Graphic Cards 6 Questions on Graphics Card usage

Aercy

Aercy

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Guys, Plz help me by answering these 6 questions,

1) What you use you Graphics Card more for ....
(5 -most, 3-Sometimes, 1-least)
i) Gaming, ii) HD Movies, iii) Video Editing Work, iv) Animation Work, v) Other(Plz specify)

2) How much money you are willing to & have invested to buy a GFX card?

3) You buy a new GFX card in every ...
i) 0-6 months, ii) 7-12 months, ii) 13-18 months, iv) 19-24 months v) 25 months & above

4) Are willing to change your PC hardware components to support your new card or will you buy a GFX supporting your present config?

5) What do you feel are the Pros & Cons of your current GFX? (Mention the GFX)

6) What is your preference for ...

a) GPU brand?
i) Nvidia
ii) ATI/AMD

And

b) Card Manufacturer brand?
i) Asus
ii) EVGA
iii) Gigabyte
iv) MSI
v) Palit
vi) Powercolor
vii) Sapphire
viii) XFX
ix) Zotac
x) Other (Mention Brand)
 
Rather than doing this, you could have made it into several polls, if not possible to fit into one! It woul dbe easier too.

Also, may i ask as to the purpose of these questions? Since i am running an IGP, none apply to me as of now.
 
1) What you use you Graphics Card more for ....

i) Gaming (5), ii) HD Movies (5), iii) Video Editing Work (3)

2) How much money you are willing to & have invested to buy a GFX card?

30-35k

3) You buy a new GFX card in every ...

iv) 19-24 months

4) Are willing to change your PC hardware components to support your new card or will you buy a GFX supporting your present config?

When I buy a new GPU, I overhaul my entire rig

5) What do you feel are the Pros & Cons of your current GFX? (Mention the GFX)

Great performance at the price but its noisy. HD 6950(unlocked to 6970) CF

6) What is your preference for ...

a) GPU brand?

i) Nvidia

ii) ATI/AMD

neither. I buy which provides the best performance within my budget

And

b) Card Manufacturer brand?

i) Asus

ii) EVGA

iii) Gigabyte

iv) MSI

v) Palit

vi) Powercolor

vii) Sapphire

viii) XFX

ix) Zotac

x) Other (Mention Brand)

I prefer MSI, Sapphire, Powercolor & Palit. I usually stay away from ASUS after a couple of cards failed & I had a horrendous time RMAing from Rashi
 
1) Gaming [5], HD movies [3 -- atleast home PC needs the 9400GT to decode HD content MY BASILISK has a quad-core so no need there], Animation [3 -- again currently have a ATi card, but have experienced CUDA and plan to shift to nVidia once Tesla is out c. Q2 2012].

2) Maximum ~ 15000/-, sweet spot around -- 11000/-.

3) New graphics card when the need is acute to the point that I need else work [gaming] will not proceed.

4) Again depends if I need a new system I'll purchase it, else incremental upgrades [some RAM, more HDD's, a more powerful SMPS and so on].

5) Noisy fan but good performance and doesn't guzzle too much power.

6) ATi I've noticed has always performed well for gaming with me [have used a X700 and a HD 5770], for nVidia I will buy it in the next upgrade cycle so lets see [I have a 9400GT but it's performance is medicore in all games, my X700 performed better].

7) For brands, I vouch for --

Powercolor (X700), MSi (HD 5770), Sapphire (most friends use it), Zotac (most preferred nVidia brand now, with better A.S.S. than XFX).

Hope this helps in your survey. Cheers!! Sire.
 
1) What you use you Graphics Card more for .... (5 -most, 3-Sometimes, 1-least)
i) Gaming - 5
ii) HD Movies - 3
iii) Video Editing Work - 1
iv) Animation Work - 0

2) How much money you are willing to & have invested to buy a GFX card?
Invested around 16k last time, would prefer to spend ~12k.

3) You buy a new GFX card in every ...
13-18 months

4) Are willing to change your PC hardware components to support your new card or will you buy a GFX supporting your present config?
Probably but haven't faced that issue since the AGP / PCIE transition days.

5) What do you feel are the Pros & Cons of your current GFX? (Mention the GFX)
Readeon 5850 (MSI)
Pros: Decent gaming performance at 1920x1080.
Cons: Driver crashes while playing flash video.

6) What is your preference for ...
a) GPU brand?
Nvidia

And

b) Card Manufacturer brand?
i) Asus
 
1) What you use you Graphics Card more for .... (5 -most, 3-Sometimes, 1-least)
i) Gaming - 3
ii) HD Movies - 1
iii) Video Editing Work - 1
iv) Animation Work - 5

2) How much money you are willing to & have invested to buy a GFX card?
Around 10k ~ 12k

3) You buy a new GFX card in every ...
25 months and above

4) Are willing to change your PC hardware components to support your new card or will you buy a GFX supporting your present config?
Yes although it will only be my PSU.

5) What do you feel are the Pros & Cons of your current GFX? (Mention the GFX)
Gigabyte Geforce 8800T
Pros: Excellent performer for the past 3 years. More than capable of handling high graphics on almost every single game I've thrown at it on my 19" screen.
Cons: High chances of having a hardware failure now that it is 3 years old (Most G92 cards go kaput after 2 years or act weird).

6) What is your preference for ...
a) GPU brand?
Neither
I take what gives me the best performance-features to price.

And

b) Card Manufacturer brand?
- Gigabyte
- Zotac
- MSI
- Sapphire
 
Thanks for the replies so far, guys. I hope to get some more so that I can get into analysis part.
 
1) What you use you Graphics Card more for ....
(5 -most, 3-Sometimes, 1-least)
  1. Gaming - 5
  2. HD Movies - 4
  3. Video Editing Work - 1
  4. Animation Work - 1
2) How much money you are willing to & have invested to buy a GFX card?
$300. Most I've spent on a card. I usually stick to the $150-$200 range.

3) You buy a new GFX card in every ...
25 months and above.

4) Are willing to change your PC hardware components to support your new card or will you buy a GFX supporting your present config?
Except for my current setup, I've always upgraded my whole system at once.

5) What do you feel are the Pros & Cons of your current GFX? (Mention the GFX)
6950 2GB. Does everything I ask of it. Only fear is of upgrading to new drivers when they are released. With ATI you never know if they are going to break something.

6) What is your preference for ...

a) GPU brand?
No Preference. Just looking for a nice VFM point.

And

b) Card Manufacturer brand?

No preference. Have used Sapphire (ATI) and XFX (both Nvidia and ATI) . Never had any issues with either company.
 
1) What you use you Graphics Card more for .... (5 -most, 3-Sometimes, 1-least)

i) Gaming - 5

ii) HD Movies - 4

iii) Animation Work -5

2) How much money you are willing to & have invested to buy a GFX card?

Invested around 10k Recently, would prefer to spend ~15k.

3) You buy a new GFX card in every ...

15-18 months,might get a new one if new launched budget[10-12k] card beats my current one.

4) Are willing to change your PC hardware components to support your new card or will you buy a GFX supporting your present config?

Bought new rig according the gpu,will change psu if i get a new gpu

5) What do you feel are the Pros & Cons of your current GFX? (Mention the GFX)

Sapphire hd6850

Pros: Very nice performance,low power consumption.can play at very high graphic setting till 1680x1050.Mid or high setting in full hd.

Cons: Driver issues,would prefer better drivers.

6) What is your preference for ...

a) GPU brand?

ATI RADEON

And

b) Card Manufacturer brand?

ANY but xfx.
 
1) What you use you Graphics Card more for ....

(5 -most, 3-Sometimes, 1-least)

i) Gaming-5

ii) HD Movies-5

iii) Video Editing Work-3

iv) Animation Work-1

v) Other(Plz specify)

2) How much money you are willing to & have invested to buy a GFX card?

Prefer to spend 15k to 20k

3) You buy a new GFX card in every ...

16-18 months depending on the performance of the cards available (performance should be > my present card)

4) Are willing to change your PC hardware components to support your new card or will you buy a GFX supporting your present config?

First I change my Pc and then get the Graphics card

5) What do you feel are the Pros & Cons of your current GFX? (Mention the GFX)

Currently using MSI GTS-250 card--It is bottle-necking my current CPU

6) What is your preference for ...

Nvidia always (NoAMD not preferred due to their Crappy as hell driver updates....)

b) Card Manufacturer brand?

MSI>XFX>Gigabyte>EVGA(No to Evga in India)>.......................................>ASUS(Least preferred due to worst RMA process by RASHI)
 
1) What you use you Graphics Card more for ....
(5 -most, 3-Sometimes, 1-least)
i) Gaming (5), ii) HD Movies(5)

2) How much money you are willing to & have invested to buy a GFX card?
Have spent 11K for my present card. Can spend upto 15K for GFX
3) You buy a new GFX card in every ...
7-12 months

4) Are willing to change your PC hardware components to support your new card or will you buy a GFX supporting your present config?
Nope.

5) What do you feel are the Pros & Cons of your current GFX? (Mention the GFX)
Pros: Cool, Silent, VFM card, Runs games like Crysis series, BF3 beta, DS2, Metro 2033,BF2 etc easily maxed out at 2x aa on 1600x900. No drivers issues
Cons : Settings needs to be tonned down on Full HD for some games

6) What is your preference for ...

a) GPU brand?

ATI/AMD

And

b) Card Manufacturer brand?

1) MSI
2) Sapphire
 
1) What you use you Graphics Card more for ....
(5 -most, 3-Sometimes, 1-least)
Gaming - 5
Movies - 3
GPGPU Computing - 3

2) How much money you are willing to & have invested to buy a GFX card?
15 - 16k Max, preferably around 10 - 11k

3) You buy a new GFX card in every ...
25 months & above

4) Are willing to change your PC hardware components to support your new card or will you buy a GFX supporting your present config?
Can upgrade the power supply, but nothing else.

5) What do you feel are the Pros & Cons of your current GFX? (Mention the GFX)
Current GFX Cards: MSI GTX 560 Ti Golden Edition, Sapphire Radeon 6850 (2 PCs)
MSI Pros: Low noise and temperatures, Great performance.
MSI Cons: Some graphics glitches. Nothing major, so haven't RMA-ed it yet.
Sapphire Pros: Good perf for the price.
Sapphire Cons: Very Loud.

6) What is your preference for ...

a) GPU brand?
nVidia at high end (better perf), AMD at low end (better value)

And

b) Card Manufacturer brand?
MSI and Gigabyte.
 
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