Graphics Card

Post by **alien100** » 16 Nov 2006, 12:00

I have a motherboard that supports DDR up to 400mhz. I want to buy a DDR2 graphics card(XFX GeForce 6200A 256MB DDR2, AGP8X, Tv-Out, S-video) that runs on 400mhz RAMDAC clockspeed . and i am not sure if it will work.Will it?

Post by **bad_brain** » 16 Nov 2006, 12:39

it'll work...

the RAM of the graphics card has nothing to do with the one on he mobo, the mobo-one is for the CPU and the one on the graphics card for the GPU.
I use DDR 333 RAM on my mobo, and my x1600 pro has a DDR2 RAMDAC of 400mhz too for example...

Post by **Stavros** » 16 Nov 2006, 16:52

As far as I recall, DDR2 (System RAM; ram that plugs into your motherboard) won't get a significant boost in performance over original DDR for AMD (Socket 939 and below). However, with the Conroe architecture (AMD's new CPU architecture), there may be a bigger boost in performance. Still, DDR2 was designed for Intel to get the leg up on AMD as far as RAM performance goes (which can be insignificant to a non-enthusaist).

To your question, the RAM that is on the vide card, called Video RAM (or VRAM) is there to be used specifically by your GPU (Graphics Processor Unit). If you want to get really technical you have 2-3 processors in your computer (your major CPU, your GPU, and the processor on your sound card [if you have a sound card]). The GPU and processor on the Sound Card (don't remember the shorthand; SPU?) are there to take the extra strain of graphics and/or sound processing off the CPU. So, it's what bad_brain said. It won't affect you, in fact, it'll help your system to run smoother.

Post by **alien100** » 30 Nov 2006, 17:32

finaly my graphics card has arrived , it has super graphics

Post by **Gogeta70** » 30 Nov 2006, 18:04

Nice. Is it PCI-E? Something i've really wanted to try is bridging two PCI-E cards together, to form one "super" card, basically, both cards are put to work processing the same graphics... It's supposed to be really sweet...

Post by **pseudo_opcode** » 01 Dec 2006, 03:21

yep.. SLI(scalable link interface) is the term... its not just sweet, its awesome, imagine two geforce 7800s SLIed together....

if thats not enough check this out http://www.nvidia.com/object/slizone_ask_mmm016.html

Post by **alien100** » 01 Dec 2006, 12:26

no its agp 8x its still good though, in my other pc i have a pci-e and its superb the pci-e are the best, the graphics are so cool, so if ur gona buy a graphics card get a pci-e the others are getting off the market

Post by **Stavros** » 01 Dec 2006, 13:28

Hehe. You got it wrong Psuedo.

Imagine two nVidia 8800GTXs SLIed togeather...then again one would require a small fortune to afford two $600 (USD) video cards.

Last I heard, though, was that ATI's Cross-Fire was inferior to nVidia's SLI; however, I've been out of the hardware loop for close to six months.

bennybill · Post by **bennybill** » 01 Dec 2006, 14:45

Yeh i need some new stuff for comp and graphics card is one of them got any suggestions.

B3^

Post by **alien100** » 01 Dec 2006, 16:15

xfx geforce are vista capable thats the one i have, i would recommend a pci-e
and if u dont have that agp 8x

bennybill · Post by **bennybill** » 01 Dec 2006, 17:31

You got a link to i tor anything

Post by **alien100** » 02 Dec 2006, 04:29

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the uk try here >>>http://www.komplett.co.uk<<<

ulysse · Post by **ulysse** » 08 Jan 2007, 20:04

Stavros wrote:Hehe. You got it wrong Psuedo.

Imagine two nVidia 8800GTXs SLIed togeather...then again one would require a small fortune to afford two $600 (USD) video cards.

i got mine for 350$ (CAD) on ebay

Post by **Stavros** » 09 Jan 2007, 20:50

You lucky SOB.

Used or Mint?

ulysse · Post by **ulysse** » 09 Jan 2007, 20:55

Well, mint of course

check often on ebay, you can get ridiculeous prices on everything, you only have to check often the same stuff when you shop, so you can compare the deals and evaluate wheter if the deal is good or bad.
And Sometimes... You get lucky