# Need Help Deciding on Video Card - Shady? Singh? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 7, 2009, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393 "2009-10-07T07:11:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393/21 "2009-10-07T10:37:16Z")
Nice! Please post pics before, during and after install. Than post benchmark results. KTHXBYE ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393/22 "2009-10-07T10:43:33Z")
I’ll post pics, sure. I’ll even put the 8800 next to the 285 for ya lol. And I’ll see if 3DMark06 works on Win7. The Windows 7 I downloaded activates via script right after install. No Bios editing, no nothing. All of my driver but audio installed by themselves, and all of my software so far has worked. The only software I had an issue with was Daemon Tools. But I just used UltraISO to mount my iso’s so far. Photoshop, Nero, PowerDVD, Office 2007, FireFox, UltraISO, ImgBurn, etc. all worked. LOVE Windows 7. SO much better than Vista and much nicer looking than XP. ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393/23 "2009-10-07T10:46:37Z")
Windows 7 is soo nice! I’ve been running it most of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393/24 "2009-10-07T10:56:47Z")
RC1? I got myself Ultimate :). If everything goes good the next week or two in terms of software, I’m putting it on my laptop next. ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393/25 "2009-10-07T12:28:59Z")
Yeah RC1, is there a newer version out? ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393/26 "2009-10-07T12:44:16Z")
I have the OEM version of Ultimate. It looks complete. I can get you a version number if you want when I get home. I can send you the torrent link as well. The install was kinda slow…but I think it’s because of how the person who did it made the source. It runs a cmd window at the end that just sits there, but if you let it run and don’t touch a thing till it’s done, everything is activated nice and easy. It reads a script with a bunch of serial numbers in there from what I understand. ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393/27 "2009-10-07T12:49:00Z")
I probably wont mess with an OEM version as mine is running flawless right now and seems complete to me. When does Win7 get released officially anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393/28 "2009-10-07T13:04:07Z")
10-22-09. ---
**Author:** ![ReDevil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redevil/32/6385_2.png) [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393/29 "2009-10-07T14:06:08Z")
Whats the total size of the Windows7 OS? Is it smaller than Vista? > [@New Pontiac G8 to be unveiled at Chicago Auto Show](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-pontiac-g8-to-be-unveiled-at-chicago-auto-show/24125/17): > > I have pretty much the same system specs as you, and I’m running a radeon 4850 or 4870 forget which. I love it. I haz ATi Radeon also… ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393/30 "2009-10-07T14:13:44Z")
> [@FS:00 Yamaha Blaster](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-00-yamaha-blaster/23995/39): > > I probably wont mess with an OEM version as mine is running flawless right now and seems complete to me. When does Win7 get released officially anyway? My OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) > [@X-box live gamertag thread\*\*edited with list\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/x-box-live-gamertag-thread-edited-with-list/22265/670): > > Whats the total size of the Windows7 OS? Is it smaller than Vista? Right now, with a few other programs installed, my C drive is: 30.9GB free of 49.9GB. The DVD itself was 2.06GB. As for the torrent…here is a link…dunno if it’ll work for you guys since the site is invite only/currently closed to registration. I don’t have an invites. > **[Login :: TorrentLeech.org](https://www.torrentleech.org/download.php/175651/Microsoft.Windows.7.ULTIMATE.x86.OEM.DVD-BIE.torrent)** > > TorrentLeech ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393/31 "2009-10-07T14:15:52Z")
i vote nvidia. get the best one u can afford ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393/32 "2009-10-07T14:48:19Z")
Best I could afford would be much better than what I got haha. I just don’t want to get that. I got the 2GB GTX 285. ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393/33 "2009-10-07T14:49:50Z")
Oh damn, Im running Win 7 64bit, Build 7100 I’ll just get the final version end of the month 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393/34 "2009-10-07T16:35:22Z")
AMD just came out with a new card that’s got amazing specs. Not sure if it hurt the market. I got a buddy that works at AMD. ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393/35 "2009-10-07T16:36:48Z")
> [@Shawn96VR-4"](#): > > AMD just came out with a new card that’s got amazing specs. Not sure if it hurt the market. I got a buddy that works at AMD. IIRC I heard about it the other day. As of right now its the fastest single GPU card out on the market and is even better than most SLI/Crossfire setups… ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393/36 "2009-10-07T17:13:50Z")
But it probably costs an arm and a leg, which I could afford, but don’t want to lol. ehh 500 bucks iirc… not to bad ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393/37 "2009-10-09T11:29:29Z")
I GOT MY CARD! Today. From fricken California. I \<3 NewEgg. I paid for 3 day shipping, UPS said it would be here on Monday. It just got in. I’m so pumped. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-deciding-on-video-card-shady-singh/247393.md?page=1)