Help: Best bang for the Buck Card for a x38 Asus MOBO

[paniccode]

Hello,

Can someone help me spec out a Video Card for a ASUS P5E LGA 775 Intel X38 MOBO. I am a Moderate gammer, but not hard core, I am not going to overclock the system so I need a good card for general use. So in your opinion what will be the best bang for the buck.

I will be running Win XP pro, unless someone can give me a real reason to switch to VISTA.

thanks for your time.

 

[krnmastersgt]

XFX 8800 GT or the EVGA 8800 GT, $150 and $160 amir, comes down to the warranties I suppose.

 

[angry hampster]

I suggest the MSI 8800GT simply because of the incredible cooler that it comes with. 8800GT with reference cooler ^ like those above are really noisy and inefficient.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814127329

 

[krnmastersgt]

I do suppose the better cooler and the fact that's dual slot is probably a huge plus, but how's the warranty in case something craps out?

 

[ajaidevsingh]

If you a light gamer get the 3870...It eats a lot less energy and has a better heatsink than stock 8800 Gt's...!!!