good card for pe?

[Nicole]

Does any one know if this is a good card for pe? I looked at nvida page and it really does not seem to list the card.. maybe the listing is wrong and its a le card?

but in any case cant found out what shader it supports... im hoping 3?

if any one is familair with card please write what shader its good to run.. and if it good for pe...

thank you

card is : nVidia GeForce 6800 / 6800 XE 256MB AGP DVI Video Card

http://cgi.ebay.com/nVidia-GeForce-6...QQcmdZViewItem

[slupor]

I prefer my favorite card : Centurion by American Express

Sorry for the Off Topic, could not resist the temptation

/Slupor

[Carl]

I know the pny geforce7800 256meg card works well
and is coming down in price atm
you may want to look at that one as well
gl m8

[DoctorFeelgood]

i thought al above the geforce 6600 got pixel shader 3.0

[Mercury]

nvidia 8800 gt / gts are best for EU. You need pixel shader 3.0 on whatever card that you add in order to see the full work of MA on the graphics. I recently bought the 8600 gts (overclocked), it runs about $229 at Best Buy/Circuit City. The 8600 is about $60 less than the lowest priced 8800; I got the 8600 for the video portion of it being a great deal better. The 8800 is really the best for gaming though. There are many types of them and they run from $289 - $899 for the absolute best one. The $899 one is total overkill though but could be useful when CryEngine is fully installed. I'd not bother with it and get one of the ones under $300. By the time Cryengine is in, you will be able to get a better one than those currently on the market for about the same price or less I'm sure.

P.S. I've tried the best two ATI Radeon models 2600/2900 xt and they both sucked my left and right testicles. I had huge problems with both in regards to EU and wouldn't recommend either if you plan to spend a lot of time in Entropia.

[Mercury]

I'm pretty sure all around 6800 had Pixel Shader 3.0, but this can easily be checked by google/yahoo searching your particular card.

[Nicole]

Originally Posted by slupor

I prefer my favorite card : Centurion by American Express

Sorry for the Off Topic, could not resist the temptation

/Slupor

very funny :rolf:

Originally Posted by Carl

I know the pny geforce7800 256meg card works well
and is coming down in price atm
you may want to look at that one as well
gl m8

I did a look on ebay and the 7800 is out of my reach , well ebay would have to pay cash... so 350 a little to much for me...

Originally Posted by Mercury

nvidia 8800 gt / gts are best for EU. You need pixel shader 3.0 on whatever card that you add in order to see the full work of MA on the graphics. I recently bought the 8600 gts (overclocked), it runs about $229 at Best Buy/Circuit City. The 8600 is about $60 less than the lowest priced 8800; I got the 8600 for the video portion of it being a great deal better. The 8800 is really the best for gaming though. There are many types of them and they run from $289 - $899 for the absolute best one. The $899 one is total overkill though but could be useful when CryEngine is fully installed. I'd not bother with it and get one of the ones under $300. By the time Cryengine is in, you will be able to get a better one than those currently on the market for about the same price or less I'm sure.

P.S. I've tried the best two ATI Radeon models 2600/2900 xt and they both sucked my left and right testicles. I had huge problems with both in regards to EU and wouldn't recommend either if you plan to spend a lot of time in Entropia.

wow this of great help... I have a best buys right next to me.. can use the carge card

darn I hate loans...

[Hardicus]

Just FYI, I have a Geforce 7600 GS, it's real cheap and i'm able to run EU at full settings with no issues. However, my CPU and RAM sure let the rig down. If you want a budget alternative, I can recommend this one for AGP. If your motherboard supports PCI-x then you have a whole lot more options.

[Mercury]

Nicole,

You need to make sure that your motherboard supports PCI - Express in order to buy any of those cards I mentioned. If it doesn't, you will be forced to use an AGP card. There aren't many options for these with Pixel Shader 3.0. I'd probably get the 7600 AGP if you don't have PCI-E.

If you're on a tight budget by the way, you can get a good PCI-E card for EU for around $70-130 at either of those stores I mentioned (Best Buy/Circuit City). Just make sure you check if you have AGP/PCI-E, card has Pixel Shader 3.0, and that you have your Credit Card with you.

[GullyFoyle]

As far as I know theres no AGP version of the nvidia 8xxx series available (yet).
All cards Mercury mentioned require a PCI slot.

EDIT: ...see above...