ok i want to spend around 420 shipped for a new video card..... i was looking in to evga 6800gt
I would forget about that 6800GT and go for the $400.00 DEAL on the Visiontek Xtasy X800 XT at Micro Center. I posted about this deal last week when my brother bought one. The regular price is $499.99 but @0% off gets you an effective price of $400.00 (before any applicable tax).
Micro Center had eight at the store in California where my brother bought his. Micro Center took the Xtasy X800 XT off the web site BEFORE they even posted the 20% Off Sale (including ALL Visiontek cards) but at least some of the stores had them on the shelf.
I repeat - the Xtasy X800 XT IS NOT LISTED ON MICRO CENTER'S WEB SITE.. But there may be some IN STORE, so if you live near one of their 20 stores you may be able to get one there. Maybe you can even order online if you can get Micro Center's SKU number. That said, here is a link to Micro Center's web site:
http://www.microcenter.com/
HINT: In the upper left-hand corner of your screen (right under the "Micro Center online" logo) you will see "Fast Finds:". Click on "Store Locations" to find the store nearest you. Good luck - the X800 XT is a great card. My brother is running an Athlon64 3500+ at 2.2GHz (200 FSB x 11 Multiplier) with his Xtasy X800 XT at 500MHz core and 500MHz/1GHz) memory speed and he is getting 78 FPS at 1,280x1,024 with everything turned on "High" in Halo.
NOTE: It seems that the Xtasy X800 XT cards' are slightly over-clocked. The default settings for my brother's card are 520MHz core and 520MHz memory. ATI-branded (made by ATI) cards official settings are 500MHz core and 500MHz memory. My brother actually clocked his core and memory down to 520MHz core and memory for stability, as the 520MHz core/memory settings proved unstable in his system after an hour of running non-GPU intensive apps.
BTW, going from a 9700 Pro should be like night and day. I tried my HIS Excalibur X800 IceQ II XT PE
in my "old" P4 3.4C system with a P4C800-E Deluxe and 1GB of PC3500 Level II Mushkin to compare it to the ATI 9800 Pro 256MB that normally resides in that system. I noticed a big difference. You have a P4 3.0C instead of a 3.4C, but since the 9800 Pro 256MB is faster than your 9700 Pro you should see a big performance jump using an X800 XT.
some ppl told me that 399 its to much to pay for a video card i should just wait ......
Those people are probably the same people who will NEVER spend $399.00 on a videocard. Don't get me wrong - thats a lot of money. But things ALWAYS get less expensive as time goes by. Thats technology moving along.
As far as your 9700 Pro being good for another 3-4 months it depends on what games you are playing. I'm not trying to be elitist or sound superior, BUT if you used and played on a really fast system I don't think that you would think that 9700 Pro will be good for 3-4 months.
Of course, maybe you will be upgrading your CPU and mobo in the not-to-distant future? If thats the case and you want to game the Socket 939 Athlon64 is the way to go. By then you may even be able to get an ATI X800 XT PCI Express "reasonably cheap" and mate it to a PCI Express board from Asus, MSI, or...?
Check-out Micro Center stores for the Xtasy X800 XT deal.
EDIT: Tried to remove a bunch of theboldtypeface. I didn't mean to "bold" so much but now I can't fix it. Sorry.
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