stopgap card

[Dorkenstein]

I need a video card to hold me until the new DX10 ones become more affordable. Yes I know that some new ones are coming in april but I am making my new pc in a few days. Thanks.

 

[liquid51]

Anything that suits your fancy from EVGA. Then you'd have the option of stepping up (provided your willing to upgrade within 90 days).

 

[Dorkenstein]

Cool. Something in the 7900 family sound good for gaming?

 

[happy medium]

Originally posted by: liquid51
Anything that suits your fancy from EVGA. Then you'd have the option of stepping up (provided your willing to upgrade within 90 days).

Originally posted by: Dorkenstein
Cool. Something in the 7900 family sound good for gaming?

Yes a 7900 EVGA series is fine for now

 

[conlan]

What are your system specs??

 

[Dorkenstein]

Projected build is a C2D E4300 with 2gb of ram, going to overclock it.

 

[conlan]

You can find some excellent deals on 7950GTs, X1950Pros and X1950XTs right now, any of those are more than adequate to hold you over.

Heres a couple i found:


7900GS

7950GT

X1950Pro

X1950XT

IMHO, the X1950XT is the best bang for the buck right now (that's what i chose and haven't regretted it for a second) but the 7950GT is very good as well.

 

[liquid51]

I'm using a 7900gt while I wait out the r600/8900 game, but I play WoW and EVE (not insanely graphically intensive mind you) at 1280x1024 4xAA 16xAF and frames rarely drop below 60. HL2 is the same. Games like FEAR are a little bit more of a struggle at those settings, and oblivion is a killer, but hey, you just want something to get you by till some good DX10 options are available anyway

Oh, thats with a 939 4800+

 

[Dorkenstein]

Will these cards be bottlenecked by an E4300 processor?

 

[happy medium]

With a overclocked e4300 cpu the 7900's will be the bottleneck.

 

[Dorkenstein]

Hmm. Well the 8800GTS isn't too too much more, maybe I will go for that.