I can choose one of my co-worker's hand me downs video cards: Gforce 7800 OR Gforce 9500.
I have a nice 2.6 quad processor and 2g ram, and like to play a game called Medieval Total War 2, (delusions of empire, very fun) but it chugs badly with my old 7300 card.
I saw both cards on his desk. The EVGA 9500 seems newer, has 1g memory. The 7800 BFG is much bigger and heavier needs a power connector. (My co-worker thinks it has 512.) Someone told me to ignore the first number in the model number for these and go for the bigger second number, in this case 800.
Google is my friend, I know, but friend Google confuses me. I am a very lazy and easily confused old man and have a hard time making a rational decision here. So after only ten feeble minutes of searching I come whining to you.
I cant' benchmark them both in my system, as I read I should do, I just have to pick one on Monday at lunch and let my harried co-worker get on with his life.
Fortunately, I don't have to pay for one of these cards, as he owes me, as they say, "big time" and is out of cash, so wants to barter. He does Warhammer (?) or something and not know which of the two is a better card for a game with thousands of tiny men swarming around like ants poking each other with swords.
Hopefully,
Mike
I have a nice 2.6 quad processor and 2g ram, and like to play a game called Medieval Total War 2, (delusions of empire, very fun) but it chugs badly with my old 7300 card.
I saw both cards on his desk. The EVGA 9500 seems newer, has 1g memory. The 7800 BFG is much bigger and heavier needs a power connector. (My co-worker thinks it has 512.) Someone told me to ignore the first number in the model number for these and go for the bigger second number, in this case 800.
Google is my friend, I know, but friend Google confuses me. I am a very lazy and easily confused old man and have a hard time making a rational decision here. So after only ten feeble minutes of searching I come whining to you.
I cant' benchmark them both in my system, as I read I should do, I just have to pick one on Monday at lunch and let my harried co-worker get on with his life.
Fortunately, I don't have to pay for one of these cards, as he owes me, as they say, "big time" and is out of cash, so wants to barter. He does Warhammer (?) or something and not know which of the two is a better card for a game with thousands of tiny men swarming around like ants poking each other with swords.
Hopefully,
Mike
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