[sclug] Graphics cards

[Alex Butcher LUG]

The "cheap gaming PC for under ?x, August 2013" type guides suggest a GTX650TIB-DC2OC-2GD5 (Boost version, 2G DDR5) VGA for about ?163 (alternatively, the GTX 660 Ti, or Radeon HD 7950 might be better value).

Best Regards,
Alex

David Given <dg at cowlark.com> wrote:
>Can anyone recommend what to look for in a decent graphics card these
>days? I've totally lost touch with what's good these days, and even the
>bottom end cards look hopelessly high end to me. I'm not a high end
>gamer but I do want something reasonably future proof that's capable of
>3D on dual-headed HD with a decent frame rate. NVidia preferably.
>
>Incidentally, the 3D fractals I showed a few people were generated with
>Mandelbulber, which is now in Debian. They're currently working on
>OpenCL support:
>
>http://www.mandelbulber.com/
>
>Here are some examples of the output:
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgdN5yO39UI
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E91yxk_pT_A
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ICtd81cGTM
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS1DZwHdTEE
>
>Watch in as high def as you can...
>
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