best video card for 200-300 price range

[donjonson]

what are you suggestions?

 

[tuteja1986]

AGP :? then this
ATI X850XT AGP $250 after rebate ! i just posted this in three thread :!

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0217999

PCI express then this :
7800GT can be bought for $289 and they are awesome
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814135184 $289 after rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130247 $304 and comes with Quake 4 if register on evga website
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814139175 $289 without rebate , than brand is not crap it just unknown and quality is great ! great if you don't want to go through the hassel of rebate process

 

[Nirach]

I prefer ATI cards, but I'm willing to bet that nVidia will out perform in that range.

It also depends what socket you're looking at. give us a socket, and a heated debate about the best will be sure to follow

 

[donjonson]

pci express

and it doesn't matter nvidia or ATI, I have owned both in the past and find them both to be good quality

so it sounds like teh 7800GT is it then?

 

[tuteja1986]

yeah x1800xl do have better image quality ! tell me what games are you going to play and i will tell you best card out of bunch for them

 

[donjonson]

battlefield 2
halflife 2
basically all the latest fps games

thanks alot

 

[donjonson]

does the 6800gs have a huge difference in performance from the 7800gt?

that $200 price tag is very appealing

 

[tuteja1986]

if you play HL 2 Source engine and BF2 then i recommend x1800xl :! i do have a 7800GTX and x1800xl and i have seen some issue with BF2 when playing at high res with AA 8x and AF 8x. I haven't had any problem with X1800XL and sometimes image quality is better... someproblem like this thread explains : http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=31&threadid=1769687&enterthread=y

Buts its your choice and your chash so buy what you want

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2556 >> a good review ! that does high res benchmarking

 

[tuteja1986]

i would buy this if you are think of 6800gs :>

x850pro
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121534 Asus x850pro $229.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102594 SAPPHIRE X850PRO $239.00


x850xt
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161139 $235.00 after $110.00 Mail-In Rebate)

6800gs vs 7800gt ! 6800gs would loose badly as soon as you went high res + turnned on aa

 

[sxr7171]

Originally posted by: donjonson
does the 6800gs have a huge difference in performance from the 7800gt?

that $200 price tag is very appealing

Almost night and day.

 

[RussianSensation]

X850xt $250 AGP at microcenter
7800GT $280 or 300 for PCIe.

 

[Nextman916]

thats a big price range $200-$300, when you give that big of a price range people are always going to recommend cards closer to your max price. If you really dont want to spend over $250 you should say so, but if you really want to spend around $300 then specify that as well such as setting your price point $250-$300.

 

[ub3rnewb]

Wow, anyone notice that the Jaton card includes a CD of America's Army? Whoop-di-do! A CD of a game I can legally download anytime I want!