Graphic Card
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KeeFy
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WOW. 9 series? Do they still make those? IMHO. You need to update yourself a little more. Also ATI cards have been proven to be a little more bang for buck in terms of the bottom range during the past 1+ year. The nvidia equivalent (cost and spec) does perform a bit slower. Made in China? So what? These days, even the best of brands (EG: Sony, ASUS, MSI, etc) have their factories in China.
Lastly Intel has a factory in China. Are you going to stop using Intel CPUs and use AMDs instead? And as far as i know ATI/AMD does not have a wafer fab factory in China. I might be wrong about this.
It's another story of fanboys like how microsoft and apple does. I have no brand loyalty
. I have both PCs and Macs... being a fanboy or having any brand loyalty only makes one narrowminded and constipated.
KeeFy
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I sure do mate. It's not unbelievable... It also depends on which version of PS are you using. Software developers program/design their softwares along side the advancement of hardware. One of the few mistakes of recent times was Microsoft when they developed vista. They based their design of vista out of Moore's law and failed pretty badly.
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it's served me through CS2 and 3... will upgrade my GPU when I upgrade to CS4/5, when there actually is a point to do it
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mynameisgreg
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haha noob.
im dont know the price difference but for gaming 512mb and 1gb for 5770 have shown little performance difference. so u might save a bit by getting the lower capacity card.
im dont know the price difference but for gaming 512mb and 1gb for 5770 have shown little performance difference. so u might save a bit by getting the lower capacity card.
Dark Matter
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Tentatively will be going for the Asus 5770 cucore as per geekbrains recommend. Since it is giving a HDMI cable ($60 worth) it will reduce price diff more. Now 4770 cost around 179 ad 5770 cost 279. if factor in the cable diff only $40. And will also allows me to play some hardcore game in future if I were to go back to gaming.
P.S. Is the free HDMI cable promotion still going on?
P.S. Is the free HDMI cable promotion still going on?
alvinlovesu
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using a quadro 580 FX on my workstation. IMO color calibration tools and a good screen is more important than a gfx card
Dark Matter
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But a quadro FX580 will cost around 460 compare to a 5770 only 269.
BTW my new office work station will be having a FX1800...which i just check the price to be 1299...
.alvinlovesu
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Well, i believe the only few times i really appreciated the power of the quadro was doing DTP on magazines. My gaming rig on a GTX260 handles basic photoshopping pretty well also.But a quadro FX580 will cost around 460 compare to a 5770 only 269.
BTW my new office work station will be having a FX1800...which i just check the price to be 1299...
Can use 9500 series card for PP, better purchase better monitor, and memory.
even buy NVIDIA GTX, and couple with i7, if monitor is not accurate, Image will still become lousy.
oh no, i'm actually thinking of using my LCD TV for monitor, will tht be bad?
geekbrains
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WOW. 9 series? Do they still make those? IMHO. You need to update yourself a little more. Also ATI cards have been proven to be a little more bang for buck in terms of the bottom range during the past 1+ year. The nvidia equivalent (cost and spec) does perform a bit slower. Made in China? So what? These days, even the best of brands (EG: Sony, ASUS, MSI, etc) have their factories in China.
Lastly Intel has a factory in China. Are you going to stop using Intel CPUs and use AMDs instead? And as far as i know ATI/AMD does not have a wafer fab factory in China. I might be wrong about this.
It's another story of fanboys like how microsoft and apple does. I have no brand loyalty
You're absolutely right dude! ATI or AMD doesn't own any Fab anymore.. The AMD fabs are sold to Mubadala group and now it's an independent entity called Global Foundries with some controlling shares from AMD. AMD might sell off their shares completely in the due course. For the graphic cards, all the Evergreen chips are made in TSMC 40nm Tech..
Initially I was biased toward nVidia due to their Linux driver support as my mainstream PC is Linux..Now I'm more than happy with the ATI catalyst drivers for Linux
geekbrains
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It would be.. The reason being no one manufactures IPS based TV's these days as it would be costing you a bomb. Further TN gives the refresh rate what people wants and tends to avoid motion blur with additional 120Hz or 240Hz refresh available these days. Some of the Samsung's good quality LCD TV's are PVA's which might give you a comparative feel to IPS.
Do note that size does matter
As the pixel density differs according to the screen sizes, you might not want them so close to you 
geekbrains
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I agree..As long as it serves my need, I don't upgrade..I'm not a gamer..I was pretty happy with my nVidia Quadro FX as well as the GeForce MX440..But these were on AGP and my new motherboard comes with a 3 way crossfire config (2 x PCI-E X16, 1 x PCI-X8) and hence I went ahead with the Radeon HD 5770 which gives me the bang for the buck
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You're absolutely right dude! ATI or AMD doesn't own any Fab anymore.. The AMD fabs are sold to Mubadala group and now it's an independent entity called Global Foundries with some controlling shares from AMD. AMD might sell off their shares completely in the due course. For the graphic cards, all the Evergreen chips are made in TSMC 40nm Tech..
Initially I was biased toward nVidia due to their Linux driver support as my mainstream PC is Linux..Now I'm more than happy with the ATI catalyst drivers for Linux
Ok, i seen you have no experience with ATI and other brands. You need to dig out it.
I can't explain to all about ATI and other brands.
geekbrains
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Read up the reviews on the internet dude.. There are tons already
Look for the below features and compare it with the other cards in your list..
GPU Core Clock
Memory Clock / Memory Type
Number of Stream Processors
Number of Texture Units
Number of ROPs
Memory Bus Width
Frame Buffer
Transistor Count
TDP
Manufacturing Process
and last but not least
"Price Point"
geekbrains
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Prove me wrong with substantial data dude.. I entertain no Trolls..I won't respond to your sarcastic replies until you speak something meaningful..
I agree..As long as it serves my need, I don't upgrade..I'm not a gamer..I was pretty happy with my nVidia Quadro FX as well as the GeForce MX440..But these were on AGP and my new motherboard comes with a 3 way crossfire config (2 x PCI-E X16, 1 x PCI-X8) and hence I went ahead with the Radeon HD 5570 which gives me the bang for the buck
i heard of this card, how much did u get it for?
geekbrains
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Tentatively will be going for the Asus 5770 cucore as per geekbrains recommend. Since it is giving a HDMI cable ($60 worth) it will reduce price diff more. Now 4770 cost around 179 ad 5770 cost 279. if factor in the cable diff only $40. And will also allows me to play some hardcore game in future if I were to go back to gaming.
P.S. Is the free HDMI cable promotion still going on?
Give a call to Fuwell dude..Look for WenXie as he kept his promise to get me the cable
I missed to collect my Cable when I bought my card, I just collected it yesterday..I guess most of the stores in Sim Lim carries this promotion from Ban Leong. Just give any of them a call before you go.PS: It's available until stocks last.. So you know what to do
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