best videocard availble

[imgneevrythng]

im helping my buddy build a new pc and cant quite figure out what videocard to go with.

right now i have him set up with an intel a6600 on a GIGABYTE GA-X48-DS4 LGA with 2gb of memory...maybe bumpin up to 4gb.

his total limit for the pc is $1200 before case/monitor/keyboard/mouse/audio

right now im at around $700. hed like the best videocard availble.

 

[bloodymaze]

q6600 correct? -- If you're going for best video card -- I'd rather look at the Q9xxx series of processors before the q6600 :\ -- As far as graphics cards though, there's a nice lil chart just came out today:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/graphics-cards,1942-5.html

This is probably where you'd look, but 9800GX2 is the best single card solution.

 

[Dalyinx]

The 9800GX2 is the best card currently on the market. If you want slightly better performance at around the same price, two 9800GTXs in SLI will outperform it. The same might be true for 8800GTXs, but I'm not sure.

For a true single card solution, the 9800GTX is the best card right now, usually a hair ahead of the Ultra. The 8800GTS 512 is a better deal, though. Once you OC it to 9800GTX speeds, it's actually faster due to the latency on the GTX.

 

[major53]

For one he really should have 4GB of memory. Looks like you won't have much money for a video card the way you are going now. You will need for 19" LCD 150.00 and a keyboard and mouse worth anything will be 50.00 and windows 120.00 and case 50.00 and PSU 100.00 and HDD 80.00 and speakers 50.00 So you have already spent (all figures are rough estimates)


700.00 Mobo, Mem and CPU (per your statement)
150.00 Monitor
50.00 Keyboard and Mouse
120.00 Windows
50.00 Case
100.00 PSU
80.00 Hard Drive
-----------------
Total is 1250.00


So you have -50.00 to buy a video card Oh and you will probably have to pay shipping on a lot of that so add another 30.00 so you are at -80.00 with no video card.



For that budget you really can't go with the Intel Q6600 on a GIGABYTE GA-X48-DS4 LGA with 2gb of memory and everything else. Of course all those figures are just estimates.


I would however suggest a 8800GT to lower the cost of the build. I have built a PC with 2 of them in SLI and another PC with a single card and even one card alone is pretty strong and the price is VERY low considering the performance.

 

[imgneevrythng]

i stated in my first post that the limit is $1200 BEFORE monitor/case/keyboard/mouse/speakers..

i updated the build with an XFX 9800 GTX and intel q9450. i could bump up the ram to 4gb and only be $1.93 over limit. (without shipping/tax)

this includes hdd and cd driver (dvd+cd burner).

another question...would it be wiser to go with 8800s in SLi over the one 9800gtx? according to that article, it seems its a better bang for the buck.

 

[Dalyinx]

i stated in my first post that the limit is $1200 BEFORE monitor/case/keyboard/mouse/speakers..

i updated the build with an XFX 9800 GTX and intel q9450. i could bump up the ram to 4gb and only be $1.93 over limit. (without shipping/tax)

this includes hdd and cd driver (dvd+cd burner).

another question...would it be wiser to go with 8800s in SLi over the one 9800gtx? according to that article, it seems its a better bang for the buck.

8800GTs in sli will own a 9800gtx anyday, and 8800GTS 512s in sli will have the same performance as a 9800GX2.