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doomsdaydave11   05-14-2008 at 06:51:56 AM

Hello. I just bought a new rig which is in my sig. Obviously a 7900GS really doesn't cut it for the rest of my rig. It would be a huge waste to SLI the 7900GS.

 

So, I am looking for some options.

 

My budget is $250 or less.

 

Here are some details.

 

Ideal gaming resolution is 1680x1050. I would like to max out most games with at least 2xAA and 8xAF. For Crysis I would like to run it at 1280x800 2xAA 8xAF on High (reasonable?). Other games I will be playing:

 

Call of Duty 4
Gears of War
Supreme Commander
Assassin's Creed
Starcraft 2
etc. etc.

 

Any suggestions? Thanks :)

------------------------------ E8400 3.6Ghz | 4GB DDR2-800 | HD4870 | 780GB HDD Space | VX550W | WinXP | Win7-64 | Ubuntu Studio 8.10

 

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pauldh   05-14-2008 at 07:30:39 AM
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If buying right now, grab an 8800GTS 512MB. (G92)

9600GT SLI would typically beat it, but it's pushing your budget.

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Sailer   05-14-2008 at 07:36:54 AM
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I bought this HIS IceQ3 with my current build and it does very well. I know several other people who are using it and liking it as well. The Newegg rating isn't all that good, but no one that I know has had any problems with it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161217

If you want to stick with a Nvidia card, I know a couple of people who are using these and they like them.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814125079

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814121218

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