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The Card: XFX PVT94PYDSU GeForce 9600GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

The Question: Should I buy this card for $200 or another with a comparable price?

LINK: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 14-150-289

I kinda want to buy this one cause it comes with COD4 which is a big savings considering the games like $50.

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Here's a better suggestion... you can get the 8800GT .... and you can buy COD4 seperately... that way for ~$200 you get a much better performance for the same price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130318

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For that price you can get a 8800GTS (G92) on NewEgg, some, like MSI even comes with a game (Witcher I think).

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Ok thank you very much for your help.

I live in Canada so I suppose I will buy this EVGA GeForce 8800 GT Video Card - 512MB DDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, Video Card

[/url]http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3538922[/url]

One more question.. is PCIE 2.0 worth the added costs. Is there actual performance gains worth it? Im building a tight budget gaming PC.

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redfin wrote :

Ok thank you very much for your help.

I live in Canada so I suppose I will buy this EVGA GeForce 8800 GT Video Card - 512MB DDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, Video Card

[/url]http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3538922[/url]

One more question.. is PCIE 2.0 worth the added costs. Is there actual performance gains worth it? Im building a tight budget gaming PC.

No, pcie2.0 won't give any significant performance boost. GPUs aren't powerful enough to saturate the bandwidth yet.

And 8800gt is good at stock, but keep in mind due to the small single slot cooler, it'll run hot and not good for overclocking.

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And 8800gt is good at stock, but keep in mind due to the small single slot cooler, it'll run hot and not good for overclocking.

What do you mean single slot cooler? And thanks your advice is invaluable!

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redfin wrote :

What do you mean single slot cooler? And thanks your advice is invaluable!

Slim card that only take up one slot.

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Which cards take up more then one slot and is it better if they do?

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redfin wrote :

Which cards take up more then one slot and is it better if they do?

Well, the 8800GTS 512MB and above usually takes up 2 slots. Some aftermarket coolers for the lower end cards, like the 9600GT takes up two slot. Generally two slots indicate better cooling, so to us OCers it's a good thing.

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Reply to Evilonigiri

Most of the time, buying an after market cooler for a GT card brings the final cost close to the cost of a GTS, but without the added performance (unless you overclock, but then again, you could also overclock the GTS). Don't buy a GTS on tigerdirect tho, you will pay more than you should, go to www.shopbot.ca, you can probably find a GTS for ~230$.

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