[ripken204]

im lookin at this video card, it says its 256mb ddr and its 128-bit
what does that exactly mean?

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[Drewdatrip]

It Means the card has a quantity of 256mbs of ram. And the memory pipline or bus between the the video ram and the GPU is 128bit. Generally the fater the bus the faster the card.

|Drew|

[ripken204]

what is make it a 256 or 128 mb card?

[bart of borg]

ripken204, on Feb 5 2005, 06:45 PM, said:

what is make it a 256 or 128 mb card?

Speaks for itself - that is the amount of "onboard" RAM the card has - the more the merrier!

[ripken204]

so its 256?

[Drewdatrip]

ripken204, on Feb 5 2005, 04:45 PM, said:

what is make it a 256 or 128 mb card?

Plz Reword that doesnt make much sence.

However is abit of info.

The most important factor in a Vid card is its GPU speed, the amount of Piplines, The bit of the pipelines, the Ram quantity and its Ramdac.

The Gpu is built ona a particualr Arichtecture and has a particular speed just like a CPU. In most cases the higher the better. However in some cases this is not always true, do to modifications in the internal workings that make it more efficent at lower speeds.

The amount of pipe Lines is the amount of data that can pass between the gpu, ram and your computer. In this case the more the better..and thats pretty much always the truth. Some of the best cards out currently have 12-16 pipelines.

The Pipe Lines also have bit ratings, and as i have explained, the higher the bit rating the more data can pass thru at a time. This is due to a increase of instructions per cycle, the higher the bit the more instructions per cycle. IE more bit more speed.

The finally the Ram Quantity doesnt always mean quantity. However more is generally better. THe RamDAC or speed of the ram is important, it dictacts how fast textures and instructions can be temporaly stored and buffered, which leeds to faster Frame rate and all around better performance.

Ummm ya i think that about covers it all

/End of Rant

|Drew|

[puntoMX]

ripken204, on Feb 5 2005, 06:23 PM, said:

im lookin at this video card, it says its 256mb ddr and its 128-bit
what does that exactly mean?

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Do you have a PCI-E slot? Or do you have a AGP slot?

This is a PCI-E card with the speed of a ATI 9600 card.

EDIT: What the ... $213.00... arrggg...

Better to buy a 6600 from nVidia and a TV tuner card ...

[ripken204]

pci-e

[puntoMX]

Okay, then you looked at the right one . But still "Better to buy a 6600 from nVidia and a TV tuner card ..."... think about it