CP - Help me buy a video card

[ricosuave]

New or used, doesnt matter, but what does matter is that I've been out of the game for a bit and don't know my nomenclature and performance specs anymore.

Ideally, I'm looking for the best 'bang for the buck' pci-e vid card to go into this system:

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showpos...5&postcount=10

Thanks for any assistance!

[Cliche]

The listed 9800GT is a great card and is viable for 1280x1024 resolutions. Pretty much after that, I think you have to start looking at 300$+ cards.

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Budget and types of apps you'll be running?

[ricosuave]

Sorry, I should point out that I do not have the 9800GT, in its place is a X1950 or something.

Budget, well, the cheaper the better, and apps, I'm not a huge gamer, but the games I do play (Medal of Honor, Hitman2, etc) I want to be able to max it out.

Thanks

[keratosis]

Not quite true, I use a 9600gt oc @1680x1050 runs games fine.
Ati has some sub $200 cards that are very good, such as
the 3870, the 4830 and the new 4770. Although not sure about the
last card.

[Vulcan]

I have'nt been keeping up myself lately, but a 9800GT sounds good. If you want to go higher, I'd check to see what size of PSU the card requires as the 460W may limit you.

[ricosuave]

I also have a bigger power supply to upgrade as well, but thanks for the tip Vulcan!

[SebC]

Tom's Hardware does a best graphic's card(s) for the money in several price bracket's but some of these will be Crossfire/SLI (right now, only in the upper brackets). Here's the latest:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/radeon...iew-31554.html

[ricosuave]

Thanks all, I see a lot for sale on kijiji and whatnot, just don't know which one might be better than the other

What about a bfg 7600 Gt for $30?

or this?
http://cgi.ebay.ca/nVIDIA-GeForce-86...3%3A1|294%3A50

[SebC]

^ That's not much of an upgrade is it?

I'm not sure why you have a modern system and are looking at putting in a two year old graphics card into it.

[ricosuave]

^ I don't know, thats why Im asking!

[SebC]

Originally Posted by ricosuave

^ I don't know, thats why Im asking!

Depends on which X1950 you have, but it actually looks like a downgrade from what I can tell. Looking at the 7600 GT though, not OC version.

Tom's Hardware - Benchmarks

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/g...x1050,798.html

Still curious what happened to the 9800 GT... if you get one, you know it'll work with your system.

[ricosuave]

When I bought it, the PO took it out and replaced it with the X1950.

[cal_guy]

The HD 4770 would be my pick for a budget gaming guard and is basically an equal to the GTS 250/9800 GTX+ 512MB a card that typically goes for $170.

This one goes for $130 with a $10 mail in rebate.
http://ncix.com/products/index.php?s...ure=PowerColor


http://techreport.com/articles.x/16820/13
http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3553&p=10

[ricosuave]

Thanks all, I ended up finding a sweet deal on an 8800gts