Advise on new video card please
Madame Mim:
My SLI'd NVidea GForce 4 are dying, or at least one of them is. Swapping them over has extended the time til they crash my PC and I'll next try working with only one to see if it's only one or both (yes I do run with frame limiter).
What should I be looking for in a new video card for Sims? Is it only the RAM or are some of the functions/features more important. There's so much on offer with some of the cards out there that I can't tell what's good/useful.
Narmy:
AGP or PCI-e slot? Wattage on your PSU?
I like the ATI cards myself, I hear the HD6850 cards are a good balance of price and performance, but if your CPU is weak you don't want to go too high.
Madame Mim:
PCI-e, is what I've got, so I know that I have that available on my MB. I've got an 850W PSU so I shouldn't have too much problem with supplying what any GPU might need. I'm leaning towards a single card this time rather than the SLI. The only reason I went that way last time was that 2 x 250mb RAM cards was cheaper than getting a single 500mb card at that time. I've always tended towards NVidea, but I'm not wedded to the idea.
Narmy:
Quote from: Madame Mim on 2010 November 30, 07:43:26
PCI-e, is what I've got, so I know that I have that available on my MB. I've got an 850W PSU so I shouldn't have too much problem with supplying what any GPU might need. I'm leaning towards a single card this time rather than the SLI. The only reason I went that way last time was that 2 x 250mb RAM cards was cheaper than getting a single 500mb card at that time. I've always tended towards NVidea, but I'm not wedded to the idea.
The MB of the card doesn't matter as much as the clock speed. 2 x 250MB cards is not always better than one 500MB card, for example.
Madame Mim:
See, this is why I'm out of my depth here.
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