Need Advice on best gaming card to buy

kongwill · 10-13-2006, 08:18 PM

hi, im looking to buy a new graphic card
computer specs are
athlon x2 4200+ 2.2ghz, 2 1gig pc3200 ram, i dont know the mobo, and i got
300gb 7200rpm hardrive. I dont really know all that much about computers, and i m looking for the most expensive graphics card money can buy, my budget on the cards limitless. Im just looking for the best graphic card right now for Games, nothing else. Currently i got a radeon s80 9200se

which really sucks. And i only have 1 pci-e slot. I'm kind of thikning between the BFG geforce 7950 GX2 1gb, or the saphire radeon x1950 xtx 512mb. Since these r like 700$ish cards, i wanna make sure i get the better one obviously. And ive been looking at alot of benchmarks for all latest cards and some r better than others on some benchmarks, and then the others better than the other on others, im so confuzed =\ . And please mention any other cards that i might wanna buy. thanks.

tweaker · 10-13-2006, 08:41 PM

7900GTX vs. X1900XTX (PixelPipes???)

On a side note, I don't know where you shop but I wouldnt pay $700 for any of todays top cards, way overpriced. 500 or 550 is what you shuld pay for a top card at the most IMO.

kongwill · 10-13-2006, 08:45 PM

oh and btw, my computera a hp m7470n i know hp isnt the greatest, incase u need to know mobo or anything. and again, money is not a factor at all

tweaker · 10-13-2006, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kongwill

oh and btw, my computera a hp m7470n i know hp isnt the greatest, incase u need to know mobo or anything. and again, money is not a factor at all

Outch, well you must have a powerful PSU in order to run the top cards. So be prepared to replace that.

kongwill · 10-13-2006, 08:59 PM

umm, psu is the power supply right? i got money for that too, are those like 200$? i just need advice on the card right now, and powersupply would be nice also, if i need that. thanks

maroon1 · 10-13-2006, 09:30 PM

7950GX2 is faster than X1950xtx, but with X1950xtx you can run AA + HDR, and you will get better image quality.

It depends on which you want.

If you want to run games above 1600x1200, I recommend to get 7950GX2

kongwill · 10-13-2006, 09:48 PM

can the geforce also run sli?

pokemon87654 · 10-13-2006, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maroon1

7950GX2 is faster than X1950xtx, but with X1950xtx you can run AA + HDR, and you will get better image quality.

It depends on which you want.

If you want to run games above 1600x1200, I recommend to get 7950GX2

Yeah do that, But your going to need a power supply too, so don't try to get that and no powersupply because that will most likley end badly

Legend 69 · 08-04-2007, 06:51 PM

I thought that the nVidia GeForce 8800GTX and the Ultra version were the best?

NetworkPhantom · 08-04-2007, 08:10 PM

yeah just get two nVidia GeForce 8800 Ultras and sLi them =)

10-13-2006, 08:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
kongwill New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 23	Need Advice on best gaming card to buy hi, im looking to buy a new graphic card computer specs are athlon x2 4200+ 2.2ghz, 2 1gig pc3200 ram, i dont know the mobo, and i got 300gb 7200rpm hardrive. I dont really know all that much about computers, and i m looking for the most expensive graphics card money can buy, my budget on the cards limitless. Im just looking for the best graphic card right now for Games, nothing else. Currently i got a radeon s80 9200se which really sucks. And i only have 1 pci-e slot. I'm kind of thikning between the BFG geforce 7950 GX2 1gb, or the saphire radeon x1950 xtx 512mb. Since these r like 700$ish cards, i wanna make sure i get the better one obviously. And ive been looking at alot of benchmarks for all latest cards and some r better than others on some benchmarks, and then the others better than the other on others, im so confuzed =\ . And please mention any other cards that i might wanna buy. thanks.

10-13-2006, 08:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
tweaker Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sweden Age: 30 Posts: 2,954	7900GTX vs. X1900XTX (PixelPipes???) On a side note, I don't know where you shop but I wouldnt pay $700 for any of todays top cards, way overpriced. 500 or 550 is what you shuld pay for a top card at the most IMO. __________________ Posting and you - CF edition www.tweaker.se FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 Last edited by tweaker; 10-13-2006 at 08:48 PM.

10-13-2006, 08:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
kongwill New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 23	umm, psu is the power supply right? i got money for that too, are those like 200$? i just need advice on the card right now, and powersupply would be nice also, if i need that. thanks Last edited by kongwill; 10-13-2006 at 09:04 PM.

10-13-2006, 09:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
maroon1 Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Somewhere in Hell !!! Posts: 2,598	7950GX2 is faster than X1950xtx, but with X1950xtx you can run AA + HDR, and you will get better image quality. It depends on which you want. If you want to run games above 1600x1200, I recommend to get 7950GX2 __________________ Free softwares: Avast! antivirus - FireFox - FDM - OpenOffice - CCleaner

08-04-2007, 06:51 PM	#9 (permalink)
Legend 69 Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Portsmouth, England! Posts: 73	I thought that the nVidia GeForce 8800GTX and the Ultra version were the best? __________________ AMD Athlon AM2 Dual Core 6000 64 Bit Processor 2048MB DDR2 667MHz OCZ Dual Channel RAM 640GB(2 x 320GB) Serial ATA II Hard drive with 16MB Buffer nVidia 8800GTX 768MB PCI-E Graphics M2N32 SLI Deluxe WiFi Edition Nforce 590 Socket Motherboard ADI Sonic 7.1 High Definition Audio With Optical SPDif 22" Widescreen LCD TFT Digital Display Quad Core Banana with Internal speakers and WiFi capabilities

10-13-2006, 08:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
kongwill New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 23	oh and btw, my computera a hp m7470n i know hp isnt the greatest, incase u need to know mobo or anything. and again, money is not a factor at all

10-13-2006, 09:48 PM	#7 (permalink)
kongwill New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 23	can the geforce also run sli?

08-04-2007, 08:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
NetworkPhantom Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 35	yeah just get two nVidia GeForce 8800 Ultras and sLi them =)

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