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[Wolfowitz]

Yo'.
I need some new gizz-wangers from my PC so I can become the Q4 world champion.

Help a nigger out.

1. Name
2. Specs
3. Rating

Thanks.

 

[neo o]

Uh, for a twitch game like Q4 you'll need the best of everything. Just 1 second of lag kills you.

 

[Templar]

AGP or PCIe?

 

[insert-username]

Name: nVidia GeForce 7800 GTX

Specs: Single-slot PCIe card, 430 Mhz Core clock, 24 pixel pipelines, 8 vertex pipelines, 256 bit memory interface with 256 MB 1.2Ghz GDDR3 RAM

Performance: Superb, but you'll have to pay for it. Priced around $750-$800

Rating: 3.5/5


Name: nVidia GeForce 7800 GT

Specs: Single-slot PCIe card, 400 Mhz Core clock, 20 pixel pipelines, 7 vertex pipelines, 256 bit memory interface with 256 MB 1.0Ghz GDDR3 RAM

Performance: Excellent performance for price. Slower than GTX, but much more affordable at around $550-$600.

Rating: 4.5/5


Name: ATi Radeon X1800 XT

Specs: Double-slot PCIe card, 625 Mhz core clock, 16 pixel pipelines, 8 vertex pipelines, 256 bit memory interface with 512 MB 1.5 Ghz GDDR3 RAM

Performance: Slightly better than the GTX, slightly worse than the GTX 512, but you'll pay a lot more, since these things are still rarer than Peter Costello not shifting blame about. Looking at about $850-$900+ for one.

Rating: 3/5


Name: nVidia GeForce 7800 GTX 512 MB

Specs: Double-slot PCIe card, 550 Mhz Core clock, 24 pixel pipelines, 8 vertex pipelines, 256 bit memory interface with 512 MB 1.7Ghz GDDR3 RAM

Performance: The undisputed best you can buy, but whoppingly overpriced. Priced at a wallet-busting $1150+

Rating: 2.5/5


Overall, I'd recommend the 7800 GT. Best bang for buck you can currently get (if your wallet can extend to $550).


I_F

 

[AntiHyper]

I'm running Quake 4 on an overclocked nVidia 4400 MX
here it goes
Specs: AGP 8x, 288MHz Core clock, 2 pixel pipelines, 1 vertex pipeline, 64 bit memory bus with 128 MB 378 MHz DDR RAM
Performance: Sucks! it costed me $100 that was a year ago. Still playable though with fast customised vid settings.
Rating: 0.1/5 (hehe.. it's not awfully bad)

I personally suggest getting speed over memory size, as I've detected that upon playing it only uses ~50MB out of 128MB + 64MB (AGP Aperture).