Graphic card help

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:11 pm Post subject: Graphic card help

I'm looking for a new graphic card to run BFBC2 on a higher setting

I'm currently using an ATI x1900 (min req for BFBC2)

I don't know which to choose between NVidia and ATI

I do alot of gaming and alot of CAD (I use Catia V5)

PLEASE HELP ME OUT lol

I'm looking in the 300 price range

I'm checking the GTX 260 at the moment

Thanks

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:21 pm Post subject: Re: Graphic card help

just bought the 260. haven't installed it yet thou.

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:26 am Post subject: Re: Graphic card help

In my opinion it's NVIDIA all the way. You're going to get a helluva card for that kind of money so be careful you don't overspend on the GPU if your main CPU is then going to be the bottleneck. I just purchased a EVGA GT 240 superclocked for $109 and have a rebate which is like $20 off... I did that because this is an upgrade to my 3yr old computer. I'm running a Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz which is just above the minimum for the game. I'd like to be purchasing a better GPU but it just didn't make much sense because I'm not going to pour money into it. I'll look for a good deal and you can compare what you come up with.

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:31 pm Post subject: Re: Graphic card help

I just bought 260 yesterday so i can play this game worked perfectly can play with no issue on high settings (havent tried advanced).

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:39 pm Post subject: Re: Graphic card help

the 260 is an excellent card... the problem with going with radion is that their MEMORY BIT INTERFACE is very small compared to nvidia cards.... what does this mean to you?

well thing of it this way.... you have 1 gig of ram on a card... all the information you pass to this ram is done so in bits. so if you have to do this in small increments you have a bottle neck. Ati is trying to shove a bowling ball through a straw while nvidia is shoving a potato through an exhaust pipe.. granted the potato is still bigger than the pipe but you get alot more info through at a time making nvidias cards faster. Nvidia does a lot more with its parts than ati does with parts that technically are faster.

thats the gtx 260 vs the ati 5770... unless your looking to spend 400+ and you can get the best cards their are but i still choose nvidia.

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:18 am Post subject: Re: Graphic card help

I agree Nvidia cards are good
I use the GTX 275FTW edition and have no problems.

I know the 275 FTW works with Solidworks, but is not listed as a supported card.

Workstation cards are really different animals from gaming cards so findin a balance is keys.
Do some google searches for catia and GTX260 and see what you get

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:55 pm Post subject: Re: Graphic card help

Just got the GTX 260

here are my setting in bfbc2 and I get 40fps average

I will lower it a bit coz I'm not sure that level is required (unless someone says so)

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:34 pm Post subject: Re: Graphic card help

how much did the gtx260 cost u guys though. cuz all im seeing is prices in the $225 range and thats a little steep for me. is that whay you guys paid? does anyone know where i could get a better deal?

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 4:32 am Post subject: Re: Graphic card help

i got it for 170.

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:29 am Post subject: Re: Graphic card help

any idea whether a GTS 250 would be close in performance and do the trick?

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 12:51 pm Post subject: Re: Graphic card help

Depends on the specs of the rest of your system
What type of processor do you have.

I am asking because if you have a lower end cpu getting a better graphics card may just move the bottleneck in your system from one place to the next. so in that case a 250 or 240 may fit the ticket nicely and cheaper.

Ask knuckles what he just bought and what type of CPU he has and go from there.

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 12:54 pm Post subject: Re: Graphic card help

Tribal try turning you AA and AF setting down a bit
I don't think you will notice the difference at all and I am positive you see more frame rates.

I set my AA so I can see smooth edges and no jagged anywhere.

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:37 pm Post subject: Re: Graphic card help

Intel Core 2 Duo
E6750 @ 2.66GHz
2.67 GHz, 2.00 GB of RAM

so what should i do. i think ive found a good deal on a GTS 250.

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:08 pm Post subject: Re: Graphic card help

What are you setting blitz

I paid 200$ for my gtx 260

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:44 am Post subject: Re: Graphic card help

where did you get the card from tribal?



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