Graphics card

goru · **Posted:** Sat Nov 10, 2012 3:29 am

Few days ago my graphics card crashed. So now i have to need a new one . anyone can give me please in what price of range i can get a good graphics card.

mirhagk · **Posted:** Sat Nov 10, 2012 10:34 am

A good graphics card that can play 99% of modern games at medium settings should only set you back about $100. You can get some that are way over the top, will play every single game on highest settings but it'll cost you like $500. I'd say go for the $100 one, because even if you have to replace it each year to stay modern, it's still cheaper than the crazy expensive ones (which you'll have to replace every couple years anyways)

Dan · **Posted:** Sat Nov 10, 2012 5:41 pm

What do you mean by "my graphics card crashed"? Unless there is something physically wrong with your card, you might be able to fix the issue your self.

Even with physical damage to the card it may be possible to fix. In some cases you can get a few more months out of the card by heating it up to the point where the solder melts and letting it cool off again. This can be done in a house hold oven but be very very very careful and we don't take any responsibility if you kill your self or burn your house down.

See this video for more info (it does not work for him but did for me): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK7RZjAC-qE

goru · **Posted:** Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:02 am

Sorry i had to be more specific. Like i need 14 GB which contains 384 bit color. And also with 2400 MHz or more clock speed. Any good brand will be good.

goru · **Posted:** Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:03 am

goru @ Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:02 am wrote:

Sorry i had to be more specific. Like i need 1 GB which contains 384 bit color. And also with 2400 MHz or more clock speed. Any good brand will be good.

mirhagk · **Posted:** Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:50 am

384 bit colour? Is this for SIMD or did some marketing guy decide that humans can detect that many different colours?

Insectoid · **Posted:** Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:03 am

For someone who knows exactly what he wants, he sure doesn't know very much about what he wants.

mirhagk · **Posted:** Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:01 am

the important part of graphics cards is the shaders supported. Does it support DirectX 11 etc. Then memory size and clock speed come into play, with number of cores being more of a factor than clock speed (but it's not usually shown for some reason)

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