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Ive checked around and came across NVIDIA SLI-Ready GeForce 8800 768mb GDDR3 Dual PCI-e ( http://www.ebuyer.com/product/128479 ) , Gainward BLISS 8600GT 1024MB DDR2 Dual pci-e ( http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139085 ),and Point Of View 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 Dual DVI TVO PCI E Graphics Card ( http://www.ebuyer.com/product/119847 ), which would be most suited for me?
Minimum speed of card I should go for? e.g.256mb,512mb,600mb,768mb or 1gb?
What is and what about a DDR3 VGA card?
Would I need a Graphic card cooler? what are they for? what slot do they use?
And lastly will I need a CPU water cooler? Because ‘Hamishlal’ in my previous question suggested I would definetely need one.
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768Mb is more stable and maybe the one gb one but I haven’t heard of it.
You don’t need cooling for your graphics card or your proccessor unless you plan to overclock.
if you’re going to be doing stuff like 3ds MAX/maya editing then you will be wanting more memory (512 at least)
The card will come with a heatsink and fan built on to it. You will not need to buy one
And no you will not need any water cooling, that is for serious overclocking only.
ddr3 is the latest , fastest type of memory. i would go for the 8800 gt 768mb because of the price. it will perform well in all games. the gtx is better, as in faster.my 8800gt oc also have dual dvi for two monitors. the 8800 gt is a hot card , i would get a graphic card cooler as in a liquid cooling system. i dont know the cons of liquid cooling since i dont have one but i do know they keep your pc cooler. the do have a slot fan that can go in a pci slot or in a slot( hole) in the back panel and hooks up like a case fan. the 8800gt already comes with a fan , heatsinks, for heat dissapation. i have seen fans and heatsinks for other cards but the liquid cool is the only thin i have seen that can be used on 8800 gt.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=39598&CatId=804
Go here:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html
This will pretty much sort the all the major graphics cards from highest to lowest FPS (Frames Per second) In general theyre there to compare each cards performance to each other.
The GTX is a great performing card but i’ve also seen great things about the GT overclocked for about $100 less.
DDR3 are the most common in Nvidia VGA cards ATI mostly works with DDR4 now but the performance difference right now is questionable. You dont need a graphics cooler or a CPU water cooler, Each piece of hardware comes with coolers specific to that hardware so they will run just fine with stock fans; while it is a good way to cool down hardware components CPU water cooling is expensive and takes a lot of maintenence and overall its not necessary unless you’re overclocking and even then i’d avoid it.