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Hey guys, I'm looking to upgrade my video card which is currently a 7600gt 256 meg. I almost always run games at 1680x1050 since I have a 21 inch monitor. I have heard that having 512 ram really helps out performance when running at higher resolutions, is that true? I only have about 200 dollars to spend so I was looking at getting a Radeon 3850 512 meg. I could possibly afford an 8800GT 256 meg, but would the Radeon be better for me since I run at high resolutions? What do you guys suggest ?

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Well it depends on the games, for newer ones get the radeon as the memory will really raise minimums.

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The 512MB will allow you to use higher resolution texture sets, too. That'd be my choice.

Message edited by Cleeve on 01-08-2008 at 05:50:10 AM

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