On 04/18/13 03:28 AM, James Harvey wrote:
The Nvidia GeForce GT 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7770 seem to be possibilities, but there are more video cards to look at than "Carter's got little liver pills", and how does anyone know what's best?
I've got a pretty fast machine and do on-line gaming (much less demanding than 1st-person shooters). I have a Radeon 5670 (three-year old mid-range model) that has worked very well. I've done some video editing and it worked flawlessly.
My criteria were 1) price <= $125, 2) single-slot with no requirement for external power cables, 3) 1 GB memory. The guy at Fry's told me that if you're rendering a lot of objects (i.e., landscape, multi-characters, etc) the memory was more important than the GPU speed. I definitely didn't want a power-hog/heat-generator.
Yes, both nVidia and Radeon define the GPU line and then license manufacture to multiple manufacturers. I think you'll find that the absolute cheapest version is probably not the one to get. <g>
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