Video card suggestion.

[Stout92]

Hello all.
Just got my MSI P55-gd65 mobo/Intel Core i5-750 built. I have the Corsair xms3 4gb ram(ddr3), and currently only one EVGA 9800GT 1gb video card. I was wondering wether it would be better to get an additional evga 9800gt to use in sli, or get one of the ATI Radeon HD 5750's. Which would give better overall performance. I know the ATI has DirectX 11, which really interests me. If I did go the way of the ATI, would I still be able to use my current 9800gt for a separate monitor? Thanks in advance for any help you give.

 

[Jaygee02]

Hello all.
Just got my MSI P55-gd65 mobo/Intel Core i5-750 built. I have the Corsair xms3 4gb ram(ddr3), and currently only one EVGA 9800GT 1gb video card. I was wondering wether it would be better to get an additional evga 9800gt to use in sli, or get one of the ATI Radeon HD 5750's. Which would give better overall performance. I know the ATI has DirectX 11, which really interests me. If I did go the way of the ATI, would I still be able to use my current 9800gt for a separate monitor? Thanks in advance for any help you give.

.... as the illustrious magazine also said "this card is pants, two in SLI is a pair of pants" (not relating to the 9800)....

And the 4850 is pants on fire Seriously, those things get hot!

 

[Darktau]

Hello all.
Just got my MSI P55-gd65 mobo/Intel Core i5-750 built. I have the Corsair xms3 4gb ram(ddr3), and currently only one EVGA 9800GT 1gb video card. I was wondering wether it would be better to get an additional evga 9800gt to use in sli, or get one of the ATI Radeon HD 5750's. Which would give better overall performance. I know the ATI has DirectX 11, which really interests me. If I did go the way of the ATI, would I still be able to use my current 9800gt for a separate monitor? Thanks in advance for any help you give.

As I have posted before, I shall warn you, every ATI card I have owned (4 in total) has died on me within 2 months, and my friends ATI just died aswell, I would stick with nvidia and just get a GTX300 if you REALLY need dx11 (I mean for like one game? lol)

 

[Stout92]

the directx 11 is basically just for futureproofing. and i plan on buying a 3 year warranty from squaretrade, if the card doesn't come with one by default. but thanks for the suggestions. all i need to know now then is whether i could use one card for each monitor, or would the drivers be incompatible or something to that effect. im entirely new to this, also, new to the boards. impressed by the responsiveness. thanks again

 

[Stout92]

thanks for the welcome generic gamer, and good to know about the sli performance. i should have mentioned my budget before hand. i'd like to keep it at or below $200ish

 

[wooty]

I've had a Nvidia GeForce 9600Gt for about a year now and its never let me down so far, I used to use radeon cards but they always fucked up and wouldnt update. I'd definately say stick with the Nvidia cards

 

[Stout92]

not exactly future proofing, but just a few years. starting back at university in a few months, and i expect money to be tight. does anyone know if it's possible to use 2 separate cards for dual video though? that's all i need to know.

 

[Horticulture]

9800s in SLI will be significantly faster than a single 5750, as well as a good chunk cheaper. In fact, the performance benefit of upgrading from a single 9800gt to a 5750 isn't really worth the cost, IMO. Depending on the game(s) you most want to play, moving to SLI may or may not be worth it. Some games scale very well across two cards (80%+ performance increase over a single card), while others see no benefit at all. Take a look at some benchmarks at Anandtech [http://www.tomshardware.comTom's Hardware and <a href=] to see how well your games would use a second card.

 

[danosaurus]

the directx 11 is basically just for futureproofing. and i plan on buying a 3 year warranty from squaretrade, if the card doesn't come with one by default. but thanks for the suggestions. all i need to know now then is whether i could use one card for each monitor, or would the drivers be incompatible or something to that effect. im entirely new to this, also, new to the boards. impressed by the responsiveness. thanks again

One card for each monitor? What do you mean?
Dual-Cards//X-fired are video cards which are piggy-backed for power boosts - not for independant output. As far as I know, there are very little games on the market that support dual-monitor, which sucks because I only really use my 2nd monitor for Audio production and the rest of the time it's switched off

Oh and if you are piggybacking cards, makes sure you get some cooling gel and some serious fan-action cranking in your case.

 

[Stout92]

i meant using my evga for one monitor, such as movies, word processing, photoshop, etc., and my other for gaming. also, just noticed ati has no 3D capable cards. how do you guys think the Nvidia GTX 275 would fare against the sli 9800gt's?

 

[Horticulture]

i meant using my evga for one monitor, such as movies, word processing, photoshop, etc., and my other for gaming. also, just noticed ati has no 3D capable cards. how do you guys think the Nvidia GTX 275 would fare against the sli 9800gt's?

SLI 9800s are generally faster than a 275, but the 275 uses less power, will likely overclock better, and its performance won't be affected by games with poor SLI scaling. It's pretty overpriced at $250 compared to competing cards, as the similarly-performing Radeon 4890 goes for just above $200 and the much superior Radeon 5850 just under $300.

If you're eyeing 3D within a limited budget, consider waiting a few months for the next-generation nVidia cards to drop, along with new 3D capable monitors. It will most likely be a much cheaper upgrade a bit down the line.

 

[Zacharine]

"Best Graphics Cards For The Money: March 2010"

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card,2569.html

That ought to give you some ideas. Note that they are only the best / most cost-effective cards within their particular price group. There are several intermediate models between the ones shown that can be better than any of the listed GPUs, but they cost relatively more or are supplanted by the more powerful cards in the higher price brackets.