help choosing a vid card

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TheNomad

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i have a x300 so i was thinking of upgrading
i have $380ish but i am only willing to spend $150-$200 so i can get some more ram
what would be the best cards from ati? from nvidia?
 
From nVidia you are looking at a nice 256mb 6600GT, and from ATI, a nice 256mb X800(GT). I only found 1 GT in my search.
 
the GT is probably out of his budget at around $250 or so. And they dont have a 256mb 6600GT version, only a 128MB card. So i would recommend the 128MB 6600GT, the 256MB 6800, or the 256MB X800.
 
GhostEye said:
y r u spending 180 on ram. 1 gig of 3200 ram is 90-100 dollas
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and i want to get some games, no point in getting a new video card and more ram if you aren't going to use it

okey dokey, i'll look into those cards, does anyone have any benchmarks?
 
geoff5093 said:
the GT is probably out of his budget at around $250 or so.
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Acturally the x800GT only cost around $170. They a bit hard to find thoe as being a very new card. I think it just came out with in the last few weeks. For those not familiar with the card it is a 8 pixel pipeline card with a 256-bit memory bus. core clock 475mhz and memory clock 980mhz. Base on the price and the pixel pipelines I am going to guess it most comparable to the geforce 6600GT. I have not seen many benchmarks yet comparing this card to the 6600GT so I am not sure which one it better. The one advantage I see with the x800GT is it 256 bit memory bus. I will have to see tests done before I know how big a advantage that will be.
 
no with the $380 i have i'm going to get ram, vid card, and games so ram is about $60-$70 and vid card is $150-$200 and games are $50 each

the x800GT looks nice i think i'll get that when it restocks in newegg
thanks for your help everyone
 
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