Video card suggestions

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:53 am Post subject:

Thats why I went with the cheaper card for now because I know something better is around the corner. Once the 9000 series is released, I will still then wait a good half a year or more to purchase one.

Like Ren said.. some games will always have places and points in them where the framerate will plunge. Remeber the game F.E.A.R. ? You could have had the best of the best and the game was still going to lag bad in places.

I think brand is important with a card as well. I have had bad luck with a few brands. So don't just buy the cheapest 8800GT. Spend the extra few bucks on a good brand. EVGA, XFX, and ASUS are all good videocard brands. Avoid the MSI cards. BFG's are too expensive when you can get the same in an EVGA.

I recently picked up a "non" superclocked EVGA 8600GTS. I am very impressed with the card.

I vow to never run two cards. I am just fully against SLI. Why not pack the technology of two cards in one? To me its just a money making marketing plot. While I was spending $400 a while back on a brand new 6800GT the 8800GT was already being tested.

I run UT3 and COD4 at pretty high settings without a single glitch with the card. Just started playing Crysis at it's recommended settings. Keep in mind that Crysis is designed for a multi-core cpu, and dual video cards. I run the game just fine and am blown away by my video cards performance. I have a rather old machine too. I think you may find that many games and applications will still perform better on XP as well.

ABiT FATALiTY AN8 Socket 939
AMD X2 4200+
1GB Corsair XMS DDR
EVGA 8600GTS 256MB
320GB Seagate sata2 HD
160GB Maxtor sata2 HD
550 Watt Vantec Stealth PSU
LG 20x multi dvd burner
LG 22" wide screen LCD 2ms dvi-d
Windows XP Pro SP2
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