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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Hardware / June 2006Graphics Card Suggestions
Can anyone recommend a new graphics card for Vista?  SignatureDonald It depends on your motherboard. Do you have AGP, PCI express, or just PCI? > Can anyone recommend a new graphics card for Vista? If you just have PCI, I would suggest starting from scratch.... > It depends on your motherboard. > > Do you have AGP, PCI express, or just PCI? > >> Can anyone recommend a new graphics card for Vista? AGP and PCI SignatureDonald > It depends on your motherboard. > > Do you have AGP, PCI express, or just PCI? > > > Can anyone recommend a new graphics card for Vista? Cool, with AGP you will have some options. Another key question is what do you want to do with Vista? 1) gamer 2) Photography/video 3) Office dweller(spreadsheets/email/web/word, etc) 4) Designer The reason those matter is... A gamer will want a fast card with tons of memory, a photographer/video guy is going to want a card that can drive large monitor(multiple monitors) in photo realistic colors, an office dweller would want a card that can hold an image REAL steady and produce crisp text on a good monitor, and a designer(web or graphics) will have similar needs to photo/video and office people. Luckily many cards today can do much or most of these. What kind of monitor do you have? What resolution is it capable of? > AGP and PCI > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> >> > Can anyone recommend a new graphics card for Vista? video/office monitor envision 7100: 1280 x 1024 > Cool, with AGP you will have some options. > Another key question is what do you want to do with Vista? [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > >> > >> > Can anyone recommend a new graphics card for Vista? This one is a good bang/buck: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150157 > AGP and PCI > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> >> > Can anyone recommend a new graphics card for Vista? For his needs, probably overkill. He'd be fine with: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143056 I use a standard 6600 and it works flawlessly. Tom > This one is a good bang/buck: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >>> >>> > Can anyone recommend a new graphics card for Vista? Unless he tells us what the source of his Video is it is hard to tell what card to recommend since if he has a 720p or 1080i video source then a low memory bandwidth card would drop frames trying to process it causing stuttering especially since 6600 cards come with diffeerent memory bandwidths since each 6600 card manufacturer is allowed to pick his own memory type (DDR or DDR2) and memory speed and therfore only the top end 6600 cards can handle 1080i video and they cost just as much as 6600GT cards which have better de-interlacing motion compensation logic then the basic 6600 cards. > For his needs, probably overkill. He'd be fine with: > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >>>> >>>> > Can anyone recommend a new graphics card for Vista? ?????? He said he uses this in a standard office environment at 12x10 or so... > Unless he tells us what the source of his Video is it is hard to tell what > card to recommend since if he has a 720p or 1080i video source then a low [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >>>>> >>>>> > Can anyone recommend a new graphics card for Vista? Well, he did tell us that it was an office style machine at 1280x1024. But, that said, my fairly entry level 6600 runs flawlessly on my 37" 1920x1080p (not i) LCD panel with both 720p and 1080i content. I just like 1080i better :) Tom > Unless he tells us what the source of his Video is it is hard to tell what > card to recommend since if he has a 720p or 1080i video source then a low [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >>>>> >>>>> > Can anyone recommend a new graphics card for Vista? I am confused the OP said Video and unless he difined what that means I don't see how any of us draw conclusions as to where the video is coming from. If any of you think you know what his source is without his saying please state it in order that I won't in the future come to the conclusion that it is unknown. > Well, he did tell us that it was an office style machine at 1280x1024. > [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >>>>>> >>>>>> > Can anyone recommend a new graphics card for Vista? We read his reply..... >I am confused the OP said Video and unless he difined what that means I >don't see how any of us draw conclusions as to where the video is coming [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> > Can anyone recommend a new graphics card for Vista? It is also important to know if you plan on installing an HDTV tuner in your PC and what type of display(s) and connections you plan on having. > It depends on your motherboard. > > Do you have AGP, PCI express, or just PCI? > >> Can anyone recommend a new graphics card for Vista? Can you tel me more about HDTV turner and suggest pci cards also? > It is also important to know if you plan on installing an HDTV tuner in your > PC and what type of display(s) and connections you plan on having. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > > >> Can anyone recommend a new graphics card for Vista? If ;you plan to install an HDTV tuner in order to receive local digital broadcasts Over The Air with an antenna you will need a tuner such as an NVIDIA 6600GT for which there is an AGP version in order to get good PQ without dropping frames when watching a HD program. I believe the ATI X600 also has an AGP version. I don't know of any PCI tuners that will meet the requirements of high memory bandwidth and DX9 support required for HD program processing. > Can you tel me more about HDTV turner and suggest pci cards also? > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> > >> >> Can anyone recommend a new graphics card for Vista? |
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