[Bizzaro395]

Ok guys i need a graphics card and psu for my pc. the problem is i can only spend $150 bucks so i need your help people.I want to play at launch so i need it to last until ps3. There is got to be a card i can use to play this game. Im using radeon 3200 hd 256 intergrated and got like 299 score. so show me some love guys please!

[armyofbear136]

$150 for a video card AND power supply? To play ffxiv? Nearly impossible. Unless you wanna risk your entire system with a POS power supply. I guess there's something. We can talk more details, send me a message and I'd be happy to help.

[Kurisu]

I guess this thread is finished with, as army is our resident computer wizz and will be able to help you...hopefully.

In the meantime, Bizzarro, please follow this link and introduce yourself to the community ^^

[armyofbear136]

Kurisu, on Jul 19, 2010 - 3:18 PM, said:

I guess this thread is finished with, as army is our resident computer wizz and will be able to help you...hopefully.

/flex, I do what I can for my community. I might just change my title now =)

[Girseo]

I wanted a new graphic card too, did spend days looking for info about the posibilities. It turned out the PC supply of my PC was 250W...
Not much to upgrade there, i did not know about that before i buyed it. It had extra slots for upgrading so i thought it would be easy to get another graphics card in time...
I thought of replacing the power supply, but well, i'm not that handy . So many wires coming from the power supply, and looks like such a mess in there that to be honest i dont dare to do it myself
The idea of expending munny just to give my self a chance to mess up... no thanks ^^
I decided (yesterday) to order a G7750 (did it yesterday too). That means, no holidays in the summer, no holidays during Xmass, thanks god i quited smoking a month ago... and prolly no holidays next year either... My mom is gonna kill me
Armyofbear, thanks a lot for your posts very very didactic and fun to read keep them coming

[karari]

I'll throw in a question too? =D

Single 1.8GB nVidia GeForce GTX 260 vs Dual 1GB nVidia GeForce GTs 240 using SLI?

[armyofbear136]

Girseo, on Jul 19, 2010 - 9:47 PM, said:

Armyofbear, thanks a lot for your posts very very didactic and fun to read keep them coming

Daz why I'm here!

karari, on Jul 19, 2010 - 10:40 PM, said:

I'll throw in a question too? =D

Single 1.8GB nVidia GeForce GTX 260 vs Dual 1GB nVidia GeForce GTs 240 using SLI?

Very simple. The GTX 260 will far outperform the dual GT 240 setup.

Here's why:

If you look here the GT 240 only has 96 cuda processors, and in an SLI setup there would be a theoretical 192 cuda processors.

There's always going to be a bit of scalability in terms of performance when running SLI, so you'll lose probably around 20-30% of performance. In terms of cuda processors, it's almost as if you chopped out 40 of those processors So, lets assume your dual GT 240 setup is a single card of 152 cuda processors, just so we can compare.

The GTX 260 comes packed with the full 192 cuda processors. So, in this case, a dual GT 240 setup has a the theoretical power of a GTX 260, but in actuality the GTX 260 will outperform the SLI setup.

This is even before we talk SLI compatibility and driver efficiency.

Now, if you're thinking "Hey, why not save a few bucks and sli this card" it's not necessarily a bad option. 152 cores between two 1gb cards is quite a bit of power and may very well get the work done you need it to. But if you're only concerned with a direct comparison. Go with the GTX 260.

This post has been edited by armyofbear136: Jul 20, 2010 - 2:23 AM

[Rief]

Yeah im running a gt 240 1 gb it scored ateast enough for me as a casual player to run the game. My friend has the 260 and it scored alot higher than mine scored off that goofy benchmark.

[Cid]

Just for fun, here are the grand mama-jammas if you have $700-$800 to blow on a graphics card:


http://www.newegg.co...0-460-_-Product

It eats up the GeForce GTX 295 in every benchmark and is DX11 compatible...

The GeForce has water cooling built in though, so that's nice if you have water cooling:

http://www.newegg.co...3-200-_-Product

Also, Nvidia is partnering with Square on the development (I think) so perhaps the GeForce is the way to go.

That being said, I'm going to shoot for the $250 mark. I think that should be sufficient to run the game pretty damn well and not get me kicked out of the house!