[dba-Tech] Graphic Advice

Jon Tydda jon at tydda.plus.com
Sun Mar 20 13:08:06 CDT 2011


It might not be a bad idea, yeah. My last card wanted a separate power
supply as well as the PCI-E connector. Think I've got a 750W in at the
moment.


Jon

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: 20 March 2011 17:26
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice

Power supply in this box is 250W.  Will he need a PS upgrade as well?

Rocky
 

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 5:44 AM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice

Set a budget, and buy the best nVidia card you can afford in that budget.

You can prtty much ignore everything except RAM and GPU speed, but in most
cases, the bigger number, the better. Response time should be smaller.

People will recommend ATI, but I've had bad experiences. I built a PC for a
friend once, he insisted on an ATI card that cost a HUGE amount of money.
The drivers on the CD supplied with it were incompatible. That's not a good
advert for any company...


Jon
 

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: 20 March 2011 05:52
To: List; 'Off Topic'
Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice

Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play
Starcraft II.  But I don't know anything about graphics cards.
 
How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to
look for?
 
How do you know how much card you need?
 
TIA
 
Rocky
 
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