Need a new vid card for Crysis! Help!

CordialSpam · 11-22-07, 02:16 PM

SO..what's good on the market right now? I haven't been reading up with the video cards..I'm not planning to spend over $250 or $300..I hope I can get a GOOD card at this price.

Here's my system:

e6600
2gb ram
x850xt PE

everything is at stock. I want a best bang for the buck card if anyone got any suggestions for me. I am willing to OC too..I dont plan on buying a new power supply though (I hope I don't have to)

hafaphoto · 11-22-07, 03:13 PM

I am assuming you have a PCI express board. How about one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...557&name=512MB

Prices may drop closer to Xmass, who knows. My X850 will run Crysis ok. Low to Medium settings though.

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majinwar · 11-22-07, 03:47 PM

Best bang for buck cards atm, mostly due to the beautiful thing called economics, would be ATI's 3850 or 3870 cards.

Link to a 3870
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...61212&Tpk=3870

Link to a 3850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161211

Hope this helps!

White_Pawn · 11-22-07, 05:52 PM

either a 8800GT 512mb or a 3870 512mb.

Dragonprince · 11-22-07, 09:46 PM

250-300 gives you plenty of room to buy a decent card...Id say the 8800 GT is probably top of the list. Since you specified Crysis I will tell you that over clocking that 6600 will pay some handsome benefits as Crysis is GPU and CPU limited....the producers stated in several reviews that Crysis will run best on a Quad CPU...

golfking222 · 11-23-07, 02:50 PM

Well, newegg seems to have raised their prices on the 3870s, so atm I would recommend the 8800GT.

Trap05 · 11-23-07, 03:22 PM

Another vote for the 8800gt 512mb Just got my EVGA step-up back today and hopefully going to pickup Crysis this evening or tomorrow.

11-22-07, 02:16 PM	Thread Starter #1
CordialSpam Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Alpharetta, Georgia	Need a new vid card for Crysis! Help! SO..what's good on the market right now? I haven't been reading up with the video cards..I'm not planning to spend over $250 or $300..I hope I can get a GOOD card at this price. Here's my system: e6600 2gb ram x850xt PE everything is at stock. I want a best bang for the buck card if anyone got any suggestions for me. I am willing to OC too..I dont plan on buying a new power supply though (I hope I don't have to) __________________ CPU: E6600 @ 350 x 9 = 3150 @ 1.24v stable Motherboard: eVGA 680i LT Cooling: XP-90 GPU: MSI 8800 GTS 512MB @ Stock HD: WD Black 640GB x 2 Raid 0 Memory: OCZ OCZ2N800SR4GK 2GB x 2 + PQI Turbo 1GB x 2 = 6GB total @ 800 5-5-4-15 Case: COOLER MASTER Mystique RC-632S-KKN1-GP with Fortron Blue Storm 500W PSU Sound: X-FI Xtreme Music
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11-22-07, 03:13 PM	#2
hafaphoto Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Louisiana	I am assuming you have a PCI express board. How about one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...557&name=512MB Prices may drop closer to Xmass, who knows. My X850 will run Crysis ok. Low to Medium settings though. E __________________ Gigabyte GA-P35-D , Intel Q6600 @ 3.somethingGHz.
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11-22-07, 03:47 PM	#3
majinwar Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada	Best bang for buck cards atm, mostly due to the beautiful thing called economics, would be ATI's 3850 or 3870 cards. Link to a 3870 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...61212&Tpk=3870 Link to a 3850 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161211 Hope this helps! __________________ CPU: Intel E8400 @ 4.0Ghz Cooling: Thermalright 120 Ultra eXtreme MB: Asus Maximus Formula GPU: ATI Sapphire 4870 1GB PSU: Corsair HX750W RAM: 2x1 Gb OCZ DDR2 PC8500 1066Mhz HD: OCZ Vertex 60Gb SSD Case: Slightly Modified Antec 900
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11-22-07, 05:52 PM	#4
White_Pawn Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada	either a 8800GT 512mb or a 3870 512mb. __________________ - - M a i n R i g - - E2140 @ 375 x 8 = 3ghz w/ 1.3375v ^Tuniq Tower 120^ Gigabyte P35-S3L powercolor HD4890 @ 850/975 OCZ System 1337s 2x1 5-5-5-15 2T @ 450mhz. 2TB 7200.12+ Seagate Silverstone Decathalon 650W Modular
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Dragonprince Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: CT	250-300 gives you plenty of room to buy a decent card...Id say the 8800 GT is probably top of the list. Since you specified Crysis I will tell you that over clocking that 6600 will pay some handsome benefits as Crysis is GPU and CPU limited....the producers stated in several reviews that Crysis will run best on a Quad CPU... __________________ GA-EX38-DS4 F3 Bios, Q9650 @3.6, 5870, 8 gig OCZ DDR2 1066, Corsair 750w Power
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11-23-07, 02:50 PM	#6
golfking222 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New York	Well, newegg seems to have raised their prices on the 3870s, so atm I would recommend the 8800GT.
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11-23-07, 03:22 PM	#7
Trap05 Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alberta, Canada	Another vote for the 8800gt 512mb Just got my EVGA step-up back today and hopefully going to pickup Crysis this evening or tomorrow. __________________ CoolerMaster 690 Antec HCG 620w Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3 + i5 2500K Xigmatek Dark Knight S1283V w/crossbow G.Skill 8GB 1600 MSI GTX 560ti 448 1280MB Corsair Nova 64GB SSD Windows 7 x64 HP SP1 Corsair k60 & Logitech MX518 BenQ RL2450H 24" 1080p http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=60834 SteamID trm2006
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