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Old 11-23-2009, 08:28 PM   #1
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I need some help picking the best video card for a system I am building. The there cards I have on hand are as follows
Geforce FX 5600 with 256 ram , radeon 9550xl with 256 ram, and a radeon 9800 pro with 128 ram. If I could get you guys to rate them in order from best to worst that would be great. The computer that I plan to put it in is a 2.4 gig celeron with 512 ram. I will use this computer for mostly older games like command and conquer first decade and age of empires 2 and the original unreal tournament , but if it will support it I would love to play command and conquer 3 and maybe a few newer first person shooters if I can, thanks for all the help
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Ok so I have two more video cards for you guys to decide between, the first is a geforce 8600 gt with 256 ram and the other is a radeon 3850 with 512 ram. One of these cards with be going in my main system. A amd athlon 64 x2 3800+ with 4 gigs ram. Most I play games like command and conquer 3 and crysis, so not cutting edge but up there, so you guys pick which one is best for me, thanks
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I need some help picking the best video card for a system I am building. The there cards I have on hand are as follows
Geforce FX 5600 with 256 ram , radeon 9550xl with 256 ram, and a radeon 9800 pro with 128 ram. If I could get you guys to rate them in order from best to worst that would be great. The computer that I plan to put it in is a 2.4 gig celeron with 512 ram. I will use this computer for mostly older games like command and conquer first decade and age of empires 2 and the original unreal tournament , but if it will support it I would love to play command and conquer 3 and maybe a few newer first person shooters if I can, thanks for all the help
Ben
The Radeon 9800 Pro will be fastest, followed by
Geforce FX 5600 and lastly the
Radeon 9550XL.
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The Radeon 3850 is a good amount faster than the 8600GT, however you will need a good power supply for the HD3850 because it's power consumption is a good amount higher than the 8600GT.
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Threads merged, please do not start multiple threads on the same subject.

Please sit back and examine what you have a lot more closely. Are your cards AGP or PCI-E, and what type of motherboard are you dealing with?
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