What kind of video card?

[Sithman1138]

I have a Nvidia 6200 Over Clocked, 2.4 GHz, 1 GB of RAM, uh....Yeah. My system is okay but I plan on getting a new video card. What would you suggest as one that is the best but is cheaper. Between the 7950 GTX and the Raedon equivilant. What would you suggest?

[darthcarth]

The nvidia 7950 gtx the dual gpu has no match its 600 dollars but i dont think any video game out today could make it lag.

[Sithman1138]

I was thinking about that. But isn't the ATI equivilant cheaper?

[Ra2er]

I use ATI myself. The best ATI card out at the moment is the X1950 XTX, which is the variant of the X1950 (Obviously lol).

 

EDIT: Just checked price from ATI's store. Their price for the X1950 XTX is $499. That's with 512mb memory. Looks nice.

 

 

p.s. this is a PCI Express gfx card.

[Sithman1138]

Huh, so they cost the same. Do you know which is better?

[FunSolo]

theres no need for dualcore gpu cards atm. plus with windows vistas release next year and upcoming directx10 cards it would be dumb to buy a highend card right now.

[Sithman1138]

When do you think the directx 10 will start to appear on cards?

[FunSolo]

i expect them mid next year with the next big gfx-card generations at the conventions, that they will support it.

id wait for a real big investment on hardware till that day ^^. but i guess since then some ppl will already run around with quadcore type computers lol *hinting at the direction of the presentationvideo of alan wake*

[Sithman1138]

I would wait but my card is lacking. It's not even a 512. I mean, at the moment, how long do you think the 7950 GTX would last until it would be required to upgrade?

[whiteflash]

are u people blind?

gefore 8800 is a DX10 card and has been RELEASED!!!!

it is the greatest g-card on the market!

(and the most expensive )

[FunSolo]

yea, but i wouldnt buy it, cause, simply the fact its _that new_ that theres no real driver support for it. i read in a couple of gamerelated forums that those who bought one not even got a real boost at fps cause of that.

 

PS: and at the guys question.. if u ask me, buy a 7800gt(/x) at ebay, old, cheaper, but good enough for todays games. and buy a "real one" next year.

[Sithman1138]

I'm gonna end up needing to get a new system all together because apparently I don't have a PCI Express x16 slot on my Motherboard. So I'm getting a gateway with integrated 6100 graphics. It has a core duo and 2 GB or RAM. I still plan on getting a new card.

 

BTW, the 7950 GX2 comes in a whopping 700....That's the one I WANT. But ya never know. Maybe Santa will bring me a new card.

[darthcarth]

I would go with the new dx 10 cards but i would wait they will drop in price in a few months to a understandable point why pay 500 when u wcuold wait a few months and get it for less.