New video card

[smarteyeball]

Two good choices there mate :D

 

[archie123]

yep and of course theres the EVGA step up program

 

[thepizzaman]

yes nice choice :D

 

[evilhugbear]

Hey guys, just checked and compusa does not have either so I looked on newegg and they have the card, but not the PSU. But I did find one similar made by corsair, Which I think is the same, But I want to be sure. CORSAIR CMPSU-750HX 750W ATX12V 2.3

 

[alexdagr8est]

you are better off getting a ATI 4890 Im guessing you only have a 19in monitor max 22in this will be cheaper and better for what you want. alternatively the GTX260 is alright too, but it also depends on your PSU and things like that, can your PSU take it? you need to find this out, Nvidia tends to be more power hungry than ATI mostly because they havent changed the GPU (graphics processing unit-like the CPU but in the graphics card) in so long, so when ATI downscaled the architecture, it now runs just as fast with less heat and less current required than Nvidia.
Also depends what games you are wanting to run too, in what level of detail for your monitor resolution and what frame rates you want to get out of this. Ask me some more questions and I'd be only too happy to reply

 

[evilhugbear]

I've already made up my mind with nvidia, I just want to know about the power supply.

 

[alexdagr8est]

I've already made up my mind with nvidia, I just want to know about the power supply.

Ok go for an 800 watt to be sure, you shouldnt need more than that.\
Any 750 or 800 watt will do, a good brand is better to get though, corsair, antec, something reputable the better. the one u mentioned will be fine

 

[Frostmourne]

A 260 is enough for 1680x1050 resolution. However, why not get a GTX 275? Its newer and faster than the 260 and you can probably enable AA and AF with it too.

 

[evilhugbear]

A 260 is enough for 1680x1050 resolution. However, why not get a GTX 275? Its newer and faster than the 260 and you can probably enable AA and AF with it too.

I am getting the 275

 

[evilhugbear]

I know that AA is anti aliasing, but what is AF?

 

[smarteyeball]

Explains it better than I could

Anisotropic filtering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[archie123]

Explains it better than I could

Anisotropic filtering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and to expand a little


TweakGuides.com - Nvidia Forceware Tweak Guide

 

[evilhugbear]

I am dual booting ubuntu and vista. How do I go into safe mode on vista? Is it possible?

 

[evilhugbear]

Nevermind I got it

 

[evilhugbear]

I just got the card and psu, did everything and it works perfectly! It runs crysis warhead with no sweat.

Thanks guys!!!