Upgrading and Nvidia Graphics card

[Blacksmith]

On of my systems here uses an ASUS Nvidia EN9600 and am considering if it is possible to put something better into without breaking the bank. I find the perfomance of the 9600 quite good for what I am doing. Performs better than my Radeon 4870. What are the GtX260 or 275's like. Closed src driver is no problem but I do require antialiasing.

[deanjo]

On of my systems here uses an ASUS Nvidia EN9600 and am considering if it is possible to put something better into without breaking the bank. I find the perfomance of the 9600 quite good for what I am doing. Performs better than my Radeon 4870. What are the GtX260 or 275's like. Closed src driver is no problem but I do require antialiasing.

My GTX275 hasn't given me any grief. KDE 4 is snappy as hell with no weird artifacts. AA works fine as well.

[Blacksmith]

Purchased a Gigabyte GTX 260 Super Overclock. Installed into a ASUS P7P55D-E Deluxe. Nvidia driver 185.xx installed no problems compared with recent hassles with a Radeon 4870.
Initial performance checks makes it appear to be WAY faster than the 4870 for what I am doing.
Very good card me thinks at a quite reasonable price was around $240 Aus.

[Kano]

Why dont you use 195.36.03?

[Blacksmith]

Two reasons,
1: I knew 185.xx would work as I have had it going previously.

2: I did not have a latter version on hand and to it get means driving 50 kilometres. So it means I need to think about going to the internet cafe in town when I leave and have yet ont been able to do that.

[Kano]

Offline pcs are really rare, maybe not in your case

[deanjo]

Offline pcs are really rare, maybe not in your case

Not as rare as you think. There is still a fairly large number of systems out there that rely on dial up where downloading large packages like that can be a trying experience. In a small country like yours broadband maybe available everywhere but in a larger country dial up is sometimes the only option they have.

[Kano]

Satellite internet works everywhere. Wifi broadband is another way for outbacks. I prefer faster broadband however...

[deanjo]

Satellite internet works everywhere. Wifi broadband is another way for outbacks. I prefer faster broadband however...

Wifi isn't available to many people in North America and Satellite carries a hefty premium that many can't justify.

[bridgman]

You also need line-of-sight to the satellite, which a lot of people (like me) don't have.