new rig need new card too which one?

[otispunkmeyer]

started the ball off today and bought a new case and the MSI K8N neo (the one with the nf3 250gb chipset)

MOBO = £82
ANTEC P160 = £81

the rest of the rig looks like this, ( i am buying as i get paid) u might say wait and buy all at once then only need one shipping but im buying from lots of diff sites so

AMD athlon64 3000+ maybe if the price comes down abit or i can stretch to it ill get a newcastle 3200
1Gb Geil 3200 value ram
samsung spinpoint sata 150 HDD 80Gb 8mb cache
audigy 2

then comes GFX

im torn between NV 6800 and 6800GT, and the Ati x800pro

the x800pro appears mroe readily available n slighty (only slighty) cheaper than the 6800GT
the 6800NU is roughy £100 less than both the others

il be mainly playin D3, HL2 (when they arrive) and UT2004,
my monitor will only do 1024x768 reliably 12x10 at 60hz is horrible to my eyes

x800pro looks good in shader and AA an AF environments, thr 6800 is cheaper and whoops d3 better .

 

[Genx87]

6800 GT and your machine will look similar to the one I am building this week.

A64 3000+
ASUS NF3 250
74GB 10K RPM Raptor
6800 GT
430 True Power
1GB PC3200 Kingston

 

[zodder]

my monitor will only do 1024x768 reliably 12x10 at 60hz is horrible to my eyes

You sound like a great candidate for a 6800NU.

 

[Acanthus]

Id say the 6800NU is a good value deal right now, and the performance of the GT is just bragging rights as nothing really uses that speed.

There isnt much the GT can do that the 6800NU cant, in other words.