Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Sun Mar 20 13:48:24 CDT 2011
Recommend upgrade... 350 watts minimum (got to keep that new video card purchase powered not to mention that 4 channel sound card) and it is not an expensive upgrade... $100.00 new and $20.00 recycled and it only takes 15 to 20 minutes to install. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 10:26 AM 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 -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [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 -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [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 _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com