best high end/enthusiest GPU to pair with a pentium 4

Kaitlin Kaschak

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ok so my uncle asked me to build him a retro pentium 4 desktop pc to use for playing retro games and doing other things we already have the cpu mobo and os the os is xp the cpu is a 3.4Ghz pentium 4 my question is whats the best high end/enthusiest ati or nvidia gpu released between 2003 to 2005 that will work well with this cpu?

before you ask i know a dual core pc would be cheaper but my uncle is old and has always wanted a pentium 4 pc he says its the pc of his dreams that he never got to own so any ideas on what gpu is best

edit his screen res is 1920x1080p as for games her wants to play quake 3 doom 3 starship troopers to name a few all on max/ultra settings
 
Solution
Quick search for 2005 GPUs

Ultra High End
GeForce 7800 GTX SLI
GeForce 7800 GTX
GeForce 6800 Ultra SLI

High-End
GeForce 7800 GT
GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800 SLI
GeForce 6600 GT SLI
RADEON X850 XT Platinum Edition
RADEON X850 XT

Performance-Mainstream
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800
RADEON X800 XL
Quick search for 2005 GPUs

Ultra High End
GeForce 7800 GTX SLI
GeForce 7800 GTX
GeForce 6800 Ultra SLI

High-End
GeForce 7800 GT
GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800 SLI
GeForce 6600 GT SLI
RADEON X850 XT Platinum Edition
RADEON X850 XT

Performance-Mainstream
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800
RADEON X800 XL
 
Solution