A Good Video Card for non gamers ?

[Mixman]

What is a good video card I can buy with excellent and fast 2d video, with some good 3d thrown in ? All for <$150 ?

 

[ElFenix]

9800 pro

 

[Eureka]

Actually, if you won't be gaming... 9600XT 256mb would do fine...

Norm

 

[keeleysam]

6800NU or 6600GT

 

[Soccerman06]

9700pro would be more than enough for anyone who isnt playing games.

 

[rise]

Originally posted by: Soccerman06
9700pro would be more than enough for anyone who isnt playing games.

wouldn't a 6200 or x300 suffice?

 

[mwmorph]

9700pro is cheaper than a 6200/x300 and is faster.
get a sued one for around $75. it is faster than a 6600 stock and almost as fast as a 6600 oced.

 

[BlueD0T]

A Nvidia 6600... none GT (GT would be over kill if not going to play games).

AGP
PCI Express

6600 is under $120, b4 tax and shipping.

 

[videoclone]

Dont wast your money on a 3D card .. wait until there's something you wanna play befor going out and buying one.

8mb SVGA $5 ^_^ .... if you want to run divx movies maybe a 64mb/128mb/ geforce4mx for $15

If your not going to play games at all ... get the cheapesting thing money can buy .... in the YEAR 2005 --- Its not the videocard anymore that gives you a good 2D image its the monitor...

A 19" 4ms/8ms LCD with a $15 geforce4mx will look 100 times sharper and brighter in 2D then a 19" CRT with a Geforce7800GTX

Nuf said.

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: videoclone
8mb SVGA $5 ^_^ .... if you want to run divx movies maybe a 64mb/128mb/ geforce4mx for $15

If your not going to play games at all ... get the cheapesting thing money can buy .... in the YEAR 2005 --- Its not the videocard anymore that gives you a good 2D image its the monitor...

A 19" Trinitron Refurb with a $15 geforce4mx will look 100 times sharper and brighter in 2D then a 19" LCD(which will cost you a lot more) with a Geforce7800GTX

Nuf said.

fixed. everyone knows a quality crt is better than a quality lcd in image quality.

 

[Mixman]

It's gotto be a PCI Express card. I am going to get a DFI Lanparty motherboard. How is this Card ?

 

[coomar]

there is an x700 at tigerdirect, its a lot better for 10 bucks more69.99

lcd and crt are matters of personal preference

 

[Soccerman06]

Id avoid the X300 Hypermemory and 6200 Turbocache simple because they use system memory as part of the video memory. Look for something with dedicated memory, not shared memory.

X600, X700, 6600, X550 and some others.

 

[Hacp]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications.../item-details.asp?EdpNo=1476854&CatId0

30 bucks cheaper than the 6600GT, but only 10-20% weaker in terms of performance.

 

[NinjaTechie]

I'd get something like a Radeon 9600 or GF FX 5700 if you really don't plan to play anything new, it's dirt cheap and still good enough for most DX7/8 era games. On the upper end of the price scale you mentioned, the GeForce 6600GT is the fastest.

 

[Mixman]

I want my overall video to be as fast as possible.

Will getting a card with DDR3 make a difference to a non gamer like myself ?

 

[NinjaTechie]

Probably not. Any card in the 150 and under price range isn't going to be powerful enough to need DDR3 levels of bandwith.

 

[bim27142]

onboard intel graphics have excelent 2d quality...

 

[Mixman]

So I guess this would be all that I need ?

 

[Mixman]

Anybody have any suggestions on the card I linked above.

 

[Cheesetogo]

Why even bother using the pic-express slot? It's pointless to spend more than 30 dollars on a card for what you'll be using it for. Just get a pci (non express) card.

Here's the cheapest pci card newegg had, but if you look around, espcially on ebay, you could go cheaper ($5-$15) SAPPHIRE RADEON 7000 64M PCI Radeon 7000 64MB DDR PCI Video Card

Don't waste 100 bucks on a video card you don't need.

 

[ArchAngel777]

Little bit confused here... Does your term "Non-Gamers" mean they will not be playing any games? Because if so, it does not even have to have decent 3D. If that is the case, absolutely any card will do fine.

Somehow I think you mean "Non-Gamers" as in, not picky about framerates and picture quality.

The FX series might be good for someone who not that serious for any type of games.

 

[aka1nas]

the 6200 Turbocache will still be fine. It doesn't use up all that system memory if you aren't playing games. My 3800+ X2 work rig is running the lower-end turbocache model(only 16MB onboard) and it handles fine for normal usage.

 

[Mixman]

I got the Turbocache model I listed earlier....With the DFI it only cost me $29. This is just a temporary card to build my new system. I do want a better card though.

By non gamer I mean not hardcore about it...not going to get the latest & greatest videocard for $500 or $600. I do like to play an occasion game, but that is not what my machine is for. That is why I am trying to strike a compromise and get a "decent" 3D card with great 2D.

 

[Eureka]

So then, 9800Pro or 9600XT is all you need... both will play most modern games (exception maybe AoEIII, FEAR, basically not the newest and greatest games).

Norm