I want a new video card.

[kamita]

Well simply put my old video card is outdated, I'm not seeing the performance I'd like to. When I look at my friends Comps and compare them to mine all running Farcry I want to crawl into a hole in the ground and die . I'm sick of it, and since Hl2 is coming out I don't want to be last place in the race to see who's game runs and looks better. I'm willing to spend possibly 200-300$ on my new card. Really I don't even now if, so then how much of a diff. 128 meg of ram makes compared to 256. I may have a bottleneck though, I have an AMD Athlon Xp 2000+ and a Gig of ram. I would just like to get the best card that would run Hl2 (most anticipated game of all time) as best as it can. Thanks.

 

[Enigma422]

With a $200 to $300 budget you have a lot of options. Check out Newegg. You can pick up a GeForce 6800 for $283.00 or if you want to go cheaper a 128MB ATi 9800 Pro for $197.00.

 

[Nandro]

The best card out in that range is the 6800 NU. Runs about 270-300 and performance usually runs between the 9800XT and the 6800GT. Reviews show it doing great in Doom 3. Read the Doom3 review on [H]

 

[copernicus]

the best card you can get in that price range would be the geforce 6800nu

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-130-202&depa=1

very good card, will handle farcry/d3 pretty much anything you can throw at it.
next step up would be the 6800gt but that's going $399+



/edit man you guy's are fast

 

[kamita]

Ha, wow you guys are fast. That is the same card I was looking at earlier today but I thought it would be slower because it was only 128 meg.
Thanks for responding so quickly.

 

[Nandro]

The 128M as you can see from the D3 benches dosnt hurt the NU all that badly. I am sure 256 would be better, but then your right at the GT. For the money its a steal. I cant complain about mine at all.

 

[MyPCAlexi]

my honest opinion, youre prolly not going to have your cpu using the vidcard to its fullest. getting a 6800 nu might be great if you have a kickass system but, you have an athlonxp 2000+. my old rig was athlon xp 2400+ and i wasnt seeing the results i wanted with a 9800. i suggest getting like a midrange budget card (say a radeon 9600xt or something comparable from nvidia), saving and then getting a new system altogether that would wipe the floor with all your friend's computers. on my old rig i had a 9600 then upped to a 9800. didnt really notice the difference and if the nvidia 6800 is the "9800 killer" then you prolly wont notice that much of a difference either. just get something to get you by at regular 800x600 and then get a nice gaming rig. well thats my $.02

 

[kamita]

Thanks for the advice guys. I appreciate it, I just bought it cant wait to see the diff. in Farcry and what Hl2 will look better.