I would second the recommendation for the 9800GT. I got one about 4 months back for about $80 (it was a special). If you watch <a href="http://slickdeals.net">slickdeals.net</a> and subscribe to newegg email, deals come around pretty quickly.<br>
<br>Also, I'd go for faster memory rather than more, I'm guessing the 1gb model you're looking at is GDDR2. Gigabyte has a 9500GT with 512MB GDDR3 memory for $60 plus a $30 mail in rebate at newegg:<br><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125260">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125260</a><br>
<br>The 9800GTs are a bit more expensive at present, but it depends on if you have time to watch for a deal or not. If not Newegg presently has a recertified (refurb) 9800GT for $80:<br><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150424">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150424</a><br>
<br>Some people are absolutely against refurbs. Personally I buy almost everything refurb and seem to lave less trouble than most do with new products. Additionally, with a video card, if something is going to happen it's probably going to happen right away, and newegg has about the best return/replacement policy of any online retailer. Just make sure to install it, and do a burn in run right away when you get it.<br>
<br>-B<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:12 PM, David Champion <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave@dchamp.net">dave@dchamp.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
If you can swing it, I would spend a little more for the 9800 GT, a very<br>
quick search shows they start about $95. It's fast enough to handle just<br>
about any of the current generation of games. When Id's new game, Rage,<br>
comes out (someday), it may not be quite enough.<br>
<br>
The 9500 GT is quite a bit slower than the 9800 GT... depending on what<br>
games you want to play it may not be enough for you. If you just want to<br>
play Quake 3 generation games, you'd be OK with the 9500.<br>
<br>
It should work fine in Linux (with the proprietary driver) and Windows.<br>
<br>
One of the VM people can tell you more on this, but I don't think that<br>
graphics hardware acceleration is fully "there" yet for VM's, but it is<br>
allegedly coming.<br>
<br>
For now, you should probably plan on doing your gaming / 3D stuff on<br>
your host / native OS, or look into good old dual booting instead.<br>
<br>
If you have a choice in brands, I'd go with XFX. Good quality stuff, and<br>
I've had a few of their cards, they have a very nice replacement policy<br>
if your card goes bad. EVGA is kind of the "reference card"<br>
manufacturer, they don't do much beyond what nVidia specs, where<br>
companies like XFX will tweak things to run better, faster, cooler, etc.<br>
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Dan Schlichting wrote:<br>
> I am looking at getting my first pci Express card.<br>
><br>
> The model is ge force 9500 gt 1 gig of ram for $64.<br>
><br>
> Any pro's, con's I want to use it with mythtv and playing games either<br>
> with vm or windows.<br>
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> Dan<br>
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