in your opinion what is the best card in the 3-400 dollar range?

[donjonson]

I am trying to decide what to get

 

[darXoul]

7900 GT.

 

[JPB]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161171

 

[Wreckage]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143048

 

[letdown427]

7900GT

If you can get one in the UK for £207delivered, they must cost nothing in US. Bastards.

 

[nippyjun]

7900gt

 

[nitromullet]

7900GT or X1800XT. Flip a coin or find the cheaper of the two. You'll win either way.

 

[hans030390]

7900gt

 

[akugami]

I'd have to say 7900GT overall. Though if you're dead set on an ATI card, the X1800XT is not bad. But I'd still say 7900GT.

 

[Munky]

Unless the 256mb vmem severely cripples the performance of the x1800xt, it should spank the 7900gt in most cases, as well as offer newer features and better IQ, seeing how the 512mb xt was overall faster than the 7800gtx. For the same price, it's a no brainer. And the 7900gt cooler is loud, so it doesnt have the quiet thing going for it like the gtx.

 

[professor1942]

7900GT

Mine's not loud.

 

[orangat]

What is the warranty on the HIS card? I dislike the typical 1yr warranty on ATI cards.
HIS doesn't even have warranty and rma info on its website which is an automatic red flag.

 

[CaptainPete]

Hey, how about this one?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102697

A Sapphire X1800XT w/512MB for $339.00. Apparently the price cuts that ATI announced at cebit finally made it through to newegg. =)

 

[firewolfsm]

The 7900GT takes up less power and runs cooler than the 1800, there are things to consider other than performance. either way, the 7900GT will oc to 7800GTX 512 speeds easily if you are willing, and that will always be faster

 

[RussianSensation]

X1800XT 256mb - $289

Cheaper than 7900GT and will be faster by 10-20%. Of course if you are into overclocking, 7900GT would have the edge (except in FEAR and COD2).

X1900XT vs. X1800XT 512mb vs. 7900GT stock vs. 7800GTX 512 = 7900GT SuperOC

Of course you can always overclock the ATI card as well but 7900GT might still hve a slight lead.

For higher than 400, I'd get X1900XT for $449.

 

[Sunrise089]

eVGA 7900GT CO but not superclocked.

320 dollars of goodness.

 

[CCityInstaller]

Originally posted by: x80064
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161171

I purchased this card last week, and paired it with a Gateway 2185 21" WS LCD. I honestly couldn't be happier. I am running Bf2 @ 1680x1050 4xAA 16xAF and my FPS ranges from 75-100 during intense firefights.