Buy a new video card , how to choose?

[yahshiharu]

I want to buy a good video card

I think I need a mid-class video card, for work with 3DMAX
only a budget around US$350 ...

Researching from many articles ...
AGP: FX5900XT softmod Quadro FX3000 <<<< so attractive to me~.~"
PCI-E: 6600GT / Quadro FX540 ... ... <<<< but PCI-E for the future ...

hard to make choice ...

any news for PCI-E video card softmod??

million THX

 

[MustISO]

Well does your motherboard have an AGP slot or a PCI-E slot? That should settle it really quick.

 

[yahshiharu]

Actually, I'm going to buy a new set

either s478 + i875 + AGP or s775 + i915 + PCI-E

My choice ... now ... depends on the video card~.~"

 

[Malak]

For midrange I think an nvidia PCI-E card word work for you. I'm not too impressed by x600 or x300 benchmarks. Maybe wait for x700? PCI-E is definitely the route to take though, for future upgrading. If you get a board that supports SLI, you could even upgrade by getting a 2nd video card, which would be neat and probably pretty cheap down the road.

 

[nick1985]

can i ask why nforce3, or nforce4 isnt on your list? 😕

 

[yahshiharu]

Originally posted by: malak
For midrange I think an nvidia PCI-E card word work for you. I'm not too impressed by x600 or x300 benchmarks. Maybe wait for x700? PCI-E is definitely the route to take though, for future upgrading. If you get a board that supports SLI, you could even upgrade by getting a 2nd video card, which would be neat and probably pretty cheap down the road.

Should I wait for Quadro FX540?
or save more for Quadro FX1300?

or ATI X1? (actually, I dun like ATI ...)

 

[yahshiharu]

Originally posted by: nick1985
can i ask why nforce3, or nforce4 isnt on your list? 😕

I like Intel chipset 🙂

And i dun think SLI would helpful to work.
I just think SLI is for gaming...

2 display card = >120w ...
provide 1.8x performance

 

[HappyNic]

well if you are going to get a new motherboard,, go with the PCI-E card then..