[Cialug] Video Card

[Brandon Griffis]

I would second the recommendation for the 9800GT.  I got one about 4 months
back for about $80 (it was a special).  If you watch slickdeals.net and
subscribe to newegg email, deals come around pretty quickly.

Also, I'd go for faster memory rather than more, I'm guessing the 1gb model
you're looking at is GDDR2.  Gigabyte has a 9500GT with 512MB GDDR3 memory
for $60 plus a $30 mail in rebate at newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125260

The 9800GTs are a bit more expensive at present, but it depends on if you
have time to watch for a deal or not.  If not Newegg presently has a
recertified (refurb) 9800GT for $80:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150424

Some people are absolutely against refurbs.  Personally I buy almost
everything refurb and seem to lave less trouble than most do with new
products.  Additionally, with a video card, if something is going to happen
it's probably going to happen right away, and newegg has about the best
return/replacement policy of any online retailer.  Just make sure to install
it, and do a burn in run right away when you get it.

-B

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:12 PM, David Champion <dave at dchamp.net> wrote:

> If you can swing it, I would spend a little more for the 9800 GT, a very
> quick search shows they start about $95. It's fast enough to handle just
> about any of the current generation of games. When Id's new game, Rage,
> comes out (someday), it may not be quite enough.
>
> The 9500 GT is quite a bit slower than the 9800 GT... depending on what
> games you want to play it may not be enough for you. If you just want to
> play Quake 3 generation games, you'd be OK with the 9500.
>
> It should work fine in Linux (with the proprietary driver) and Windows.
>
> One of the VM people can tell you more on this, but I don't think that
> graphics hardware acceleration is fully "there" yet for VM's, but it is
> allegedly coming.
>
> For now, you should probably plan on doing your gaming / 3D stuff on
> your host / native OS, or look into good old dual booting instead.
>
> If you have a choice in brands, I'd go with XFX. Good quality stuff, and
> I've had a few of their cards, they have a very nice replacement policy
> if your card goes bad. EVGA is kind of the "reference card"
> manufacturer, they don't do much beyond what nVidia specs, where
> companies like XFX will tweak things to run better, faster, cooler, etc.
>
> -dc
>
> Dan Schlichting wrote:
> > I am looking at getting my first pci Express card.
> >
> > The model is ge force 9500 gt 1 gig of ram for $64.
> >
> > Any pro's, con's I want to use it with mythtv and playing games either
> > with vm or windows.
> >
> > Dan
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