It’s true, there’s a new computer in my room now. Yippee for tax refunds, eh? The four-year-old HP workstation finally got just too clunky and finicky to deal with, so now I have a whole new variety of finicky problems to deal with. Hooray…?
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Snarky Ducks Crack Wise – Mondays and Thursdays
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So you’re all ready for the Duke Nukem Forever release in a couple of months!
Hail to the king, baby!
I was worried when you mentioned 64-bit OS. I hated my 64-bit Vista. But then again, Vista was crap anyway so maybe it wasn’t the bits that were to blame…
I’ve been running Win7 x64 on the “gaming” computer for a year or so, with almost no problems. And yes, Vista WAS such unmitigated crap…
As I’m suddenly in the market for a new videocard, what did you get, how much did it cost, what did your research into the matter find?
I just realized that I got the card wrong in the comic. That’s sad, really… *sigh*
I have an EVGA GTX 460 video card in the new rig, but that requires a beefy power supply. I’ve been an nVidia man for quite some time, though, due to various problems with ATI’s drivers over the years. So, what card I recommend will have a lot to do with how much power is on tap and what your budget looks like.
I prefer Nvidia m’self. I’ve a 400w powersupply, so I can’t be running a pair of SLI’d MegaCards or anything like that.
I’d want to keep the walletburn to $150 or less… I’ve never been a huge gamer, but I want something that’ll allow me to play a game so it looks good.
My previous card was a 7600GT, and that could handle Fallout 3 at 1440×900 at 40fps… no AA or anything like that, and I had to turn the grass off and the fade distance down fairly low, but perfectly playable.
You can probably get one of the “power saver” variants of the 9800 for a reasonable price, and that would most likely work with your power supply. I’ve run a couple of 9800s so far and love ’em to death. They’re getting harder to find, though, and after that you’re looking at a G-something 250 if you can get one with low enough power consumption.