Best Latest and Greatest Graphics card?

[Xetsuei]

tbh, I don't see any tubes on my mobo.

[ImSpartacus]

tbh, I don't see any tubes on my mobo.

look harder

My science teacher would slap you for that.

i think u got the point, lol

but i see no one has denied that there are electrons moving through the motherboard (and most of the rest of the pc inerds)...

[mech]

Gfmx4 hands

[ImSpartacus]

Gfmx4 hands

not following u

[mech]

Geforce mx 440... shit ass cock gfx card hands down aka


HURF dilf

[ImSpartacus]

Geforce mx 440... shit ass cock gfx card hands down aka


HURF dilf

ahhh, got ye, the gf part i nthe front screwed me up.

[soccerbummer1104]

remember though, a good motherboard can increase your performance in games by a large margin. I suggest a 680i series mobo. i currently own a striker extreme, and it blows everything away.
and it looks kewl.
it can light up (turn on in bios) or when its turned off u can press the button in the back and the mobo lights up with blue led's so you can see what your doing in the case. Ir also has a clear cmos switch on the mobo so you don't have to move jumpers. It has a debug LCD on the back that allows u to read whats wrong with the computer instead of listening to a case speaker. you can also set it to say whatever you want when everything is working ok. You can also turn power on to the system without hard drives, ram, processor or anything hooked up. allows for easier testing and debugging in some cases. Oh and did i mention it like boosted my fps by like 25 fps?
oh, and did i mention it has 3 pci-e slots? sli memory support, and 1 kick ass bios loads of features.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/12/...son/page4.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/02/..._2/page11.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/02/..._2/page12.html
i like the asus, 1 because asus rocks, and 2 because of all of its features. the msi is also good for performance as well though, so id go with 1 of the 2.


"" from toms hardware

An easy reference chart graphically illustrates the total number of winning benchmark scores for each motherboard. "Totals wins" includes applications games, and synthetics.
The Asus Striker Extreme demolishes the competition, but this race is far from over.

here is a few pics






onboard power, reset, and clear cmos switches (power switch bypasses processor, turns on all fans, but nothing shows up on monitor. used for debugging)


but yea, i suggest a 8800 series card. the 320 mb card is good, btu for a lil more id go with the 640 mb version and overclock it a lil.

[InnerGoat]

[ImSpartacus]

but how much did that beast cost?

most people could get by without SLI, so i would suggest a p5k, theyre $150 and r pretty flippin sweet

and an 8800gts 320 mb will work fine as long as u dont have a huge moniter, dont bother w/ the extra memory if u dont polay with a high enough res to use it.

BTW- is that a zalman 9500 heatsink on your cpu? how is that working for u, i was thinking of getting one to cool a modestly oc'ed q6600 when they go down to $266

[soccerbummer1104]

yea it is. works wonders, btu it is huge. when the guys at geekquad say it therir eyes went 0_0 and then i asked how much cleaning was later
and they said $15
and then i pointed to that heatsink and they went O_O
and said they might skip it lol. btu it works well.
the board is $340 i think at newegg.com thats USD, but i bought it when it was brand new and $420 and dont regret it. the hd sound card that comes with it is also wonderful. it had some bugs in the beginning, but the new drivers have fixed those issues. pluss its 7.1 , and it comes with graw, and 3dmark 06 avanced edition.