Minimum graphics card to get graphics WEIs of 3.0? 5.9?
Posted by admin on Jan 22nd, 2007
Anyone know the minimum cost for a DirectX 9 graphics card that can achieve a graphics /gaming graphics WEI of 3.0? 5.0? 5.9? To get Aero on Vista you apparently need a minimum of 3.0, while 5.9 is the current maximum possible. Would an existing "gamer" $200 ($150? $120?) DX9 card be able to get a graphics / gaming graphics WEIs of 5.9? Any model recommendations?Thanks, Alan
Jan 22nd, 2007 at 10:44 pm
"Alan Cobb" I've got a Radeon X1800XT w/ 256Mb ram on board and score 5.9 in desktop graphics and 5.8 in 3D graphics. At the moment, if I were buying a new card for Vista I'd get an NVIDIA 8800 series card because they're the only ones that would currently support DX10 in hardware, I believe. If you don't want/can't afford one of these I would stick with what you have for now and wait for more cards to appear with hardware DX10 support before handing over my money.No idea of what sort of scores you'd get but the NVIDIA 7600 and ATI Radeon X1600 would probably give you good middle of the range scores, and would certainly be more than ample for Aero. Robert Moir rhymeswithgeek.com
Jan 23rd, 2007 at 03:49 pm
Hi Alan I have a performance score of 4.2 with a ATI X1300 video card , it is a PCI Express card though. they run about $115 here in US. It works great for me on Home premium. Hope this helps. Carl G"Alan Cobb"
Jan 28th, 2007 at 08:24 am
On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:30:46 0800, Alan Cobb wrote: My Nvidia 7950GT with 256 RAM scores a 5.8/5.9. I think it was around $200 at NewEgg. =Elden= moondog.org
Jan 29th, 2007 at 08:43 am
Hi Robert,It looks like an 8800 GTX (640MB) is in the $600 range, a 8800 GTS with 640MB is in the $400 range and a 8800 GTS with 320MB is in the $300 range. (All those are ballpark figures).The site below has a "compare WEIs" thread. Unfortunately you have to join the forum (not that it's a big deal) to see the screen capture files with people's WEIs:jcxp.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=9832Alan Cobb
Feb 3rd, 2007 at 02:17 pm
"Robert Moir" wrote I get 5.9/5.3 on an EVGA 7500GT 256MB and I paid $109 less $20 rebate. If not doing intensive gaming it should do the job quite nicely at a relativly low power consumption. Am running the Intel dual core e6300 overclocked to 2.9GHz.If you must have DirectX10 support wait a few weeks for the nVidia 8600 series which is the more affordable version of the 88oo rumored to cost perhaps as little as $159 for the low end 8600GS card. techspot.com/news/24400nvidias8600seriescardsexpectedwithinafewmonths.html
Feb 6th, 2007 at 09:56 pm
OPPS! That ahould be EVGA 7600GT 256MB card sorry 'bout that.."I.P. Nichols"