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guyladouche · 11-07-07

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Originally Posted by tigs

thanks for the replies everyone.

i'm mainly looking to play rpgs and strategy games. neverwinter nights 2, the total war series, the only new game i'm worried about on the horizon is starcraft 2.

another question.. in reading some of the reviews for 1950 series cards i saw something mentioned about using crt monitors. that an adapter is needed because the card has been designed for flat panels. and doing so incurs a hit on performance.

knowing that this is for a crt monitor, does anyone have any different advice on which card to shoot for? at which model/series number did this adapter requirement appear?

The interface on the card is DVI. The ATI version of the card (and most other brands) comes with the DVI to D-sub adapter (d-sub is the typical non-digital VGA connector, like on CRT monitors). You'll see no performance difference when using the DVI-to-D-sub adapter on your analog monitor. My monitor has two inputs--a DVI input and a D-sub input. Using either shows no difference in quality or performance. I only have a 19" monitor (flat-panel). Perhaps you only see a difference when using extremely large monitors? I haven't seen any difference when I used my card with an old CRT monitor, though I wasn't looking for issues specifically (though since I didn't notice any, I'd assume that they weren't present).

sugarton · 11-07-07

My friend with a Samsung 19" swears there is a difference between D-sub and DVI but I don't see it. Either way he admits its a very small difference.

Astroz · 11-07-07

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Originally Posted by sugarton

Ehh, it's not at all easy to get ahold of 6800 series cards anymore, and you're probably best to just avoid them now. For $200 I got my X1950 Pro which destroys anything from the 6800 series. The only reason I'd recommend going for it is if you can get a 6800GT for VERY cheap.

I should note though that my X1950 Pro is being bottlenecked quite a bit by my CPU (same as yours).

I got my 6800 for $55...

Theres hundreds on eBay, and Newegg has some XT's for $70.

tigs · 11-08-07

thanks a bunch for the help guys. i took a long look at the 1950's and 6800's and wound up going with a 1950 pro from newegg. $115 after the rebates.

guyladouche · 11-08-07

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Originally Posted by tigs

thanks a bunch for the help guys. i took a long look at the 1950's and 6800's and wound up going with a 1950 pro from newegg. $115 after the rebates.

Wow! I had no idea they were going for that cheap now! That's an awesome deal--likely you wouldn't be able to find a comparably priced AGP card that offers as good of performance. Hope it all goes well!

**grunion** · 11-08-07

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Originally Posted by tigs

thanks a bunch for the help guys. i took a long look at the 1950's and 6800's and wound up going with a 1950 pro from newegg. $115 after the rebates.

The Pro is a great card, had one myself.

Is your PSU up to the task of powering it?

tigs · 11-08-07

thanks for the warning, i got it in time to stop before submitting my payment info.

i just checked my power supply, its an atx 12v, 115V/10A & 230V/5A, 420 watt max load.

what i was able to learn about the 1950 pro is that its stated requirement is 450watts but it sounds like some people have gotten it running on less even then i have.

anyone know more about this then i do? or have any experience running a 1950 card on less then ideal power supplies?

as to the other devices it has to run.. two cd/dvd drives and a floppy drive. no reason i couldn't disable the floppy and one cd drive though.
p4 3.0ghz cpu
36g hardrive... i want to say this is a maxtor 10k rpm drive. been awhile and i can't read the label in the box or find my spec sheet.
usb mouse and keyboard
audigy 2 sound board
network card(type i have no clue)

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tigs New to Overclock.net Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 11 Rep: 0 Unique Rep: 0 Trader Rating: 0	thanks a bunch for the help guys. i took a long look at the 1950's and 6800's and wound up going with a 1950 pro from newegg. $115 after the rebates.

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tigs New to Overclock.net Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 11 Rep: 0 Unique Rep: 0 Trader Rating: 0	thanks for the warning, i got it in time to stop before submitting my payment info. i just checked my power supply, its an atx 12v, 115V/10A & 230V/5A, 420 watt max load. what i was able to learn about the 1950 pro is that its stated requirement is 450watts but it sounds like some people have gotten it running on less even then i have. anyone know more about this then i do? or have any experience running a 1950 card on less then ideal power supplies? as to the other devices it has to run.. two cd/dvd drives and a floppy drive. no reason i couldn't disable the floppy and one cd drive though. p4 3.0ghz cpu 36g hardrive... i want to say this is a maxtor 10k rpm drive. been awhile and i can't read the label in the box or find my spec sheet. usb mouse and keyboard audigy 2 sound board network card(type i have no clue)

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