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 Post subject:Re: "cpuhacker" returns?
PostPosted:Wed May 12, 2010 4:22 am 
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If you're going for ATI, everyone I've talked to (that isn't a raging nVIDIA fanboy/ATI hater) recommended the Radeon HD 5850 as a good, high-performance, low-cost card.

ETA: To elaborate, apparently it can run most graphics-intensive programs pretty damn well (yeah, sure, it'll chug running Crysis on Ultra-High at ridiculous resolutions, but I dare you to find a single GPU that doesn't and also doesn't cost an arm, a leg, and your soul) and on Newegg, most stock/non-overclocked 5850s run around $300 (usually between $300 and $320, though I think Sapphire Tech was selling a "Toxic" brand 5850 for ~$380 - which, at that price, you might as well as just get a 5870) before tax/shipping.

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PostPosted:Wed May 12, 2010 4:49 am 
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I actually recently brought a 5850 and I can confirm it's awesome. Run Crysis DX10 on high without a glitch same with Just Cause 2. I would definitely recommend it.


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PostPosted:Wed May 12, 2010 10:13 am 
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thanks guys. i'm gonna go with the radeon 5850. it does seem like a good card.

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PostPosted:Wed May 12, 2010 11:19 am 
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I don't know what the pro's use but I am using Code::Blocks for C++ programming these days.

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PostPosted:Fri May 14, 2010 2:38 am 
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I don't know what the pro's use but I am using Code::Blocks for C++ programming these days.
Code::Blocks is a decent IDE.

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PostPosted:Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:28 am 
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Haha, i remember this... It makes me cringe in shame:/ (I know, gravedigging, but i want to bring at least a small amount of life to the forums...)

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PostPosted:Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:31 am 
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Oh, and an update... I'm using gcc (with a windows cross compiler when i want to compile for windows) as my main compiler... Simply because i don't need a GUI, it uses very little RAM, and it gets the job done. And the graphics card i chose after this (which i'm still using) is a nVidia 6600 ultra. That was because i got it for free.

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