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Gloryfieldzi

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I prefer ati since I am a fanATIc, but if nvidia is a clear better option i'm cool with that too. so what card should I get, plz also leave link
 
Since your prices(assuming you're in the US) vary quite a bit from the prices around here, the only advice I can give you is not to be a fanATIc, nor an nVidiot.
You're just doing them a favor, and they won't even stick around to say thanks the morning after.
 
Currently it's the 6800 vanilla. It'll remain that way on AGP, but when the X800XL comes out, that will be the clear choice for PCIe (I don't think it's coming out on AGP; someone care to clarify?).
 
Supply & demand's part of it. The PCIe ones have been out a little longer and demand hasn't been there quite as much as for AGP versions.
 
I don't know about their quality, so for now I'd buy a more trusted name like BFG, Leadtek, eVGA, or XFX.
 
so out of those 4, which do u recommend? also, I currently use a sapphire 9500 Pro, how big of an upgrade will a 6600GT or a 6800 vanilla be?
 
Originally posted by: gloryfieldzi
so out of those 4, which do u recommend? also, I currently use a sapphire 9500 Pro, how big of an upgrade will a 6600GT or a 6800 vanilla be?
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It'd be a very noticeable jump.

edit - Go over to Futuremark's website and pull up some scores from their database from system similar to yours, with both the old card and the new card.

X800XL looks like a great card, but its PCIe only. AGP is, hopefully, going to die a quick death.
 
Either one is a very big jump; both perform better than the 9800XT in many scenarios. I recommend the 6800 because you can find them cheap enough where the 6600GT AGP's price difference doesn't make up for the 6800's better performance, especially at higher resolutions. Plus, you have the option of trying to soft-mod the 6800 to get the extra pipelines and (it was either vertex or shader units; I can't remember) of the 6800GT; a 6600, however, cannot be softmodded like a 9500 to 9700.
 
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