

Which monitors can you use with it too, will it work with tft and crt?
(might be a stupid question but just wanna check)

edit: appears newegg dont do international so thats that down the drain

 

[Hugo82]

Go to www.microdirect.co.uk They have a lot of stuff and they're quite cheap.