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Need recommendations on a video card

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ones3k

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Right now my system is as follows:

athlon 64 3400+ socket 754 clawhammer
asus K8N-E Deluxe (AGP)
1gig corsair XMS memory 2-3-3-6 timings
ATI radeon 9800pro
audigy 2


I'm thinking about possibly upgrading the video. But when i read reviews of all the latest graphics cards, they never compare them to my card. I'm interested in what i could get for $250 and $500, what the best value graphics card is, and how fast these things will be in comparison to my 9800pro. Thankyou, any help will be greatly appreciated.
 
i would go for either the 6800gt, the 6800ultra, or the x850xt. The most cost-efficient is the gt, but you'll probably get the best performance out of the x850xt. Its too bad nvidia is going with the PCIe approach 100% because otherwise i would definitely have recommended the 7800gt.
 
I noticed a big improvement switching from an AIW 9800 pro to a BFG 6600 GTOC. Although the hardware should be similar, I think nvidia's software has a lot to do with it.

If your budget is 5 beans, why not wait a little while for an AGP version of the 7800?
 
Before, I used a 6600 agp 256 mb on this rig. While having a new card atm (x850xt) performance almost doubled or 2 1/2 more than it was before 😀

 
I say 6800gt or x800xl=best bang for buck. I lean to the Nvidia side. You will notice quite a large improvement over your current card.
 
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