Video Card Choice Help!!!

[forumdude123]

Which one of these cards is better for gaming and watching hd movies:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...06193&CatId=28 (8800gt/256mb gddr3)

OR

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...?EdpNo=3053792
(8600gts/256mb gddr3)

OR

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...162&CatId=2306 (radeon 3650/1024mb gddr2)

[Nebulous]

Hard to tell, all 3 links are dead.

You can go with either an 8800GT (G92) 512mb card or an ATI 3870 512mb card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143118

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103050

[forumdude123]

sorry about the links, the cards specs are:

Diamond Radeon HD 3650

GPU/VPU: RADEON HD 3650


RAMDAC: Dual 400 MHz


Additional Features: HDCP Enabled
OpenGL 2.0
Vista Certified
DirectX 10.1
CrossFireX Ready


Maximum Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (Digital)


Video Memory: 1GB


Memory Type: DDR2


Core Clock: 725 MHz


Memory Interface: 128-bit


Memory Clock: 2000 MHz


Stream Processors: 120


Interface Type: PCI Express 2.0


Interface Speed: x16








Nvidia 8800gt:

GPU/VPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT


RAMDAC: Dual 400 MHz


Additional Features: RoHS Compliant
HDCP Enabled
HDTV Ready
SLI Ready
OpenGL 2.0
DirectX 10
PCI Express 2.0
Vista Certified


Maximum Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (Digital)


Video Memory: 256MB


Memory Type: DDR3


Core Clock: 600 MHz


Memory Clock: 1400 MHz


Shader Clock: 1500 MHz


Interface Type: PCI Express 2.0


Interface Speed: x16


Connector(s): Dual DVI (Dual Link)
HDTV/S-Video


Multiple Monitors Support: Yes















Nvidia 8600gts:

GPU/VPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS


RAMDAC: Dual 400 MHz


Fill Rate per Second: 10.8 Billion pixels


Additional Features: Vista Ready
RoHS Compliant
HDTV Ready
SLI Ready
OpenGL 2.0
DirectX 10


Maximum Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (Digital)


Video Memory: 256MB


Memory Type: GDDR3


Core Clock: 675 MHz


Memory Clock: 2000 MHz


Shader Clock: 1450 MHz


Stream Processors: 32


Memory Bandwidth: 32GB/sec.


Interface Type: PCI Express


Interface Speed: x16


Connector(s): Dual DVI
HDTV/S-Video


Multiple Monitors Support: Yes

[forumdude123]

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