- Mar 3, 2003
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The last computer I built was in 2001. Athlon XP 2.4ghz with 9700pro. At the time it was absolutely top of the line, and that venerable old ATI9700 Pro is a friggen monster - it can still play most any game I throw at it (at low detail levels of course).
Today, I was offered a Coreduo 2 1.8 ghz, which is close to twice the speed of my old Athlon. The hitch is that it comes from Dell with an incredibly crappy 7300LE card, that can't even compete with my 9700 Pro =P.
So - the obvious question is what card is decent for this computer, without being significantly CPU limited etc. - what is the right price point / performance?
I'm looking at possibly a 7900GS, which performs reasonably well for a price of around $90.
Any suggestions for a better performance-per-dollar card for this computer?
Today, I was offered a Coreduo 2 1.8 ghz, which is close to twice the speed of my old Athlon. The hitch is that it comes from Dell with an incredibly crappy 7300LE card, that can't even compete with my 9700 Pro =P.
So - the obvious question is what card is decent for this computer, without being significantly CPU limited etc. - what is the right price point / performance?
I'm looking at possibly a 7900GS, which performs reasonably well for a price of around $90.
Any suggestions for a better performance-per-dollar card for this computer?