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annilation

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I currently have a 6600gt pcie card running my system. Right now I have it hooked to a 19" viewsonic crt but and going to buy 2 206bw's and ditch the crt. I know the monitors have hdcp but I am pretty sure my card does not. Will my 6600gt display the 2 monitors okay at higher resolutions and should I worry about hdcp? Also I know a lot of people are waiting on upgrading because of new dx10 cards coming out. Should I wait for new cards and keep what I have or upgrade to something newer now? Also the things I do on my pc are some gaming (not much lately), website design, light photo/video editing, web, email, network admin stuff.
 
what's the rest of your system like?

what's your budget?

what's the native res of 206bw (sorry, no clue what brand/spec that is)?

what new dx10 cards coming out are you considering, and why?

if you really don't do much gaming, your 6600gt should work fine.. or is it strictly hdcp you'd like to take advantage of?
 
annilation said:
I currently have a 6600gt pcie card running my system. Right now I have it hooked to a 19" viewsonic crt but and going to buy 2 206bw's and ditch the crt. I know the monitors have hdcp but I am pretty sure my card does not. Will my 6600gt display the 2 monitors okay at higher resolutions and should I worry about hdcp? Also I know a lot of people are waiting on upgrading because of new dx10 cards coming out. Should I wait for new cards and keep what I have or upgrade to something newer now? Also the things I do on my pc are some gaming (not much lately), website design, light photo/video editing, web, email, network admin stuff.
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I believe a 7950 GT should be enough for you. You don't game that much, but the 7950 GT is still quite capable of providing a very good gaming experience. It's also HDCP compliant. For the other stuff you mentioned, the graphics card is hardly a problem :)
DX10 mid-range cards are just around the corner, so if you're on a tight budget, you might need to wait a bit longer to have something DX10 as appealing as the 7950 GT is for DX9 (even though I don't recommend the waiting game).
 
I'd wait a little bit to see what nvidia has to offer as far as dx10 midrange cards go. Also ATI will be unveiling their new gpu's soon as well.
 
the rest of my system specs are:
p4 820 d
intel 945psn mobo
3gb ram
2x 80gb sata II drive (all major storage is done on fileserver)
2x Sony dvd+rw (sorry dont remember models offhand)
6600gt pci-e
antec 900
vista ultimate 64bit edition
virtual server running xp on 2nd drive (just in case)

I am going to be upgrading soon though to:
e6300 or e6400 core duo
undetermined mobo
G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
same hard drive, case, & dvd burners
vista ultimate 64bit edition
virtual server running xp on 2nd drive
 
If you're going to be doing an upgrade like that, I'd get at least an 8800GTS 320. If you have the money, get an 8800GTX or GTS 640, because a 7950GT wouldn't do that second system (the one you're building) justice.
 
annilation said:
Wouldnt it be a waste though to buy a 8800 if im not gaming?
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IMHO, yes. I believe high-end graphics cards have a sole purpose: gaming.
If you're not going to game much, then you might aswell get a mid-range solution, which is where the 7950 GT now fits.
 
why would some one buy an expensive game card if they don't play games? any card is good for 2d, that 7950 is awesome, the card is not that old, im kind curious about it, not long ago that was the card to have.
 
If your 6600GT has dual dvi outputs, you should be ok with just a 6600GT. If you feel that it's too slow or something, get a 8600GT when it comes out ($180~ US) with dual dvi (possibly dual-link?). No need to get a 7950GT.
 
annilation said:
the rest of my system specs are:
p4 820 d
intel 945psn mobo
3gb ram
2x 80gb sata II drive (all major storage is done on fileserver)
2x Sony dvd+rw (sorry dont remember models offhand)
6600gt pci-e
antec 900
vista ultimate 64bit edition
virtual server running xp on 2nd drive (just in case)

I am going to be upgrading soon though to:
e6300 or e6400 core duo
undetermined mobo
G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
same hard drive, case, & dvd burners
vista ultimate 64bit edition
virtual server running xp on 2nd drive
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your current system i would say wait for dx10 midrange card, but with you new build a 640GTS or (if you have the cash) a GTX would compliment your new build nicely, but again, if you don't game much.. that might be overkill.

as far as wait or not, well.. only you can answer that. it's been speculated the g80 refresh will show up in april/may, but we really have no confirmation on that... but the gaming thing comes up again; if there's nothing you do now which requires the power of a g80, there's nothing wrong with waiting what comes in the next few months..
 
i would wait and get the 8800 when price drops... i wouldn't get 7x series knowing that DX10 is out and it wont give u much future proof... on the other hand if u dont game much at all then stick with what u have right now till you start seeing inability to play games because the 6600 can't handle them...and get a quad chip around april when it drops to like 500-600 dollars to help with vid editing and i believe most web design stuff use multiple processing (although depending on what u do i dont think it requires much processor power)

im waiting till april for the next gen vid cards and to make a quad core computer... also waiting on ddr3 or better 2X2 GB sticks. It just seems like a whole set of new vid cards and processors are coming out which will drop prices. it also makes the new 8600's more appealing considering they'll be very cheap
 
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