You get what you pay for MPT
You get exactly what you pay for MPTech.
I kicked almost $500 for an evga 1792MB, DDR3 card.
Not much support from evga....but I've never needed that after 1/2 a year.
I get more entertainment out of that than any television I can afford.
My experience buying low end graphics is that you'll inevitably be disappointed.
Furthermore:
I wouldn't touch another ATI product after standardizing on them for 10 years once I switched to Nvidia products as well.
It makes PC gaming something close to terminally awesome again.
:p
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is worth every bit of 2) months of watching even my favorite TV shows.
It also makes my 'puter in general fun again.
Was the hassle of a custom build still worth it?
For me: you betcha!
The old saying:
"Buy the best and only cry once" has served me well.
:rolleyes:
Steve J's advice is sound.
Tom's still has nice hardware reviews.
Specmanship?
All I know is what I see in graphics and monitors.
Steve_83
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The customer reviews on newegg.com (and the quality of images too) are of articular usefulness to me when I'm shopping for 'puter hardware MPTech.
They're from people who actually own these.
Newegg is one of the best online computer hardware places.
Always close on the price, but not necessarily the least expen$ive.
Here's a typical one, and (my experience), newegg has some really decent daily buys.
I'd temporarily subscribe to their newsletter.
You can opt out with no spamming going on.
:mad:
You get 1) per day, and sometimes the discounts are ...enormous.
Right now, before Xmas I'm spotting some really nice deals.
I also use http://www.pricegrabber.com/.
You can set up price alerts and shop when deal$ are available via email alerts or feeds.
They plant a cookie that some of my security programs view as tracking cookies, so delete em after you have exited that site.
Not dangerous...just annoying.
One more shopping tip guy:
I have recently noticed that if you shop from bing (duma** name), clear your cache and cookies, and paste the same product info into msn's shopping site.
You get a lower price on the same products.
Why ?: :confused:
Some vendors allow a discount IF you go in thru msn shopping.
Must be some kickbacks going on.
Marketing these days amazes me.
Steve_83 :)
Post back after you bought used the card.
It's helpful in forum searches for Vdr Community members.
Spam posting for seniority.
Take my advice Train.
Heaven knows I never use it.
:D
Steve_83
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