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HCP-RedSync
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[2008-06-16 09:10:46 +0000 UTC]
(New Zealand)
# Statistics
Favourites: 755; Deviations: 119; Watchers: 64
Watching: 132; Pageviews: 20991; Comments Made: 1685; Friends: 132
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Uhm... suggest me one. >.>Favorite movies: The Godfather series.
Favorite bands / musical artists: Whatever's good, I don't take favourites. >.>
Favorite writers: Anthony Horowitz.
Favorite games: L4D2
Favorite gaming platform: PS3 or PC
Tools of the Trade: Bamboo Fun Small, Photoshop, SAI, Canon EOS 600D w/ EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS II & EF 50mm f1.8 II
Other Interests: Gaming, driving, various forms of tech.
# About me
Heyo!Just a bit of a hobbyist throwing stuff onto a Deviantart page every once in a while.
Hope you enjoy some of the stuff here!
# Comments
Comments: 572
Hello,man.
If you like cars racing,so I invite for my story project called "Dual Rally",an competition with 68 armoreds sports cars on 4 days of cross racing,full of shortcuts,tricks and dangers.
The winning duo(racer and navigator) win cash prizes and trophy.
You have time enough for think. See you later.
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No probs bro, you really have great stuff! By the way, I think I sort of met you at the Pokemon TCG state tourney in Parnell, lol
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Ohh no way, mean! I think I remember 
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Yeah I was, and from what I heard you were using Donphans?
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Haha yeah that's right! Love using Donphan
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wow! nice pic in ur gallery 
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Thanks for the watch yourself, but I didn't watch you. D:
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No probs. XD
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Any chance you could recommend a decent video card for around $50? I found one, but it seems too good to be true. I remember you said a GeForce 9500 with 1gb ddr2 was sort of okay, but this is a GT 520 with 2gb of DDR3. That's good, right? Like really good, aside from the whole "not DDR5" thing?
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The GT 520 is a lower end card of the newer 5xx series, so the price range seems about right. I'm not sure what's good for that price (since I don't normally focus on lower end cards, lulz), but from what I can tell with duh googlz, it seems that the 9500 and GT 520 are about the same in terms of performance, except the GT 520 can handle newer DirectX 11 graphics, whereas the 9500GT only has DX10. If I had to choose between those two, I'd say the GT520 would be better for future proofing, regardless of price. Generally, though, lower-end models at that price range are negligible in terms of differing performance.
Also, I'm going to risk going against what I said before and say that memory is irrelevant here as we're focusing on low-end cards. Low end cards generally don't go fast enough to use the memory and on top of that, they're not generally designed for gaming. If I were you, I'd save up for a mid range one (e.g. Geforce GTS 450 or Radeon HD 6650, perhaps even the 6770) just to make it more worthwhile. You'll get a massive performance boost, a greater bang for your buck and guaranteed PC gaming for much longer.
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Also, is a 6670 better than a 6650?
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I already have the 9500, so I guess it would be stupid to go and buy its equivalent now.
I was just going by 'Newer series must equal better card', but I guess since this is low-end only, what, two series later? It would be pretty silly.
Are the 4xx/5xx cards named the same as the 8xxx/9xxx/etc series? As in leftmost digit is series, and then the next is the level?
And are they pretty consistent between names? So if I get one 450, it'll perform about the same as any other 450?
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More or less. Higher number denotes higher end card.
Generally, once you get to the higher ranges of graphics cards, the difference in grade (e.g. GS vs. GT) would likely be more substantial. It's really just picking out on specific models more than anything, though.
NVIDIA dropped their old grading system ages ago in favor of their current one, i.e. the 3 digit numbers, and it's not quite the same. Their current G, GT, GTS and so on grades are more like grades within the series, rather than specific models, which is pointless given that the scale just goes up with the number. I guess it's good in the sense that each card is more distinct, though. Consistency within a model range therefore is there if there's only one model to talk about.
That said, there's only one 450 - the GTS 450.
Also, yes, a 6670 > 6650. NUMBERS ARE GOD
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Alright so I think I'll get the 6670, the GPU benchmark site I'm looking at (the site is really similar to passmark, maybe by the same people?) says it's almost four times as powerful as my current one, and only a tiny bit faster than the 450, despite a much lower price, soooo.....
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Go for it. AMD cards are best for value in terms of performance, I find.
Also, just so you know, AMD cards generally tend to be cheaper than their NVIDIA counterparts, but NVIDIA ones make up the difference with better technology - namely PhysX, a separate physics engine on the graphics card, read about it at your own leisure. While I personally find that PhysX isn't worth it as there aren't many games that actually utilise it (bought a 6870 instead, lulz), it still makes said games look pretty freakin' sweet.
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Well I'm glad I didn't wind up going for the 520.
On board PhysX or not, I'd have wound up blowing approximately all my money on a WHOPPING 3-point increase on the Pasmark scale.
And since a 6670 is such a drastic improvement over my 9500GT, it'll still do way more than my card will, so I'm not too concerned about PhysX.
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You should put some of your photography photos in here. They're good.
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Thanx for adding my drawing as favourite...
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You're very welcome.
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Hey HCP, since you seem knowledgeable about video cards, could you help me with with which cards are better than other cards? Specifically, I have one gigabyte of DDR2 memory. To get a noticeable boost, would 512 megabytes of DDR3 suffice, or would that be nearly equivalent or worse?
Am I looking more for amounts of memory, or class of memory?
Also can you give any advice on overclocking in relation to lag on higher resolutions?
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It all depends on what you plan to run, really. DDR3 memory is certainly faster than DDR2, so I would presume that there should be a noticeable kick to it. At the very least, it'd be around the same, assuming that the graphics cards are the same series or are equivalent. It also depends on WHICH cards are having their memory types compared. To answer your second question, you should really look for both, though more focus on the class if you're looking at lower-end ones.
That said, though, the memory of a graphics card isn't the be-all and end-all of graphics cards, - the actual model numbers and names of the cards themselves can tell you which ones are better. Certain graphics cards may have more or less internal components, differing sizes and generally better technology implemented over others, making them better altogether. The memory itself should only really be considered when you're making a decision between two equivalent cards.
This shouldn't be a problem if you're going for mid (some) to high end graphics cards, as they'll all have the best memory available (currently GDDR5), but from what I remember, your one was a low-endish card, so to change from that to a DDR3 should make some difference, but how noticeable it'll actually be, I'm unsure about. There are external factors that could influence it, such as other parts (i.e. CPU, and, to a lesser extent, RAM), but I don't think I have to explain it.
As for overclocking, what sort of advice are you looking for? Bear in mind that my knowledge of overclocking is limited to actually being able to do it, not necessarily the limits one should stick to. That said, I can still ask around if you need more comprehensive advice.
Also, late reply, because I was on holiday. Yes, I had intarwebs, I just couldn't be fucked checking my dA messages. Last count was 576.
/essay
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So in general, I should just go for something higher than a 9500?
And for overclocking, I do have the tools to do it (fancy bios things, I guess?), but I don't know how high I can go while still being safe, so I'll do more research on that, I guess.
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Yep, generally speaking, you should.
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lol i'll probably need it so i might just download it, you know, like legally and everything, yeah...
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LIES
you'll actually buy it retail
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