New video card

[bossman150]

My 8800 Ultra just bit the dust, at least I am pretty sure it did. I was thinking about upgrading anyway. I am trying to decide between the GTX 260, GTX 275 or GTX 285. I think I would prefer the price of the 260 or 275, but I am having a very hard time fininding a brand name 275 in stock.

My motherboard is PCIe but not 2.0. How much does that hurt me? How much better will the 275 perform for me over the 260? I have been out of the loop since I built this system 2 years ago. Also how much better are the 260/275/285 then the 8800 Ultra?

[visbits]

Rock a 4890 Radeon and you will be happy overall :)

[EarthDog]

Cant go wrong with HD4890. Best bang for the buck now. GTX275 performace for less money.

Though if a GTX285 is in your budget, an HD5850 should be as well and spanks the 285 and HD4890.

[bossman150]

Cant go wrong with HD4890. Best bang for the buck now. GTX275 performace for less money.

Though if a GTX285 is in your budget, an HD5850 should be as well and spanks the 285 and HD4890.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-275-review-test/20

According to that review the 275 is much better then the 4890.

[EarthDog]

EDIT: Though something is fishy with that review. The gtx260 216 is SLOWER than the HD4890 and that reviews shows it beating it out???????

EDIT2: Check this one out... http://www.legitreviews.com/article/944/7/ different story?

[bossman150]

I think this is in the wrong forum, but I do like the price of the 5850. Is it really as good as the gtx 285?? I switched to Nvdia for the 8800ultra, I had a 9800xt in my previous machine.

[EarthDog]

Make sure you check out my edits above...

5850 is faster than a gtx285, let me grab a review...http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3650&p=4

[Lavacon]

There will be a 5830 for around $240 in 2 weeks. That should prove to be a nice card at that price point if it uses the same memory bus as the 5850/70.

5850 definitely beats out a gtx285, but, I understand some peoples loves their physX :-)

[bossman150]

That definetly makes the choice harder, hmm.

[Atlehunekonge]

R.I.P. Ultra, loved by many, envied by the masses...

Sorry to hear of your loss.
I hope mine will last a while more:)