I had an Ati 8500 64mb le and now I have a Gainward ti4200 128mb. I'm not happy with the 2d quality and I'm thinking of replacing it with an Ati 9500pro when it comes out.
I'm also very interested in de sound quality. I want to connect my pc to my dolby digital receiver and I've tried everything with my soundblaster 5.1 but it didn't work out. I'm looking to upgrade my motherboard and the nforce 2 boards seem to have a spdif out option.
I have a MSI Pro 64mb. Great fast, stable card, but the 2d quality isn't fantastic. If I could buy again I would chose the Gainward pro with 4,5 ns memory or else the Ati Radeon 64mb (check the hot deals forum for a great deal on that one).
A while ago I upgraded from a duron 700mhz with a Abit kt7 to a thunderbird 1200mhz with a Asus A7v133. I was very happy with the upgrade. Less irq problems and more overall stability.
I want to buy today. The Gainward seems to overclock very well. But I'm sure the Elsa won't fall behind too much when it comes to overclocking. The Gainward is $20 cheaper, but the most important thing is a possible difference in 2d quality.
Elsa has a great reputation when it comes to 2d, but...
I have the MSI Geforce Pro 64mb. Very fast for 3d, but not too great at high resolutions on my 22" Iiyama. I see you have a 17" monitor, so I think you won't have to worry about 2d problems. The Pro is fine for watching dvd's for me, but I've heard the Radeon is a bit better with dvd...
Good post Bestilll.
I would use the 7200 rpm drive to run my operating system and programms on and use the 2 60gb drives for storage. So no raid. Read Bestill's post for the videocard choice.
Slight price drop at Newegg.com. Couple of people have reported that this is the Radeon SE with the faster core/memory 198/198, in stead of 183/183.
Thinking of getting one myself to compare it for a couple days with my MSI pro 64mb card and keep the winner :D
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Thanks Platinumgold
I'm going to choose between a Swiftech 462A with a 80mm Panaflo H1A (39.6 CFM, 32 dB-A)and a Thermalright SK6 with a YS-Tech FD1260257B-2A fan (25,9 CFM, 36 dB-A). The Glaciator is not available here in Holland.
Which of the two would give me the best performance?
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