Simviation Forum - Graphics Card

Dec 22^nd, 2005 at 11:18pm

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Does anyone have a suggestion to a better graphics card than a NVIDIA GeForce 5200?

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Reply #1 - Dec 23^rd, 2005 at 12:59am

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Give us a price range and I'm sure somebody can find one for you! Cheers, Gunny

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Reply #2 - Dec 23^rd, 2005 at 5:37pm

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the radeon x800 and x850's are really comeing down in price. they are both leaps and bounds beyond your currnet card.

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Reply #3 - Dec 23^rd, 2005 at 7:18pm

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I'm looking in the price range of $100-300.

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Reply #4 - Dec 23^rd, 2005 at 8:27pm

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well I'd say a Nvidia Geforce 6800, look on ebay for one shouldnt be too bad, and if that fails, newegg prolly has one! Cheers, Gunny

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Reply #5 - Dec 24^th, 2005 at 5:21pm

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nVidia 7800 512MB DDRRAM Grin

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Reply #6 - Dec 24^th, 2005 at 7:09pm

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He needs PCI-E Mees, 5200 is AGP and PCI only I do believe, the best he could get is a 6800 Extreme edition (and from what I read they are rare and expensive) the best I can reckon is a Nvidia Geforce 6800 ultra for about 250 or so on ebay if your lucky, Cheers, Gunny

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Reply #7 - Dec 31^st, 2005 at 12:27am

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Or now a 7800gt for about or a lil over 300$ also

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Reply #8 - Dec 31^st, 2005 at 12:48pm

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Does anyone have a suggestion to a better graphics card than a NVIDIA GeForce 5200?

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Anything from an FX5600 upwards....

My choice for you would be a 6800LE.

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Reply #9 - Jan 22^nd, 2006 at 5:23pm

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www.marketpro.com

go to that website and give it your location and see if they are having a showing in your area. You will find at first appearance it appears they are selling junk, but like any great treasure hunter you have to take your time and explore each table and you will find what you seek and it won't take as big a bite out of your wallet. Most prices are negotiable.

example :

Verizon wants to charge you $78 for a 512mb minisd memory card.

Market Pro offeres you the same minisd card for $45.

Any company would charge you $3,000 for a 26" Flat panel HDTV with compatible to be used as a pc monitor.

Market Pro had a Gateway 26" flat panel HDTV with PC compatibility selling for $700.

You ask watch the catch is. I asked them the same question. Answer the price of technology drops down as newer products hit the market. They grab up the goodies and sell them to you at the after market value the big companies should be charging to you. The big corporations figure you don't have no sense to know this and take advantage of you! Every item sold at the Market pro comes from a dealer that has a store in your neighboorhood. Any problems with the item you purchase and they take care of you! They like your business and at the prices they offer you will appreciate their service!

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Reply #10 - Jan 22^nd, 2006 at 7:10pm

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You guys need to be more careful when suggesting specs for graphics cards.

Seriously, your comments can be extremely misleading due to the nature of naming conventions for video cards.

For instance, suggesting a 512mb 7800 or a 6800 leaves a huge range of different cards and performance capability.

Some poor sap goes out and buys a junk version of a 6800 or 7800 fitted with 512mb of poor ram, and they wonder what's wrong when the don't get the performance they expected.

Please, either be specific, think before you speak or do some research before you comment, these items are not cheap and you are playing with other peoples money.

In answer to the post, just about anything now available is better than a 5200.

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Reply #11 - Apr 28^th, 2006 at 11:42am

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You could get 256, 7900GT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150139

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Reply #12 - Apr 29^th, 2006 at 7:40am

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You do no 7900's are PCI-e don't you Piston? Boeings PC is AGP therefore that card would be useless. Wink

I'd say a 7800GS from EVGA, heres the link.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130274

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Reply #13 - Apr 29^th, 2006 at 9:09am

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Hey, thanks for the recommendations for cards, but i just got a car, so i have to hold off on the graphics card Cry

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