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[Ezekiel]

Alright, I got my tax refund, and my rebates from some earlier parts I bought for my next computer. Now, I'm about ready to get a new video card.

I have a small idea of what I was going to get, but I wanted to get some opinions on which cards you've had good luck with.

I was hoping to keep in the price range of $300-400ish.

[ShLoNkY]

I just got a x850xtpe for $200 a/r. If you wanna spend more get a 7800gtx.

[NC Derek]

good choices

[Sniprwulf]

7800GT! 7800GT! 7800GT! 7800GT! 7800GT! 7800GT! 7800GT! 7800GT!

[vet.mad hatter]

Alright, I got my tax refund, and my rebates from some earlier parts I bought for my next computer. Now, I'm about ready to get a new video card.

I have a small idea of what I was going to get, but I wanted to get some opinions on which cards you've had good luck with.

I was hoping to keep in the price range of $300-400ish.

what do you have agp slot or pci-e??

[Ezekiel]

Opps, duh, I completely forgot to add that. It's PCIe.

[ShLoNkY]

Forget pcie. Go get a PCI (not PCIe) Voo Doo 3 card. (most of you younguns are too young to remember these) Back in the day they were THE sh*t.

[Ezekiel]

Forget pcie. Go get a PCI (not PCIe) Voo Doo 3 card. (most of you younguns are too young to remember these) Back in the day they were THE sh*t.

I remember Voo Doo cards. God they had ads for them about every 10 pages in PC Gamer years, and years ago. . .

[Novahawk]

ah PC Gamer... it owns.. i have every single issue (well im missing like 2 :/ ) since July 1999... it owns.. IT OWNS!

[Sniprwulf]

ah PC Gamer... it owns.. i have every single issue (well im missing like 2 :/ ) since July 1999... it owns.. IT OWNS!

somebody's cool... lol

but seriously back on topic, is your application just gaming? would you like to spend less than 300 or right around there. B/c you get what you pay for and just wondering whats gunna be your main usage.

[Ezekiel]

somebody's cool... lol

but seriously back on topic, is your application just gaming? would you like to spend less than 300 or right around there. B/c you get what you pay for and just wondering whats gunna be your main usage.

Basically gaming, and of course, Photoshop. Basically just gaming though. And like I said, my target price is $300-$450. I know there are a lot of decent cards for that price, but I wasn't sure the spec difference was worth say $100 over another version, or different card.

[Sniprwulf]

Basically gaming, and of course, Photoshop. Basically just gaming though. And like I said, my target price is $300-$450. I know there are a lot of decent cards for that price, but I wasn't sure the spec difference was worth say $100 over another version, or different card.

gotcha. well, evryone has their opinion, but i like nvidia. and the option of sli in the future for me is what put me over the edge in buying a 7800gt. thats good for your price range and that's the lowest price u'll find it for, which is core clocked at 460mhz. too bad that one is on backorder but theres other 7800gt's for around the same price range. personally, i kinda wished i got a 512mb card but didnt wanna spend the money. but yeah i got mine for 299$ shipped in 2days. have loved it since. nvidia's software is really userfriendly too, and overclockin was easy w/my mobo. took me 2min to figure it out. but yeah, my opinion is one sided b/c ive only bought one ati and didnt really like their software compared to nvidia at the time. too buggy but maybe theyve chagned. letus know whatchu choose

Edited by Sniprwulf, 22 February 2006 - 11:54 PM.

[ShLoNkY]

I will probably never buy a Nvidia card cuz im very partial to ATI. However, I agree your best buy now is probably the 7800gt. As far as performance/price ratio I dont think you can go wrong. Just get the "good" one not the stripped down version. Now a days they have 7800xx or x800xxx that are slower versions of the real deal. This is just so they can market the cards differently. Get a 7800gt. I think they are around $300. You probably wont see too much difference than the much more expensive gtx version. What processor do you have btw??

[Ezekiel]

I have an AMD 3700 for my next computer. And I guess I'll go with the 7800gt, but it all depends. This weekend is supposed to be nice, and if I make normal tips for once (Damn lousy weather.) I should have an extra $100 to tack on.

Edited by Ezekiel, 23 February 2006 - 12:46 AM.

[vet.mad hatter]

I saw this today nice card.I'm going to get one hopefully within the next 2 weeks. :)

[Lost]

I have a Canopus Pure3D Vodoo 1 card you can have.. I had it paired with an STB Velocity 128 (nVidia's first chipset).. I also remember buying a 1mb Trident VESA card for my 386..

On Topic: The 7800 series does seem to be kicking some serious arse right now.. but word of warning. If you plan on getting Vista, WAIT! None of the current cards support dx10 or HDCP.. seems kinda silly to bust out so much money on a card right now when everthing is going to have to change in the next year.. But hey, if you don't plan on getting vista.. DO IT!

Edit: I found a pretty decent deal on a 7800 GT.. at least I think it is..

http://www.us.ncix.c...1056&quantity=1

Edited by Lost, 23 February 2006 - 12:01 PM.

[Novahawk]

somebody's cool... lol

but seriously back on topic, is your application just gaming? would you like to spend less than 300 or right around there. B/c you get what you pay for and just wondering whats gunna be your main usage.

sniprwulf you ho! oh and if you get a card... make sure you get an nvidia.. they own more than ati.. because i had both... and nvidia owns..

[Ezekiel]

All right, I think I've settled on this lil guy Here.

You guys should check out global computer more often. I find it has better prices more often then not over new egg.

[kid_latigo]

wow it would be like $500 for SLI, thats really cheap

[ShLoNkY]

You have chosen wisely, my son.