Want to gift my brother a graphics card within my budget!

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ladyluck
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Want to gift my brother a graphics card within my budget!

Post by ladyluck » Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:17 am

hello friends,
i want to gift my brother a graphics card on his birthday,according to my budget i choosed
the following graphics card but have trouble in choosing best among the following three graphics card
please help me friends,
and one more thing,i want to know Is Nvidia good or AMD?
1) ASUS BRAND
http://www.softwaretechnology.info/2012 ... irect.html
2)ZOTAC BRAND
http://www.softwaretechnology.info/2012 ... rgy-1.html
3)ZOTAC 200 SERIES BRAND
http://www.softwaretechnology.info/2012 ... eview.html
these three brands are available with my retailer,
please help me and it very urgent!

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Re: Want to gift my brother a graphics card within my budget

Post by CA_Steve » Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:32 am

Hi. The current generation of Nvidia cards are GTX 6xx. So, the GTX 560 Ti is last year's design. The other two are older.

Without knowing how your brother is going to use his PC, it's impossible to suggest the right graphics card for him. Here's the questions to answer:

- If it's a manufactured PC, what's the model?
- If it's a custom built PC, what are the components? (CPU, Case, PSU).

- what applications are used?
- if for gaming:
- what's the screen resolution
- what games does he play
- budget (is the 560 Ti at the upper range for your budget?)

AMD vs Nvidia. It depends on the applications.

ladyluck
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Re: Want to gift my brother a graphics card within my budget

Post by ladyluck » Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:20 pm

Thank you very much for your reply,
I'm going with GT630 graphics card for my brother!

Olaf van der Spek
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Re: Want to gift my brother a graphics card within my budget

Post by Olaf van der Spek » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:46 am

I'd let your brother make the decision, assuming he knows more about videocards.

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Re: Want to gift my brother a graphics card within my budget

Post by JazzJackRabbit » Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:22 pm

FYI GeForce 630 is significantly slower than 560 despite being "next gen". If you want maximum gaming performance out of all three 560 is the way to go. Although to be honest, I'd look into AMD videocards, generally they provide better bang for the buck.

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