[Cialug] Video Card

[Brandon Griffis]

oh also:

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=1549929

-B

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Brandon Griffis
<brandongriffis at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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 slickdeals.net and
> subscribe to newegg email, deals come around pretty quickly.
>
> 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:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125260
>
> 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:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150424
>
> 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.
>
> -B
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:12 PM, David Champion <dave at dchamp.net> wrote:
>
>> If you can swing it, I would spend a little more for the 9800 GT, a very
>> quick search shows they start about $95. It's fast enough to handle just
>> about any of the current generation of games. When Id's new game, Rage,
>> comes out (someday), it may not be quite enough.
>>
>> The 9500 GT is quite a bit slower than the 9800 GT... depending on what
>> games you want to play it may not be enough for you. If you just want to
>> play Quake 3 generation games, you'd be OK with the 9500.
>>
>> It should work fine in Linux (with the proprietary driver) and Windows.
>>
>> One of the VM people can tell you more on this, but I don't think that
>> graphics hardware acceleration is fully "there" yet for VM's, but it is
>> allegedly coming.
>>
>> For now, you should probably plan on doing your gaming / 3D stuff on
>> your host / native OS, or look into good old dual booting instead.
>>
>> If you have a choice in brands, I'd go with XFX. Good quality stuff, and
>> I've had a few of their cards, they have a very nice replacement policy
>> if your card goes bad. EVGA is kind of the "reference card"
>> manufacturer, they don't do much beyond what nVidia specs, where
>> companies like XFX will tweak things to run better, faster, cooler, etc.
>>
>> -dc
>>
>> Dan Schlichting wrote:
>> > I am looking at getting my first pci Express card.
>> >
>> > The model is ge force 9500 gt 1 gig of ram for $64.
>> >
>> > Any pro's, con's I want to use it with mythtv and playing games either
>> > with vm or windows.
>> >
>> > Dan
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