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Mid-Range GeForce Video Card Suggestions?
Hi all!
Once again I am endeavoring to build a new system. I've got everything set up, and I've cannabilized my old system as much as possible. My new system lacks one last thing: a new video card. My old system was running a GeForce 6200, and I'm feeling pretty comfortable sticking with GeForce. Now most of my gamer friends laugh at this because unlike most PC gamers out there, I am strickly a "casual gamer". In other words, I have no qualms about turning my graphics all the way down and setting my res to 800x600 (I know, blasphemy!). I'm running some games like this from 2007 no problems, but I want to make sure when I buy a new card it's not pure junk, I want to get at least a couple years out of it (had the 6200 going on 2.5 years now I think). I'm guessing a GeForce 8xxx series will last me quite a while, but I'd like to spend in the $50-75 or less on NewEgg if possible. Suggestions?
2 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
What kind of mobo you have? I guess if you don't mind playing on low-med settings you can get 8600GT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...
...but why cheat yourself out of a good gaming expirience? If you are buying a new card at least get a good one that will give you a run for the money. 8800GT I think is the most popular nvidia card right now both for its fair price and performance.
- DoggzillaLv 61 decade ago
And 8400 will do good for you, but the 8600 will last a great deal longer. The 8400 is several times as powerful as what you have but its no rocket ship. The 8600 is capable of impressive graphics, semi real, but its still not even close to the most powerful. The 8800 would blow your mind.
If you arent into gaming so much then what you really want to do is get some really fast hard drives and RAID them to make everything in windows load instantly. Youre probably loads at 35-45mb/s, and some modern drives can break 90 by themselves, breaking 120 is easily possible in a RAID.
