graphics cards

[suprafreak6]

i know nothing about graphics cards, all i know is they can be good or bad...
i need a graphics card for less than 150. around 100 would be preferable...
how do u know which card is better, by memory or what its confusing to me :O

[Formula1]

Does your motherboard have an AGP 4/8x slot or Pci-e express 16?

[Peerzy]

Whats the card for? No point buying a $20 card if you want to play F.E.A.R or a $400 card if you want to look at your emails.

[suprafreak6]

im building my first computer

here is my stuff i have chosen, im on a tight budget

MOBO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138264

CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103533

PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817148008

RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145526

HARDDRIVE
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144184

CASE
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811144001

thats pretty much it, its my first build though

i play games but im on a budget so thats why im askin for help

[Formula1]

then the best card you can get for 150$ is a 6600gt
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150098

[ApacNTS]

u also picked the wrong ram pin, ur mobo supports 184(ddr400, 3200), that ram pin is 280(ddr533 4200)

your budget is better than mine, i envy you lol :p

[Virtualbody1234]

Why buy a motherboard with onboard graphics if you intend to buy a graphics card?


Onboard Video Chipset nVIDIA GeForce 6100

In fact that onboard video looks quite good.

You have also shown me a board and chipset I wasn't aware of. New material to study! :shifty:

[suprafreak6]

wait so can anyone point out a ram that would be right for me (preferablly cosair and 2X 512mb to equal 1024) for as cheap as possible and how good is that onboard graphics because i read somewhere that onboard graphics are bad

[Virtualbody1234]

2x512MB DDR400 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440


This is a very new motherboard with Nvidia 6100 onboard. I cannot tell you yet how good it is but it's not for extreme gaming performance but still quite good.

Here is another motherboard with even better onboard graphics: http://www.pcstats.com/releaseview.cfm?ReleaseID=1301

If you really are looking for an advanced gaming system then choose a board without onboard graphics.

[suprafreak6]

well i play counterstrike 1.6 and source and some old games...im going to start playing some new games maybe like battlefield do u think i should use onboard and then later on upgrade?

[Virtualbody1234]

What system are you used to playing with?

[suprafreak6]

uh i think the answer would be xbox or windows xp

[Virtualbody1234]

Yeah but what graphics card is in your current system that lets you play those games (preferably the whole system specs). I'm looking for a comparison here.

[Virtualbody1234]

This might help: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2539

[suprafreak6]

not my computer but, amd athlon xp 2500+
160gb harddrive
STOCK GRAPHICS CARD
512mb ram
lol

[Virtualbody1234]

The lol part of your post is the best. :lol:

STOCK GRAPHICS CARD tells us very little. Use Lavalys EVEREST (http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.php?pid=1&lang=en) to get more information.

[ApacNTS]

stock, heh that's probably 32mb ati rage at best like me :p (proceeds to weep)