Specs
MSI P6N-SLI
[email protected]
2gb OCZ DDR2 800
Nvidia 7600GT
750watt OCZ PSU
I would like to buy a new graphics card to replace my aging Nvidia 7600GT and I planned on buying another 4gbs of OCZ DDR2 800 Ram. After these two upgrades I figured the PC would stay in that state for 2 years. I was about to replace the 7600GT with a MSI nx8800GT until I read just how bad the nvidia 3D drivers are with KDE4. I have been using KDE4 on an all Intel laptop with great excitement and looking forward to replace my XP install on the Desktop.
I need help on deciding which graphics card to buy before all the deals evaporated on the lower end cards. I also am reluctant to support Nvidia if their drivers are no longer going to be effective for my usage especially since development of ATI drivers are picking up and becoming effective in both 2D/3D. I do some light gaming on the pc such as Titan Quest: Immortal Throne, Never Winter Nights 2, Hellgate: London, Warsow, and some random Steam games. None of these games are super important but are nice when its slow. Desktop Effects in Linux through Kwin4 and Compiz are both nice and I like them to be usable. Kwin4 is more important as I am not a fan of either kde3 or Gnome.
1. Just hold onto the 7600GT and wait a little longer.
2. ATI 3870
3. ATI 4850
4. Nvidia 8800GT
I plan to replace XP with Vista 64bit while dual-booting Linux 64bit with KDE4.1. I am not a fan of Vista but XP is finally driving me bonkers as its usability reminds of a fisher price toy which XP resembles.(I honestly find every OS in existence to be useless for my needs. Linux is getting better at tying itself together like OSX while keeping all the awesome tinkering I enjoy. Linux applications are also getting to the point of not needing Windows.)
Sorry for the rant after the question but I needed to blow off some steam. The current state of Operating Systems leaves me depressed and a little upset. So if you want to comment on the video card or Operating System state of affairs go for it. I am all ears.
MSI P6N-SLI
[email protected]
2gb OCZ DDR2 800
Nvidia 7600GT
750watt OCZ PSU
I would like to buy a new graphics card to replace my aging Nvidia 7600GT and I planned on buying another 4gbs of OCZ DDR2 800 Ram. After these two upgrades I figured the PC would stay in that state for 2 years. I was about to replace the 7600GT with a MSI nx8800GT until I read just how bad the nvidia 3D drivers are with KDE4. I have been using KDE4 on an all Intel laptop with great excitement and looking forward to replace my XP install on the Desktop.
I need help on deciding which graphics card to buy before all the deals evaporated on the lower end cards. I also am reluctant to support Nvidia if their drivers are no longer going to be effective for my usage especially since development of ATI drivers are picking up and becoming effective in both 2D/3D. I do some light gaming on the pc such as Titan Quest: Immortal Throne, Never Winter Nights 2, Hellgate: London, Warsow, and some random Steam games. None of these games are super important but are nice when its slow. Desktop Effects in Linux through Kwin4 and Compiz are both nice and I like them to be usable. Kwin4 is more important as I am not a fan of either kde3 or Gnome.
1. Just hold onto the 7600GT and wait a little longer.
2. ATI 3870
3. ATI 4850
4. Nvidia 8800GT
I plan to replace XP with Vista 64bit while dual-booting Linux 64bit with KDE4.1. I am not a fan of Vista but XP is finally driving me bonkers as its usability reminds of a fisher price toy which XP resembles.(I honestly find every OS in existence to be useless for my needs. Linux is getting better at tying itself together like OSX while keeping all the awesome tinkering I enjoy. Linux applications are also getting to the point of not needing Windows.)
Sorry for the rant after the question but I needed to blow off some steam. The current state of Operating Systems leaves me depressed and a little upset. So if you want to comment on the video card or Operating System state of affairs go for it. I am all ears.
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