Okay, I have tried to do some research, but I am kind of stuck on what to buy. I currently have an temporary 7300GS card in my system and I am looking for something with more power and a little more permanent. I am kind of new to the graphics card market, so any pointers would be helpful. The 7300GS is actually pretty good in my system for what I do, but it does have it's moments when running Beryl (AIGLX). I probably don't need this powerful of a card right now, but this will probably be my card for a while.
A few things to point out to save some time:
-I run Linux, so I don't care about DirectX 10 coming out.
-I plan on avoiding HDCP for as long as possible. Don't plan on getting any of the new drives, and I just bought a new LCD which isn't HDCP compliant anyway.
XFX PV-T71J-YHE9 GeForce 7950 GT Xtreme PCI Express 512MB DDR3 Video Card
$331.95
I do like the fact that this is passively cooled for noise concerns, but I am not sure if I like it enough for the $70 price increase over the eVGA, unless it is much better in some other regard.
or this one:
eVGA 512-P2-N573-AR GeForce 7900GTO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video
Card - Retail
$259.99
**EDIT**
OR should I wait until the 8800 comes out on November 7th. Do you think there will be a price drop, or will these card prices remain stable?
A few things to point out to save some time:
-I run Linux, so I don't care about DirectX 10 coming out.
-I plan on avoiding HDCP for as long as possible. Don't plan on getting any of the new drives, and I just bought a new LCD which isn't HDCP compliant anyway.
XFX PV-T71J-YHE9 GeForce 7950 GT Xtreme PCI Express 512MB DDR3 Video Card
$331.95
I do like the fact that this is passively cooled for noise concerns, but I am not sure if I like it enough for the $70 price increase over the eVGA, unless it is much better in some other regard.
or this one:
eVGA 512-P2-N573-AR GeForce 7900GTO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video
Card - Retail
$259.99
**EDIT**
OR should I wait until the 8800 comes out on November 7th. Do you think there will be a price drop, or will these card prices remain stable?