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19MC67   10-02-2009 at 02:09:18 AM

I'm in the market for a new video card but I am out of the loop as to what is good these days.

My rig:
Q6600 @ 3.2
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
2GB Kingston HyperX PC2 8500
PC Power and Cooling - Silencer 750 Watt
EVGA 7900GS KO

I am grabbing more ram to hit 4GB total and I can spend up to $300.00 for a new video card.

Any suggestions for best performance card that my rig can handle?

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PsychoSaysDie   10-02-2009 at 02:28:21 AM

You want this one. It's faster then a 285 GTX and cheaper to boot

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150442

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sirkillalot   10-02-2009 at 10:16:02 AM

+1 ^ yep 5850 will do ya

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ewood   10-02-2009 at 09:51:13 PM

yeah if you can find a 5850 in stock grab it.

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19MC67   10-03-2009 at 09:33:57 PM

Thanks guys, now I have to wait for them to get restocked....

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Bronze Graphics badge coozie7   10-03-2009 at 09:37:25 PM

Tell us the resolution of your monitor.
The HD5850 is, indeed a superb card, but I would hessitate to recommend one if the monitor is 16x10 or less.

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Bronze Graphics badge Bluescreendeath   10-03-2009 at 09:45:09 PM

Actually, wait for the prices to drop first. It'll drop steeply pretty soon...

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chef7734   10-03-2009 at 10:33:27 PM

coozie7 wrote :

Tell us the resolution of your monitor.
The HD5850 is, indeed a superb card, but I would hessitate to recommend one if the monitor is 16x10 or less.


Hope you mean 1680x1050 as a 1920x1200 and 2560x1600 are both 16:10 and everything else is less.

 

As for the op. If you have a card to hold you over I would wait to jump on the dx11 bandwagon till the nvidia cards are released and prices drop. If you need now there are only one real choice to go and that is ati dx11.


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Zirbmonkey   10-03-2009 at 10:38:41 PM

Prices will always drop if you wait. If you want a $300 card now, grab a 5850. If you want to wait for Nvidia to come out with their option, wait for that and prices will drop. Wait another 3 months and prices will drop again.

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19MC67   10-04-2009 at 05:55:49 PM

My monitor is a 19 inch dell, 1280x1024 I believe.

I just want to be able to play the newer games that are out now (and make them looks great) and be ready for future games.

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rangers   10-04-2009 at 06:05:05 PM

and cleen out the nvidia drivers b4 you instal the 5850

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