Hi people,
I'm in the process of upgrading my computer and I was wondering about what graphics card to get.
I'm not really in too much of a hurry as my old 7600gt is still not ridiculously horrible, but a nice upgrade would be cool, as I'm upgrading everything else. (athlon 64 x2 5000+ black edition, going to try to get it to 3.2gHz or so when I get it in the mail, and 4 gigs of ddr2800 ram).
So I was thinking about an 8600, but there are so many variations of it that I really have no idea which one to get. Is ram more important or clock speed more important? What kind of performance can I expect from these cards? Say in like Orange Box or Gears of War or Crysis or CoD4? Also, I've been reading that the ATI cards in this price range are better, but my mobo is meant for sli. Can I still run an ati card no problem? I have an msi k9n4 sli.
finally, are 8800s dropping in price any time soon? I really would not like to spend over 200 on a card right now, but at the same time, I don't want something that won't really improve my rig all that much.
advice? thanks a lot. everyone here is really helpful
I'm in the process of upgrading my computer and I was wondering about what graphics card to get.
I'm not really in too much of a hurry as my old 7600gt is still not ridiculously horrible, but a nice upgrade would be cool, as I'm upgrading everything else. (athlon 64 x2 5000+ black edition, going to try to get it to 3.2gHz or so when I get it in the mail, and 4 gigs of ddr2800 ram).
So I was thinking about an 8600, but there are so many variations of it that I really have no idea which one to get. Is ram more important or clock speed more important? What kind of performance can I expect from these cards? Say in like Orange Box or Gears of War or Crysis or CoD4? Also, I've been reading that the ATI cards in this price range are better, but my mobo is meant for sli. Can I still run an ati card no problem? I have an msi k9n4 sli.
finally, are 8800s dropping in price any time soon? I really would not like to spend over 200 on a card right now, but at the same time, I don't want something that won't really improve my rig all that much.
advice? thanks a lot. everyone here is really helpful