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ninevalleys
07-09-2006, 07:02 PM
gday,
ive just been talking to this computer guy, (somthing about fixing this computer), when we got on the subject of my new computer he told me there were 2 kinds of graphics card, Raptors (gaming graphics cards) and Maxtors (for graphic design) does anyone know what graphics card goes where? or anything else about this? all i knew before today was that with a good $500 you can get a damn good card that will play games to a good quality.
cheers NV
(apparently im getting a Maxtor??)
gday,
ive just been talking to this computer guy, (somthing about fixing this computer), when we got on the subject of my new computer he told me there were 2 kinds of graphics card, Raptors (gaming graphics cards) and Maxtors (for graphic design) does anyone know what graphics card goes where? or anything else about this? all i knew before today was that with a good $500 you can get a damn good card that will play games to a good quality.
cheers NV
(apparently im getting a Maxtor??)
:rofl:
Someones trying to rip you off.
Or sell you a physics card... Which I'm led to believe make SFA difference.
AFAIK Maxtor is a brand of HD's, and Raptor is a HD model from Western Digital.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong...
The only google results for "raptor graphics card" and "maxtor graphics card" look somewhat dodgy as well.
2Dogs
07-09-2006, 07:06 PM
Dunno what he's talking about.
In the Nvidia Range the Quaddro Models are the high end Graphics/Cad cards.
And I agree with you, for $500 you will get a dam good card for Gaming.
dbjac
07-09-2006, 07:07 PM
Did you just agree with NV?? :o
StevenB
07-09-2006, 07:11 PM
maxtor or matrox?
matrox are a high end card.
as for the physics card doig SFA, well sure thats true, until the games are written for them
maxtor or matrox?
matrox are a high end card.
as for the physics card doig SFA, well sure thats true, until the games are written for them
Cool, I don't keep up with gaming news much. I don't think physics cards will be appearing in the laptop I want anytime soon. :silly:
ninevalleys
07-09-2006, 07:24 PM
hey, yeah sorry its matrox, i think, ive just done all the searches abot maxtor and raptor.. i think raptor graphics cards are the GeForce rads all the high speed gaming cards. does anyone know if the matrox cards can still do games or do i have to get another one?
cheers NV
PS. people agree with me.. somtimes:P
StevenB
07-09-2006, 07:50 PM
go for the nvidia or ATI cards over the matrox for games
ninevalleys
07-09-2006, 07:57 PM
yeah i know, but i dont really have a choice, cause my old man is spending the cash, so i have to live what he gets, and he wants me to have one of those. so? can i still use it for games? or can i jsut hook up a Geforce or Radeon in there as well.. or wont they be compatible?
cheers NV
recurve boy
07-09-2006, 09:07 PM
can i still use it for games?
Yes
Those graphics/CAD cards are expensive and I can't remember the last time you could just walk into a store and get a Matrox. Do they even have a consumer model anymore?
2Dogs
07-09-2006, 09:10 PM
We got a couple of the high end quaddro's for our 12D modelling guys.
The cards were $4500 each.
I love playing with toys other people pay for :)
Eberbachl
08-09-2006, 12:14 AM
For $500 bucks, you'll waste your money and get a card that is great for a few months and superseeded and worthless before you know it ;)
Archangel
08-09-2006, 06:11 AM
yeah i know, but i dont really have a choice, cause my old man is spending the cash, so i have to live what he gets, and he wants me to have one of those. so? can i still use it for games? or can i jsut hook up a Geforce or Radeon in there as well.. or wont they be compatible?
cheers NV
In theory you can hook up another graphics card, but only if you've got a slot for it on the motherboard - and then you'd have multiple monitors being driven by different graphics cards. Not really going to work as you want.
Why on earth does your dad want you to have a Matrox? They might have some use for CAD stuff (although I bet a fast GeForce would do ya fine), but unless you're going to be doing a _lot_ of serious CAD work, why spend the extra cash on a card that'll be heaps slow for everything else?
ninevalleys
08-09-2006, 07:05 PM
hey,
no idea why he wants me to have on of those, but ive decided i will get a second card and hook it up for games and stuff.
cheers NV
recurve boy
08-09-2006, 08:52 PM
In theory you can hook up another graphics card, but only if you've got a slot for it on the motherboard - and then you'd have multiple monitors being driven by different graphics cards. Not really going to work as you want.
Take out the first card and sell it ;)
StevenB
09-09-2006, 01:06 PM
then buy 2 SLI cards
hoyt for life 2
09-09-2006, 04:38 PM
Possubly his dad doesnt want him playing to many games, hence not getting a flash gameing card. Quite a good aproch, my dad does similar when I start showing him motorbikes for sale on trademe he starts telling me he can get me a nice toyota carolla or civic from a car auction for the same price.
ninevalleys
09-09-2006, 06:33 PM
yup!, definatly true!
my father would rather not have me put games on it, but we both know i will :D in fact i have quite a few FPS ready to go. an he would rather i have a powerful graphics card... for graphics. so if it wont work for games, there will be another one in there somewhere:D
StevenB
09-09-2006, 10:07 PM
your going to have fun getting them to work properly
Juggs
09-09-2006, 10:31 PM
pick up a second hand 6600gt for about 120-150 bucks will play all current games ok
recurve boy
10-09-2006, 01:00 PM
yup!, definatly true!
my father would rather not have me put games on it, but we both know i will :D in fact i have quite a few FPS ready to go. an he would rather i have a powerful graphics card... for graphics. so if it wont work for games, there will be another one in there somewhere:D
Surely the way to do that is to not get a dedicated graphics card? An expensive card optimised for CAD/realtime 3D, while possibly not a top gaming card, isn't going to be a slouch either. Unless maybe it's one of the cards for multiple displays.
All in all, a very expensive, and useless deterrent to stop NV from playing games.
You don't need a good graphics card to play minesweeper. Don't waste the money.
Archangel
10-09-2006, 03:09 PM
You don't need a good graphics card to play minesweeper. Don't waste the money.
In Windows Vista you will ;-)
ninevalleys
10-09-2006, 06:40 PM
minesweeper.. a classic game.. like tetris or pong. but nah, my games so far are AA (americas army), CS, CS:S, BF2, BF1942, SOF, and COD. all FPS which are the only games so far i enjoy on PC. mind you right now all i can run on my father compute if SOF test demo :P... and on lowest settings. so no matter what i get its going to be a improvement on this peice of junk. oh, and im looking at a GeForce 9900GTX, or somthing like that (EBAY!!!) whihc should be more than enough.
cheers NV
Archangel
10-09-2006, 06:46 PM
minesweeper.. a classic game.. like tetris or pong. but nah, my games so far are AA (americas army), CS, CS:S, BF2, BF1942, SOF, and COD.
Clearly modern games are better, because they all have acronyms for titles :-P
oh, and im looking at a GeForce 9900GTX, or somthing like that (EBAY!!!) whihc should be more than enough.
That's hardcore. Us mere mortals might have stopped at a 7900, but obviously for some brave individuals there is the possibility to go further :rofl:
StevenB
10-09-2006, 06:54 PM
Clearly modern games are better, because they all have acronyms for titles :-P
That's hardcore. Us mere mortals might have stopped at a 7900, but obviously for some brave individuals there is the possibility to go further :rofl:
I hear it is supercharged with double pumpers
ninevalleys
10-09-2006, 07:25 PM
whups, sorry yeah 7900, ive been looking at the Raedons for too long:P, stupid number systems... and yes everything with computers seems to consist of acronyms. though it goes down quite well when you tell people your a member of AA and forget to mention its a game...:D
Archangel
10-09-2006, 07:39 PM
I hear it is supercharged with double pumpers
And quad vertex shader mipmapping thingamajiggies.... okay, I'm out of jargon :-)
It'd have to have flames painted on it of course :-D
ninevalleys
10-09-2006, 07:59 PM
why dont you tryout the hyper-proton-midigulator.... we found one hiding in one of the old computers at school.. it was that or a ram card?? or may be it was a transistor.. oh well guess we will never know..:D
Archangel
10-09-2006, 08:22 PM
A flux capacitor would no doubt be a good addition too ;-)
dbjac
10-09-2006, 08:39 PM
:o are you guys trying to make a computer? or the tardis?
Holy christ, you can't run SOF? Even my hunk of junk with 32mb of INTEARGRATED INTEL graphics can run soldiers of fortune 2 on medium settings.
Archangel
11-09-2006, 05:44 AM
:o are you guys trying to make a computer? or the tardis?
The flux capacitor was actually from the DeLorean, but the Tardis is cooler :-P
ninevalleys
11-09-2006, 07:57 PM
well, i suppose this compute could run somthing... it ran AA fairly well.. at a crappy ping rate though...
i tired to find another Hyper- proton- midigulator... got in trouble for wrecking a crappy computer at school.. all i did was remove the 64mb ram stick... oh well
NV
Hannah
11-09-2006, 10:48 PM
... and yes everything with computers seems to consist of acronyms...
My favourite is the TWAIN driver (technology without an interesting name...no really!!) ;)
StevenB
12-09-2006, 07:14 PM
A flux capacitor would no doubt be a good addition too ;-)
used to ring up Dick Smith Electronics when I worked at Jaycar Electronics asking for flux capacitors and dilithium crystals
Every single time some one would go an search, say they couldn't find any then suggest jaycar
My favourite is the TWAIN driver (technology without an interesting name...no really!!) ;)
Wine is not an emulator... Lame Ain't an Mp3 encoder...
ninevalleys
12-09-2006, 07:55 PM
SO!
dont want this thread to die... seems to have changed tact.. mind you we sorted out what i was trying to figure out in like the first 3 posts, so yeah ill post up what i get and what i chop and change im my compute.. when i eventually get it.
does anyone have a intercooling system in their computes? ive heard good and bad about them. i cant really be botherd to hook one up. but still interested.
cheers NV
Archangel
12-09-2006, 08:05 PM
Wine is not an emulator... Lame Ain't an Mp3 encoder...
In the latter case the name is quite ironic (and inaccurate) since LAME is now a mp3 encoder... :-D
SO!
dont want this thread to die... seems to have changed tact.. mind you we sorted out what i was trying to figure out in like the first 3 posts, so yeah ill post up what i get and what i chop and change im my compute.. when i eventually get it.
does anyone have a intercooling system in their computes? ive heard good and bad about them. i cant really be botherd to hook one up. but still interested.
cheers NV
Unless you plan to overclock don't bother. Just get some good fans and it's all good.
hoyt for life 2
13-09-2006, 10:00 AM
It will only be useful if you have a turbo, and you will have to remove your front bumper in most cases.
StevenB
13-09-2006, 10:42 AM
Unless you plan to overclock don't bother. Just get some good fans and it's all good.
or you want a quite system
StevenB
13-09-2006, 10:44 AM
It will only be useful if you have a turbo, and you will have to remove your front bumper in most cases.
would help if it was supercharged as well. Also if you went an air to water intercooler you might not need to remove the bumper
Archangel
13-09-2006, 11:48 AM
or you want a quite system
Granted, although it's not necessarily as quiet as all that - you do have to have a pump to drive all that fluid around, some of them aren't as quiet as they're cracked up to be.
ninevalleys
13-09-2006, 08:45 PM
yeah, also if they happen to burst.. well there goes a computer, the only really good ones i have heard about is the stock AlienWare ones.
Archangel
14-09-2006, 09:09 AM
yeah, also if they happen to burst.. well there goes a computer, the only really good ones i have heard about is the stock AlienWare ones.
Some of the last Macs with ppc chips in them were watercooled - I assume those worked okay (ie. didn't burst) or there'd have been a big fuss...
I'm pretty sure you can do it with some sort of nonconductive fluid too, which would cause a lot less carnage if some did leak.
StevenB
14-09-2006, 02:43 PM
yeah, also if they happen to burst.. well there goes a computer, the only really good ones i have heard about is the stock AlienWare ones.
no there are quite a few good systems. Jump on www.overclockers.com.au and have a look
StevenB
14-09-2006, 02:44 PM
but if you want a really quite system get a zalman case (only about $1100)
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