Vid Cards

**scuba_steve** · 01-27-09, 11:11 PM

Mine crapped out

Is the 4850HD still the way to go in that price range?

any new releases coming in a few weeks I should hold out on? (even if they just end up dropping the prices of the current cards because of them or something)

**triggerhappy2005** · 01-28-09, 04:17 AM

Just determine how much you want to spend and go to Newegg. 4800HD should do you just fine.

**Mcstrange** · 01-28-09, 08:02 AM

For the money it really cant be beat, but check with your manufacture see if they will offer a replacement and if they do not have a lifetime warranty make sure you get one with your next card. There are a couple companies offering lifetimes and you should spend a few extra dollars if necessary to make sure you get one.

**WileECyte** · 01-28-09, 09:10 AM

I'm pretty sure that XFX is the only manufacturer that has Lifetime Warranty.

**Mad_Hatter** · 01-28-09, 09:59 AM

Visiontek had a lifetime warranty. Atleast it did when I bought my card.

**~~Syrringe~~** · 01-28-09, 10:09 AM

I heard the ATI cards from the guys at XFX are top notch. Right up there with visiontek.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150337

**WileECyte** · 01-28-09, 10:12 AM

Newegg doesn't show Visiontek with any 4800 series cards, only 4600 series, which is why I made the statement.

**Mad_Hatter** · 01-28-09, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by WileECyte

Newegg doesn't show Visiontek with any 4800 series cards, only 4600 series, which is why I made the statement.

I didn't know that... I was just saying that cause I bought my Visiontek 4870 from newegg.

**scuba_steve** · 01-29-09, 02:53 PM

ok - I was looking at this card http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16814150337

under specifications it says minimum 450W PSU

My psu is a 430W Antec SU-430 heres a pic. I found on the web of the label http://www.thequietrevolution.ca/qui...0/IMG_6354.JPG

Currently I have my friends evga 8800 GTS in my computer and everything is running fine.

Can I use the card with my psu?

Edit---- Other comp components

1 80GB sata HD
Intel E6600
Asus P5K-E Wifi-AP Edition Motherboard
Nothing is overclocked
3 Gigs of ram (2 512 sticks and 2 1Gig sticks)

**shatter99** · 01-29-09, 06:35 PM

I only buy eVGA products when it comes to video. They have the best damm RMA program on the planet (besides Apple).

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My psu is a 430W Antec SU-430 heres a pic. I found on the web of the label http://www.thequietrevolution.ca/qui...0/IMG_6354.JPG

Currently I have my friends evga 8800 GTS in my computer and everything is running fine.

Can I use the card with my psu?

Don't mess around with this. Buy a good solid powersupply that will meet the wattage requirements of your hardware. One of the BIGGEST causes of component failure in a PC is not having the proper power supply.

The Power Supply (PSU)

Three little words, but loaded with such destructive potential. Faulty power supplies are by far and away the most common source of computer mortality. In our reader survey, power issues accounted for over 30% of all dead-PC tales, and after working in a computer store for a few years I'm surprised it wasn't actually higher. We saw system after system come into the store for service with the immortal words "it just won't turn on" or "smoke came out of the back... Will it be ok?"

Here's a typical tale of bright lights, big balls of smoke;

"...The customer came in saying that the PC wouldn't start at all. Of course I suspected the PSU, but had to test it anyway. Plugged in the unit and pushed the power button and was illuminated by a flash of light. The PSU had indeed failed, and now had also blown a MOSFET on the system board and scorched the 512mb stick of PC3200 RAM..."

That the power supply is the most dangerous of PC components should come as no surprise. After all, its responsibility is to filter the massive wall voltage into the bite-sized 12V, 5V and 3.3V DC allocations that modern PCs need.

Source: http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1720