When buying a video card for my comp what are the most important things & specs I should look at besides price
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The first thing you'll want to identify is if you have an AGP slot or PCI Express. Most newer computers have PCI Express, but I'm still rocking an AGP slot. I assume you have that out of the way.\n\nNow, when looking for a graphics card the numbers tell much of the story, but it's not always true to form. For example, depending on the quality of a graphic chip or the memory used, you might get varying results.\n\nThere's also varying degrees of "high level" 3D. Odds are you are looking at specific game or two? You can check the game's recommended graphics card levels on the box or website. They will give you two levels "required" and "recommended." Required is the bare minimum. You'll want more than that. Recommended is what they say is best. A good rule of thumb for PC games is to find the recommended specs, and then boost up your power a level or two. This way you won't be lagging behind completely 1 one year. But PC games the way they are now, 2 years is about as long as you'll ever get at "high level."\n\nMemory is highly important, one of the key features of a graphics card. I'd recommend a minimum of 256mb at this point.\n\nNow I could talk specs with you all day, but your main concern here has to be price. Graphics cards that can play any modern game on the shelf today range from $100 to well over $700. What is the difference? Well that $700 is going to be BRAND NEW and have every new piece of technology out there. The $100 card, while serviceable, probably is on it's dying breath and will need to be upgraded to play next years games. The question is, are you going to want to play a specific game now? Are you looking to the future? And how much are you willing to pay for future proofing?\n\nAnother item to consider is that a new graphics technology, DirectX 10 is JUST coming out. If the future if your concern, you'll want a card that features this technology.\n\nIn short: the number one thing you want to look for is a good price to performance ratio. You can do this by researching reviews and all the technical numbers that these kind folks will feed you. A good sweet spot for graphics cards is typically $200-300. More than that and you're paying to be an early adopter. Less than that and you're buying an already outdated card.\n\nI've avoided using specific numbers, due to the fact that "high level" changes every 6 months. And it varies greatly depending on what game you are wishing to play. World of Warcraft is an entirely different beast than F.E.A.R.\n\nI've linked a great source for you to check graphics card reviews. Often times you can find the card you are looking for and see how it stacks up to other cards of similar price and features.
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to be totally correct I would need to know what type of video card slot it has pci, pci express or AGP  but given the specs it is most likely an agp motherboard and that card should work if it is an agp card. if it is a pci express card it likely wont.
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go to http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/ for a excelent tool which will give you modules for every part of your p.c including motherboard,it also gives you your windows product key which is handy to know if you havent got one\n      this also gives info like max memory that can be fitted and graphic card info
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You can read here for a quick lesson on graphics cards.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_card\nBut in my opinion, even if you aren't a hard core gamer, you should still get the best graphics card you can reasonably afford. Eventually the newer software programs are going to be written where older graphics cards make the program average. Read the specifications on a graphics card package or game cd and you will see what the minimum requirements your computer must meet are. You want to be better than average so you aren't outdated like you say in a month and a half.
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To be honest, it depends on your primary need for a video card.  Some programs run better on Nvidia, because that was what they were designed around. Some for ATI, for same reason.  I reccommend taking a look at the programs you plan to run, and see which card will work best for you.
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Go to settings, control panel, system... there it will show you your RAM and processor and operating system that you have installed.\n\nfor your video card, right click on your desktop, go to properties, then go to settings, then click advanced.. then click the tab for adapter.. this will show you all the details for your video card.
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Processor -- AMD Athlon 64Bit 3000+\nMotherBoard -- Asus K8V-MX Socket 754 VIA Chipset\nGraphics Card -- Radeon 9800PRO    or   GeForce Fx 5200 (it plays most games in the market rite now...) Fx 5700 is also good.. but not quite sure bout the price..\nAnd u'll probably need a dvd drive too.... almost all upcoming games are on dvd now....\n\nDvd rom -- Sony wld be best... get the one tht suits your needs..\n\ni guess the above wld probably cost less than 20k.. make sure u get them all with warranty and bill.... dont risk anything else...
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stuff you'll need\n\nmotherboard\ncpu\ngraphics card\nram\nhard drive\ndvd rom drive\npower supply\ncomputer case\nmonitor\nkeyboard\nmouse\nspeakers\n\nhttp://newegg.com is the most popular store among people who build computers.  they are inexpensive and get your order processed quickly.
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the best and most exspensive on the market right now is NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8828136606&category=3762 ...go to http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php/page_id=5/form_keyword=video%20card/rd=1/popup1[]=15:387 and explore different memory amounts, brands, and compare prices
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A little more information would be nice.  if you want to upgrade to a better graphics card.  Open you case and look at your mother board.\n\nYou can determine what type of graphics card your motherboard needs in several ways (beginning with the easiest method):\n\nBy checking your owner's manual \nBy opening your computer's case and visually inspecting the graphics slot \n\nVisually inspecting your graphics slot. Though I recommend consulting your owner's manual or computer manufacturer to determine which card your system requires, it is possible to open your computer's case and visually inspect the graphics slot on your motherboard to determine which type you have. \n\nThere are two ways to determine whether you have an AGP or PCIe slot by visual inspection:\n\nAGP slots are farther away from the back edge of the motherboard — typically about 2.5 inches (BROWN IN COLOR). \n\nThe other slots on the graphics card are conventional PCI slots, which are typically all the same size. (WHITE IN COLOR).\n\nThey have not made 3 meg graphics cards in years.  \n\nNormally they are 32 Meg. 64 meg, 128 and so on a 128 meg graphics card would be the best.\n\nIt depends on your operating system.  How much Ram you have?\nSpeed of your mother board.  How old you system is?
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Hi,\nthe biggest question you have to reslove is "What do I really want to do with my new computer?"\n\nIf you are a heavy gamer and get frustrated because you are a couple of frames per second FPS slower that the max or you have need of a powerful machine to do some 3D graphics procssing (ie: rendering a complex animated scene) or as you mentioned you are heavy into Video processing then you have to do some serious studying ahead to get the best match for price / performance. Study benchmarks that are specific to video processing and then you can make some intelligent decisions.\n\nIf you are a casual gamer and just want some speed and are on a budget then it's easy to throw one together.\n\nFirst oreder of business is PCI Express, it's the new kid on the block and for some reason the video care mfgrs. are only charging about $160 for a PCI Express video card that is about the equivalent of a $500 AGP card.\n\nBeyond that choose either AMD or Intel and go with the 64 bit. AMD has both excellent performance and excelent pricing. Each manufactuer has chips in the $900 to $1000 range (and above if you start looking at XEON and Opteron processor) but for the general usage, you can get a pretty decent AMD 64 bit for around $300 - $400.\n\nAdd a case, a high quality power supply, cooling system (if you get some of the higher powered chips) a decent mother board. Lots to choose from  http://hardwarehell.com/mobo.htm \n\nPersonal experience stay away from PC Chips they're kind of weak in the BIOS can't do much over clocking and they have less settings overall. \n\nGet a board wth a fast FSB front side bus, some decent quality memory (at least a gig) and a SATA hard drive. DVD burner and DVD player. and you are good to go.\n\nThere are sooooo many chips and soooooo many motherboards that it is almost a full time job keeping up.\n\nSome chips within the same manufacturer like AMD are very close in performance and yet are several hundered dollars apart in price.\n\nDual core just means (a new trend in chip technology) that there are two processors on the same die or physical chip. \n\nI have an AMD 3000+ 32 bit with 1 GIG of memory and an ATI x700 graphics card that is respectable in performance.\n\nI can play games and I can render simple stuff and I do a fair share of video creation using a program called MAGIX Movie Edit Pro.
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Graphics Card,   Video card,  Video Graphics adapter.\n\nLots of modern motherboards have "onboard" video so you do not have to purchase a separate card as it is built into the motherboard.\n\nIf you do get a card check to see what spare slots your mother board has first.
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Dear friend,\n\nYou have not specified your requirement for the computer use and the location, which both depends.\n\nIf its for your home use go for 2nd hand no prob\n\nBut for business purpose pls buy new one with atleast \n\n2.4 - 3.0 GHz, 512+ Ram, 915 GLV board, 17" monitor, DVD Combo (Writer if u need it).\n\nIf any else u require pls feel free to ask
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Covering the basics you will need an ATX case, Power Supply then the motherboard, processor and well, everything else you listed.  I'll get to the memory and Tuner Card in a second.  You didn't say what type of processor you wanted AMD or Intel, either way I recommend an Athlon 64 at least 3200+ or better which would require a Socket 939 motherboard.  Since I too am building a system I will give you the components I selected (I already have a GPU and memory so those are not in the list).\n\nCase, Thermaltake V7000C, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133134\nProcessor, AMD Athlon 64 3700+, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103539\nPower Supply, 500W DynaPower, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817255010\nMotherboard, Gigabyte GA-K8U, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128307\n\nSince the motherboard I have selected does not have an integrated graphics chip you will either need a GPU or a GPU/TV-Tuner card combo and since you aren't playing games you don't need to spend too much in this area.  I would go with a cheap GPU and a TV-Tuner card, you will need that to connect your VCR or at the very least a capture card.\n\nInstead of having one 500GB hard drive, I would go with two 250GB drives as that offers you some redundancy and you can use one for backups if you so choose.  As far as the CD and DVD drives go, get one that's cheap, reliable and will match the case and since black will suit that blue case nicely... get black drives.\n\nI think you are going to spend A LOT on memory as you will need to buy either PC2700 or PC3200 in 1GB sticks and that will not be cheap.  I don't know why you want 4GB of memory as that is overkill for even the most dedicated gamer and you aren't even going to play games but to each his own.\n\nFrom the parts I listed and you can find everything else you need there too, just sort by price for each thing you want and make sure the item has favorable reviews.  Also, if you have ANY problems at all, such as a DOA (dead on arrival part) as happens sometimes, Newegg will send you out a new part usually within 24 hours.  That's why I buy from Newegg, second to none customer service.
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I had a 5200 and it was nice for limited gaming.  If you are into serious gaming like BF2 or FarCry or other graphics heavy applications.  You want to try to spend as much as possible on a great video card.  The nVidia 6800 with 256 Mb of memory is what I'm using now and I love it.  It's by no means a top of the line card only cost about $160, but it works for the games I mentioned great.  I have PCI-Express though and that may make a difference.  You can get great reviews on vid cards at www.tomshardware.com along with prices from tiger and zipzoomfly.
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See Below for a link to HD-Out cards.\n\nThe video card won't matter for TV watching but it will matter for DVD playback.  Even if you aren't going to game, some low end video cards result in choppy playback.  It depends on how much you want to spend but I like the GeForce 6600 or 6600GT with 128MB of memory.  If you go for the ATi camp then a Radeon 9600XT should be fine.  I know for a fact these provide smooth play back.  Though it depends on what type of connection you were going to use.  Most video cards have S-Video out but it depends on what you were planning to use.\n\nIt also depends on if you are going to use PCIe (PCI Express) or an AGP slot for the card.\n\nI would (depending on the type of connection you want to use) buy a seperate video card and get a PCI TV tuner card, if you have a spare PCI slot.\n\nFor HD-Out cards, see this page but stick to the guidlines above for the GPU, http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?submit=PROPERTY&SubCategory=48&propertycodevalue=2328:14100&bop=and&order=PRICE\nMaybe you missed it, the above link will take you to a bunch of cards that have HD-Out.
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The fastest PCI video card you can buy is the 256MB ATI 9250: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102527  If you meant PCI-e, then this would be the best card for the money: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814131319 although you'd probably be happy with this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161161