- Jun 2, 2005
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I have ~$120 to spend and I've narrowed down my choices to one of these cards:
ECS GeForce 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3
MSI Radeon HD 3650 512MB GDDR3
EVGA GEFORCE 7950GT 256MB GDDR3($120 used from friend)
I need the card for an HTPC and it will be replacing my aging 6800 Ultra. I'd like to be able to do a little bit of gaming at 1080i resolutions, but mostly I'll be watching and recording video, surfing the net, running emulators, etc
From what I've gathered so far, the 7950 would give me the best gaming performance, but would lack HDMI and DX10. I've no need for HDMI or DX10 so far, but it might be worth it to have them for the future. Thoughts?
If I were to go with one of the other cards the 3650 would be the best performer(?) as far as I can tell, however, I will most likely be dual booting MythTV and WinXP and I'm afraid that the linux support for the ATI card might be severely lacking. So I'd probably have to go with the 8600. Again... thoughts?
I could really use some input here.
ECS GeForce 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3
MSI Radeon HD 3650 512MB GDDR3
EVGA GEFORCE 7950GT 256MB GDDR3($120 used from friend)
I need the card for an HTPC and it will be replacing my aging 6800 Ultra. I'd like to be able to do a little bit of gaming at 1080i resolutions, but mostly I'll be watching and recording video, surfing the net, running emulators, etc
From what I've gathered so far, the 7950 would give me the best gaming performance, but would lack HDMI and DX10. I've no need for HDMI or DX10 so far, but it might be worth it to have them for the future. Thoughts?
If I were to go with one of the other cards the 3650 would be the best performer(?) as far as I can tell, however, I will most likely be dual booting MythTV and WinXP and I'm afraid that the linux support for the ATI card might be severely lacking. So I'd probably have to go with the 8600. Again... thoughts?
I could really use some input here.