I have the PowerColor 5850HD 1G. I loves loves loves it. A few bucks less than the 5870 and pretty freakin' awesome.
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Matthew Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > > xfire is ati, sli is nvidia, two names for the same thing. Running two > cards with identical chipsets for (almost) twice the power. So you but a > radeon 5770 for now, and when it is not enough to play your games, instead > of a totally new card, you buy another 5770. A cable connects the two. It > is considered better to get one powerful card off the bat than two weaker > cards. two cards can cause thermal issues, and you have twice the fans so > more noise. > > If you are not gaming then get the cheapest that supports your native > resolution. > > Your monitor is probably 1920x1080, so the 5770 would be enough. I am > using > mine on a 24" 1920x1200 and get decent frames, though I am catching up > playing older games. The 5870 is a damn fine card, though the 5850 holds > it > own quite well and saves you a few bucks. Any of the three would be great, > just depends on your budget. I highly recommend xfx as they have a double > lifetime warranty. If you sell the card, the new owner gets a lifetime > warranty so you will get more for it on ebay. > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > idk, its an AOC 21" widescreen guy, with no cool connectors... my 17" > > sony has that. > > im so hardware dumb, that i dont know what you mean by xfire/sli > > > > tw > > > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Matthew Smith <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > What is the native resolution of your monitor. That will determine > your > > > video card, which will determine your power supply. Do you plan to > > > xfire/sli down the line? If so that will also affect your PS choice. > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> ok. luckily... in a few months :) hopefully... there will be a new > > >> mbpro here for me @ work. > > >> so, this workhorse @ home, just needs to be a box, with a lotta ram, a > > >> big ole hdd, a nice big video card, and some usb ports. > > >> of course, dvd, etc... but thats all... im looking to spend ~1200-1500 > > >> and thats it... i spent 899 on my last > > >> circuit city sony box, and made well over 100k with it :) im looking > > >> to make the same kinda investment and make even more > > >> with this one .... i love spending little, getting a cheap box that > > >> normal geeks would scoff at, and rather than play games > > >> on it... BANG OUT a buncha sites, and make nice cake with it... > > >> > > >> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected] > > > > >> wrote: > > >> > > > >> > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Matthew Smith < > [email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >> >> If you are on the fence, spec out a dell, then get the parts into > > your > > >> >> shopping basket on newegg. Do a price comparison. Is the hundreds > > of > > >> >> dollars you save worth it, or is the extra expense worth it for > > >> something > > >> >> that arrives at your door ready to go and has tech support > attached. > > >> > > > >> > Sometimes you can also find one or two components that will save you > > >> > substantial money. You could spec out a Dell and put very little > RAM > > >> > in it, then buy the RAM from NewEgg. That gives you a machine you > > >> > didn't have to assemble, you just have to swap out the memory > > >> > yourself, which is pretty easy to do. > > >> > > > >> > I mentioned previously that my new laptop will be a Mac. I plan on > > >> > buying it with minimum RAM because buying pre-installed memory > > >> > upgrades from Apple is WAY more pricey than buying it yourself. > > >> > > > >> > -Cameron > > >> > > > >> > . > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314779 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
