I think i have my video card choices down to a couple. I would like some oppions
My syytem (Yet to be built)
Asus P5K deluxe
E6600 or E6850 (to be purchased after July 22 price drop
2 Gb of memory
SeaSonic S12 600W Power Supply
Antec P180B case
Using drives from current computer for now
I am thinking of
SAPPHIRE 100186L Radeon X1950XT 256MB - $150 after rebate from newegg.
or
HIS Hightech H195PRF512DDN-R Radeon X1950PRO 512MB - $150 after rebate from newegg
or
HIS Hightech H195PRQT256DDN-R-V2 Radeon X1950PRO 256MB - $140 after rebate from newegg
Opinions???? Suggestions?? About 150 is my budget..
Go with the 1950XT. The extra memory on the pro won't help unless you play at higher resolutions. The XT's performance warrants the $10 extra over the 256mb pro.
I concur with everyone else,get the XT for the extra 10 dollars.have fun playing those games.The only concession I will make is that the 512 pro version will allow you to play at significantly higher resolutions than the 256.So if you play 1600X1200 or higher,then I would consider the 512.Goodluck.
yeah, although i am slightly concerned about it's identity, i bought it as an OEM processor, the board had difficulties recognizing it so i flashed the bios, thinking because it was a newer processor it needed a bios that had its cpuid for it to recognize it, but alas i had to set everythign manually for it and in cpu-z it comes up as and "Intel Core 2 Duo", it says nothing about E4300, but it does say it is a dual core, 2mb cache allendale... i'm starting to thing it could be an ES because i paid little to no attention to the IHS before i took it off.
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