Video Card Choice

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The person building my new PC had quoted me on a GeForce GTX285 1Gb video card but is having trouble getting one and it may be 4-6 weeks before he can. In place of it he can supply an ATI 5850 immediately for a little less in price.

The question is should I wait or go with the ATI card?

Has anyone here had any experience with this card and PTE?

Thanks again for your help.

Joanne.

[Lin Evans]

Hi Joanne,

Though probably no one here has either of these cards, they are both top performers and either "should" make you a top-end video card as long as your new PC has a decent power supply. Don't settle for anything less than about 750w.

The ATI card is a bit more powerful than the nVidia according to tests at the site I provided for benchmarks here:

http://www.videocard...et/gpu_list.php

You can look both up and see their respective performances. Either are extremely powerful so you should not have any problems running virtually "any" PTE show no matter how complex the animations.

Best regards,

Lin

[Guest Yachtsman1]

Hi Joanne,

Though probably no one here has either of these cards, they are both top performers and either "should" make you a top-end video card as long as your new PC has a decent power supply. Don't settle for anything less than about 750w.

The ATI card is a bit more powerful than the nVidia according to tests at the site I provided for benchmarks here:

http://www.videocard...et/gpu_list.php

You can look both up and see their respective performances. Either are extremely powerful so you should not have any problems running virtually "any" PTE show no matter how complex the animations.

Best regards,

Lin

Hi Lin

My PC builder has quoted this card Asus NX 9600GT DDR3 which doesn't come up on your list, whether its because it's new or whatever I'm unsure. As you are the graphics card Guru what is your opinion.

Regards Eric

Yachtsman1