help! I don't know anything about Video Cards and all that crap!

1/13/2006 12:03:01 PM

I need to know what's the difference between a 128MB and a 256MB?

1/13/2006 12:03:41 PM

Its the ammount of onboard RAM the video card has.

Most of the time more is better.

However the ammount of RAM a video card has should not be used as the primary statistics off of which you base your purchase.

The chipset the card uses would be the first thing to look at, and then RAM would be next.

1/13/2006 12:06:02 PM

it's all about the pipelines, baby.



oh yeah, and the interface. Make sure you dont buy a PCI-E card for your AGP board; or vice versa.

1/13/2006 12:16:47 PM

basically, if your computer is 2 years or older look for AGP

if it's newer, you have to check

1/14/2006 3:54:58 AM

^ no

1/14/2006 4:47:33 AM

isa is where its at...LOOK AT ALL THE PINS.

1/14/2006 9:22:30 AM

yea isa is the best usually, integrated video is a close second

1/14/2006 9:53:19 AM

get one of these bad boys
http://www.dansdata.com/M3D2.htm

1/14/2006 10:22:29 AM

get 2 voodoo 2's in SLI. THATS TWO FUCKING VIDEO CARDS AT THE SAME TIME

1/14/2006 10:24:13 AM

screw that ^ if you got $$$ get quad SLI .....

1/14/2006 11:26:45 AM

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"get 2 voodoo 2's in SLI. THATS TWO FUCKING VIDEO CARDS AT THE SAME TIME "

1/14/2006 11:30:04 AM

i didnt think voodoos came for isa slots did they. thats bad advice right there.



[Edited on January 14, 2006 at 11:38 AM. Reason : i had the diamon monster 3d card too, but only 1 of um.]

1/14/2006 11:37:49 AM

you win the prize.



SLi ISA slots are the bleeding edge of technology.

1/14/2006 11:40:18 AM

hahaha this thread makes me giggle

I had a voodoo, it was the heat. I even saved the box it came in... I think it was the x-gamer version or something

1/14/2006 1:10:36 PM

wow. just...wow.

1/14/2006 2:41:24 PM

when i went from a Voodoo 1 to a Voodoo 2, i thought i had died and gone to heaven. Quake 2 went from 20 frames per second to over 60. w00t!

1/15/2006 4:47:29 AM

I remebr going out and getting a Doamond Monster Fusion forever ago. I still haev that card at home in an oc'ed amd K6-300 machine. Ran amazing well for somethign as old as it was, and i used it all teh way up till late 2000

1/15/2006 12:14:24 PM

what's the best chipset for video cards?

1/18/2006 2:44:29 PM

^ It all depends on your budget. The most advanced is the 7800GTX. The most budget firendly is the 6600GT. All in my opinion of course.

1/18/2006 3:31:29 PM

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"I still haev that card at home in an oc'ed amd K6-300 machine. Ran amazing well for somethign as old as it was, and i used it all teh way up till late 2000"

haha I GOT my amd-350 in late 2000.. first computer ever

eventually got a diamond viper v770 non-ultra tnt2 !

1/18/2006 4:09:19 PM