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Video Card suggestions/recommendations

DannyLove

DannyLove

Lifer
This is my current setup at home:
Asus P4P800-Deluxe.
Intel 2.6 (it can be overclocked to 3.0)
Dual Channel 1GB Corsair Ram
and an old but good card:
GeForce 4 4200Ti

I bought this card a long time ago (3 years?), several months after its release I believe. I'm looking for a good card to suit my system. I feel my system is a bit beyond my card, and its the card thats slowly me down 🙂.

Anyways, I'm a big gamer so framerates are important, also high resolutions are a must as well. I would like 1280x1024 at high res on all to be my standard, right now, with the new games out, i'm 1024x768 is the best I can get without any laggy framerates.

I've been looking at several posts and cards and have decided I would like a card with 256Megs. DVI and VIVO and TV In Out isn't of great importance as I don't have dual monitors nor do I ever TV out or in anything. So to be honest these would be bonus features for me 🙂

Price limit: Nothing more than $300
Pref: nVidia cards

If you have any input and experience, I would greatly appreciate it. All recommendations and suggestions also appreciated and welcomed!! 🙂

danny~!
 
I still say the 6800GT is the best choice right now. Its overclockability and speed are awesome. If you're a gamer, the GT is the best choice, IMHO.
 
Based on three assumptions:

1. Your $300 ceiling is firm
2. Your 256mb requirement is firm
3. You won't be upgrading your CPU as well

There is only one thing to suggest: a 256mb 9800pro.

If you are willing to go with 128mb, the 6800 is a good call. If you are willing to increase your price limit, the 6800GT is a good call. But with either of those cards, I believe you won't see the full benefit with your current CPU.

If I were you, I'd either hold off until the 6600GT comes out, or settle with a 9800pro 128mb, or go for the 6800GT and immediately start saving for an A64 upgrade.
 
Originally posted by: Rio Rebel
Based on three assumptions:

1. Your $300 ceiling is firm
2. Your 256mb requirement is firm
3. You won't be upgrading your CPU as well

There is only one thing to suggest: a 256mb 9800pro.

If you are willing to go with 128mb, the 6800 is a good call. If you are willing to increase your price limit, the 6800GT is a good call. But with either of those cards, I believe you won't see the full benefit with your current CPU.

If I were you, I'd either hold off until the 6600GT comes out, or settle with a 9800pro 128mb, or go for the 6800GT and immediately start saving for an A64 upgrade.
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I didn't want to consider ATI because from past experience I've never had any good luck with them. This has probably be asked i'm sure but what is the difference between the 6600GT and the 6800GT ?

danny~!
 
The GeForce 6800 128MB is a better card than the 9800 Pro, but only available in 128MB.

This is why he listed 1, 2, and 3. There isn't really anything in that price segment that will satisfy your requirements. You either have to:
1) step up to a 6800 GT ($$$)
2) drop down to a 9800 Pro (lower graphical quality requirements)
3) settle for 128 megs and go with a regular GeForce 6800 128MB (which will perform pretty well)

128 megs should remain viable for a while considering the lack of any 256 meg cards that aren't either super cheap (and not fast enough to benefit from the extra RAM) or really expensive, with the only possible exception the 9800 Pro, and I'm thinking that by the time 256megs is needed, a 9800 Pro won't have the horsepower anyway.

There are few cases where 256 megs proves to be faster than 128 megs now, and even fewer that aren't at 1600x1200. If you expect to be running at 1280x or 1024x I'd think that 128 should be good for at least a while.

I don't think there is a Ti4200-like card in the current generation. The Ti4200 was really a big jump over the previous generation cards, AND a pretty good value even when it was introduced. Current cards are a big jump over the previous generation cards, but chip makers seem to be sucking what they can out of the consumers this time around. Cards seem to be priced reasonably according to their speed, at least up to the 6800GT. There is no obvious value card like when the 4200 was introduced.

The 6600GT may work out well in that segment, though it seems like it will be mostly 128 meg and targeted at the 1024x segment with the potential to maybe do 1280x.
 
6600GT is near 9800 pro speeds (probably a bit faster) but the 6800GT is one of the top-o-the-line cards out right now. Performance with this card is incredible. Also about $150 price difference.


6800GT = 16 pipes, 1 power connector, 256-bit, 256mb and 350/1000 speeds
6600GT = 8 pipes, no power(for pci express), 128-bit, (probably 128 or 256mb) and 500/1000 speeds

The main reason the 6600 is slower is it's crippled memory bus and half the pixel pipelines. Still a good contender though for it's disadvantages
 
Excellent post Concillian. I will now consider if I should go nVidia or ATI.... ahhh decisions decisions...

Thanks guys, great help indeed 🙂

danny~!
 
you can get a nice 128meg 6800 for about 250 now. unless you are sure you need a 256meg card, then there's really no point in getting one. if you do, then get a 9800 pro. it'll be about the same price.
 
Originally posted by: SleepWalkerX
you can get a nice 128meg 6800 for about 250 now. unless you are sure you need a 256meg card, then there's really no point in getting one. if you do, then get a 9800 pro. it'll be about the same price.
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Got a link to one of those 6800's for $250, or is that just the recent Outpost deal you saw (that's dead now)?
 
This is my current setup at home:
Asus P4P800-Deluxe.
Intel 2.6 (it can be overclocked to 3.0)
Dual Channel 1GB Corsair Ram
and an old but good card:
GeForce 4 4200Ti
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Hey, you have almost exactly the same setup as I do.
3Ghz P4
Asus P4P800 deluxe
PC3200 Corsair RAM
Geforce 4200 2x agp card

I'm currently looking at the BFG 6800GT OC videocard to replace my 3-year-old 4200. If it can give me as much love as my 4200, I'll be happy. 🙂
 
if i were u i would save another hundred or so and get the eVGA 6800 GT off newegg, but if u really must have 256megs on the card and u'll only spend 300 then get the 9800Pro 256MB card, 250 off newegg
 
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