Help me decide which card to get

[Euchrestalin]

Building a system using an AMD 64 X2 4600+ (Socket 939), and an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe. I'm not really sure which graphics card to get though. I'm willing to shell out $100-$130 for a graphics card. I'm only interested in getting an Nvidia card however, I don't know if I should go dx9 or dx10. The primary purpose of this rig is going to be to play games like Battlefield 2 and Rainbow Six Vegas. Should I go 7800GT, 7900GS, 7900GT, or 8600GS? I probably missed a few cards in between so feel free to bring them up too.

 

[fredhe12]

I've been using this interactive chart to evaluate various graphics card scenarios. Linky

 

[Oceandevi]

Originally posted by: fredhe12
I've been using this interactive chart to evaluate various graphics card scenarios. Linky

Hey! you cant link there without paying the tube fee.

and afaik the 6 series is not what it used to be and you should also check out ati's offerings

the 1950xt seems to be a good deal

 

[Capitalizt]

7900GT would be the best performer, followed by the 7900GS. Make sure you have at least a 400W-450W power supply on the system. Otherwise the cards won't run at full potential. If you only have a 300 or 350W supply, go with a 7600GT and overclock it around 5-10%

 

[tuteja1986]

Originally posted by: Euchrestalin
Building a system using an AMD 64 X2 4600+ (Socket 939), and an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe. I'm not really sure which graphics card to get though. I'm willing to shell out $100-$130 for a graphics card. I'm only interested in getting an Nvidia card however, I don't know if I should go dx9 or dx10. The primary purpose of this rig is going to be to play games like Battlefield 2 and Rainbow Six Vegas. Should I go 7800GT, 7900GS, 7900GT, or 8600GS? I probably missed a few cards in between so feel free to bring them up too.

7800GT just kicks 7900GS ass
7900GT kicks the crap out of 7800GT , 7900GT and 8600GS

The cheaper X1950pro kicks 7900GT , 7800GT , 7900GT , 8600GS

The X1950XT completly beat up 7900GTO , 7950gt , X1950pro , 7900gt , 7800gt, 7900gt , 8600gs , 8600gts.

King : X1950xt in the midrange

But if your going to play BF2 and rainbow six vegas then i suggest you just get 2600xt as it consume less power , produce less and also cheaper than 8600gts. Rainbow six vegas is shader heavy game.

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/547/6/

 

[Euchrestalin]

Thanks for all the advice guys.

 

[fredhe12]

Rainbow Six plays just fine on my 7900GS.

 

[GullyFoyle]

Originally posted by: tuteja1986
7800GT just kicks 7900GS ass

My understanding is that the 7900GS is more similar to the 7800GT than the 7900GT architecture, and is clocked higher. IMHO, you have this backwards. (And I own an 7800GT)

 

[daveybrat]

Originally posted by: DanDeighan

Originally posted by: tuteja1986
7800GT just kicks 7900GS ass

My understanding is that the 7900GS is more similar to the 7800GT than the 7900GT architecture, and is clocked higher. IMHO, you have this backwards. (And I own an 7800GT)

You are correct, all the benchmarks i've seen show the 7900GS leading the 7800GT by a good margin.