best video card out?
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bomberboysk
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As far as singlecards, GTX285 2GB and HD4890 are the top cards, with nvidia and ati respectively. For nvidia, the asus MARS(limited edition though) is the best for dual gpu singlecard, while as far as standard availablity the GTX295 is the best. For ATi, the 4870x2 is the best single card dual gpu card.
Aastii
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haha this thread is a little mixed up, all of the information but across different posts 
the most powerful single video card you can buy is asus GTX295 Mars edition
That is nvidias most powerful aswell as best single card.
For ATI it is the 4970x2
each of those cards have 2 chips on them though, the ATI 2970x2 has 2 4970 chips and the GTX295 has 2 GTX280 chips
If you want a single chip card then
nvidia GTX285 is best or ATI 4890
All of that was said below but muddled across posts, just condensing
the most powerful single video card you can buy is asus GTX295 Mars edition
That is nvidias most powerful aswell as best single card.
For ATI it is the 4970x2
each of those cards have 2 chips on them though, the ATI 2970x2 has 2 4970 chips and the GTX295 has 2 GTX280 chips
If you want a single chip card then
nvidia GTX285 is best or ATI 4890
All of that was said below but muddled across posts, just condensing
Irishwhistle
New Member
hmm... you guys seem to of forgotten some of those crazy workstation cards. The nVidia Quadro FX5800 or ATI FireGL V8650, for example. Those are probably the best graphics cards available at the moment.
bomberboysk
Active Member
True, for workstation uses though. The main difference is the added vram and the bios/drivers though, they use the same core as the current desktop video cards. Plus they suck for gaming
Irishwhistle
New Member
Plus they suck for gaming
Really? I had heard those quadros can run crysis like mad.