The best video card varies based on what games you play. Battlefield 4 hasn't come out yet. However, I'm fairly sure the developers work pretty closely with Nvidia to optimize, so Nvidia's your best bet if you're playing exclusively Battlefield. But the best card varies based from game to game, and driver generation to driver generation. Research it, not through forums, but framerate comparisons with the latest drivers on review sites. Anything you see on a forum is likely to be colored by personal preference. That being said, AMD cards are factually better on average (so faster in a majority of games) if you look purely at framerates, especially if you are willing to overclock the card (overclocking means to take special software and boost the power of the card to allow it to perform better). A Radeon 7970 is the best $380-400 card to get.
Basically:
Basically:
- if you want only Battlefield, Nvidia's a good bet.
- If you do research on speeds for each card, go with what the research tells you.
- If you want to play lots of games, but don't want to do research, an AMD 7970 is the best bet.
- Don't worry too much. If you don't want to think about it too much, just look for the cheapest GTX 670 or Radeon 7970 with more than one fan. You can't really get a cripplingly bad card at these price levels (though overpricing is certainly possible).
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nightspydk
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No best vga is nvidia atm for sure. Anybody who syas ati just don't know the ropes. I wish it was ati but it's not. You get more frames and a healthier system with the most recent nvidia. I prefer intel as well. Not that amd has made some grand chips, but truth of the matter. Intel is faster for the same dollar and that is new indeed.
If I had to build a new system, I would go intel, nvidia and one thing I would remember clearly as day, a modular PSU, since I regret not getting one this time. I have one, so I know the difference allright.
Know that I am not a fanboi. I got both Intel and Amd cpus and ATI cards as well, but thats another issue. Ati needs to get them drivers fixed and that's not even enough.
My cents.
As for the build a brand board and PSU is alpha and omega. I like gigabyte boards, because they are really hard to burn and Antec even tho they are Seasonic but still with grand alterations. In short Gigabyte and Seasonic. There are other nice brands.
Hope it helps.
PS - The most troublesome thing about building yourself is actually the front panel, so it's not bad at all.
Have fun.
I suppose you would require an excample. How about this, I had a vga around 125 deg C. on a Gigabyte board. That you won't see everywhere.
If I had to build a new system, I would go intel, nvidia and one thing I would remember clearly as day, a modular PSU, since I regret not getting one this time. I have one, so I know the difference allright.
Know that I am not a fanboi. I got both Intel and Amd cpus and ATI cards as well, but thats another issue. Ati needs to get them drivers fixed and that's not even enough.
My cents.
As for the build a brand board and PSU is alpha and omega. I like gigabyte boards, because they are really hard to burn and Antec even tho they are Seasonic but still with grand alterations. In short Gigabyte and Seasonic. There are other nice brands.
Hope it helps.
PS - The most troublesome thing about building yourself is actually the front panel, so it's not bad at all.
Have fun.
I suppose you would require an excample. How about this, I had a vga around 125 deg C. on a Gigabyte board. That you won't see everywhere.
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update- today i received my case, cpu and motherboard.
sleepingforest im going to go with the sapphire vapor-x 7970 you told me you'd get, can you help me decide on the power supply, and everything else, id prefer to buy everything from amazon because i really like their costumer service. help me out bro
sleepingforest im going to go with the sapphire vapor-x 7970 you told me you'd get, can you help me decide on the power supply, and everything else, id prefer to buy everything from amazon because i really like their costumer service. help me out bro
This 500W unit is good for any single GPU card, plus it's pretty low cost. Go with this RAM (I'd drop the frequency down to 1600MHz and tighten the timings to 9-9-9-24 for longevity's sake and to decrease errors), this HDD (for bulk storage of photos, videos, music, and documents), and this SSD (for the OS, programs, and games--anything that takes a while to load).
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i have an old dell dell dimension 3000 pc laying around you think i could use the optical drive that came with it? how about storage, i want a ssd and a nice harddrive.
I edited my post with the other parts. The Dell Dimension 3000 optical drive uses a different interface, and so cannot be easily hooked up to a modern motherboard (trust me, I've tried). New ones are only like $20.
sleepingforest idk im thinking of going for the 16gb ram bcuz of photoshop, and you told me for the optical drive can i re-use one that came in a old dell dimension 3000?
Eureka
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I would go for 1600 MHz RAM minimum. Timing refers to how fast the RAM can actually do certain tasks, as opposed to the overall clock speed.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-20144617-L04D
1866 MHz, timings look decent, and price is good ($90 after coupon code).
I would look less to brand names for RAM... most RAM performs the same, as long as the brand is reliable.
For a power supply, the one linked is fine... the CX series usually goes for very cheap on Newegg.. you JUST missed a sale... CX500 for $30 and CX600 for $40. The SSD linked is also a good one.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-20144617-L04D
1866 MHz, timings look decent, and price is good ($90 after coupon code).
I would look less to brand names for RAM... most RAM performs the same, as long as the brand is reliable.
For a power supply, the one linked is fine... the CX series usually goes for very cheap on Newegg.. you JUST missed a sale... CX500 for $30 and CX600 for $40. The SSD linked is also a good one.
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The stock Intel heatsink is sufficient for running at stock clocks. If you want to overclock, then you'll need an aftermarket cooler like the Hyper 212+.
What nonsense is this?
Starting off with a personal attack, great job.
No you don't.
I don't know what "a healthier system", is but I can respond to the "more frames" argument.
More frames for what? In an absolute sense? Sure the GTX Titan is the fastest thing out there, but it's also $1000. More frames per dollar? I think that AMD has NVIDIA beat there. The 7970 and GTX 680 are about the same performance after driver updates, etc. but the 7970 is $50 less expensive.
Starting off with a personal attack, great job.
No you don't.
I don't know what "a healthier system", is but I can respond to the "more frames" argument.
More frames for what? In an absolute sense? Sure the GTX Titan is the fastest thing out there, but it's also $1000. More frames per dollar? I think that AMD has NVIDIA beat there. The 7970 and GTX 680 are about the same performance after driver updates, etc. but the 7970 is $50 less expensive.
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