What is the best Video card ?..need opinions

[Jeniva]

im about to build yet another computer...this one dedicated purely to Video games like RTCW and Q3...im wanting a gforce3 ti500...but there are som many companys that offer them...which one is best?

[RainMaQer]

well all I can do is maybe narrow it down for you... the top ones seem to be PNY, Hercules, Gainward, and possibly MSI... in no particular order:p

[funnyperson1]

Gainward has a long reputation of being the best overclocking video cards.....ASUS, and ABIT are the best video cards in quality (just as they are in motherboards).....The Ti500 is the fastest vard out on the market...

[Yodums]

I like the Visiontek one.

I heard they overclock very well and have very good image quality.

[RainMaQer]

Originally posted by Yodums
I like the Visiontek one.

I heard they overclock very well and have very good image quality.

Whoops... forgot one :)

And personally I think the Asus comes with some cool **it... but It's way too expensive...

[Kent]

Look at the Leadtek also. It's getting some very good reviews! I just got one for Christmas. Check out

http://www.hothardware.com

The one they tested Overclocked to 571. Not bad. Excellent for gaming, of course, and 2D is good also.

[wildone]

I like my PNY ,its only the ti200 ,but it has overcloked very well ;)
235/525 @ 151 fsb so far.The card will go further but not at that fsb,considering default is 175/400 ,I dont think its to bad.The card is awesome looking with polished aluminum and they look like chrome and carry a lifetime warranty,if you want to see a pic ,let me know and I will post one for you.

PS:My 3d mark is 8128 and thats with a regular athlon.

wildone

[Jeniva]

please post a pic wildone...I'd like to see that card...Im gonna order a card tonight or tommorrow (its supposed to snow here tonight..wich means no work tommorrow!)

[wildone]

I had to cut it down so it would fit

[wildone]

Oh yeah ,I hope the snow gets me too ,I am only like 30 min away from the your state ,east eastern tn lol.

wildone

[madmike]

wildone,

I'm new at this and just getting ready to assemble a new machine. I have the same PNY GeForce ti200. How hard is it to overclock this video card?

madmike

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XP1900 (cooled w. Dragon Orb 3)
Asus A7V266-E
Enermax 431w Whisper
CoolerMaster ATC201sx
Crucial 256Mb-DDR PC2100 (x3)
WD 80GB/Sony 16xDVD/
Sony 24x10x40 CDRW
PNY GeForce3ti200
WinXP Professional

Currently still being assembled.

[wildone]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by madmike
[B]wildone,

I'm new at this and just getting ready to assemble a new machine. I have the same PNY GeForce ti200. How hard is it to overclock this video card?

madmike

Honestly ,its not ,just get a program like geforce tweak utility and see what it will do ,I will try to find you a link.

wildone

[Yodums]

Originally posted by madmike
wildone,

I'm new at this and just getting ready to assemble a new machine. I have the same PNY GeForce ti200. How hard is it to overclock this video card?

madmike


Ahh first I add..

In the User CP(Control Panel) there's an option to add an automatic signature so you don't have to do it manually its under "Edit Profile." Sorry just saves alot of time and stuff.

Overclocking a video card isn't hard it takes no skill really unless you have to apply cooling parts.

Although newer cards eg; Ti500, Radeon 8500, Ti200 etc. come cooled with ramsinks and their GPU cooled with a good hsf.

Same as a CPU sort of the video card runs on a core and memory speed similar to the FSBxMultiplier thing.

And you get a program that will adjust this.

So at every windows start it'll load the new core/mem settings.

Similar to a CPU overclock.

And the chances of you frying your vid card when ocing is very rare.

[Jeniva]

Originally posted by wildone
Oh yeah ,I hope the snow gets me too ,I am only like 30 min away from the your state ,east eastern tn lol.

wildone
yea..its still snowing here...got about 1 1/2 inches of snow so far..anyways..I picked up the PNY Gforce3 TI200 (was cheaper and ive heard some great things!)...but i have a question...please forgive my ignorence(spelling?)...how do i overclock my ti200?...i dont see any settings anywhere.....i thought i had seen a thread on it but i couldnt find it..thanx for the advice...this card is pretty sweet for the price :)
[EDIT:duh...oppss..just saw your reply about over clocking it...im gonna go look for the utility..thanx!]

[Jeniva]

Where can i download the Geforce3 ti200 Tweak utility???.....I searched Google..but all it came up with was sites in other languages that i cant read :D..please help

[Jeniva]

ok...I got a tweak utility..NVmax..seems to work good...not goint to over clock too far until i get better cooling though....seems that the stock hsf combo isnt good enough....

[wildone]

Originally posted by Jeniva
ok...I got a tweak utility..NVmax..seems to work good...not goint to over clock too far until i get better cooling though....seems that the stock hsf combo isnt good enough....

My card is totally stock cooling ,you should be able to do fine.

wildone