video card help

[älek]

ok so ive been pretty much goin back and forth trying to pick out a good video card. i have no idea what to pick. the games ill prob be playing will be like WoW, bf2 css ect i need to know what a good card would be to choose, my budget is like no more than 300, but if i dont have too i dont want to pay 300, ivbe been lookin at the x850, 7600 gt, 7900, x1800 but if anyone has any good suggestions be free to tell thanks

 

[PC eye]

Other then PNY and BESTDATA there are some at the link here to look over. http://www.mwave.com/mwave/Deepsearchdd.hmx?UID=&CID=
Are you particular on size like 128mb, 256mb, or 512mb? Let's narrow the list to 256mb for the average. http://www.mwave.com/mwave/Deepsearchdd.hmx?UID=&CID=

 

[tweaker]

my budget is like no more than 300

7900GT 256MB
or
X1800XT 512MB

 

[PC eye]

Here's the details on the X1800GTO. http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=AA45060
MSI's 7900GT http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=AA43880
XFX GeFORCE 7900GT 520mhz at... $5- over the budget http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=3000640

 

[Seth]

personally i'd go with the 7900. The extra 256 meg will make little diff is most games and the X1800Xt was built to compete with a card worse than the 7900 (the 7800GT) and so wont stand upto the Nvida offering

 

[PC eye]

The top end card now seems to be the ATI X1900 XTX. But the price tag for that model goes well over what is in your budget. http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=AA41670

 

[sladoid]

eVGA 256-P2-N564 Geforce 7900GT KO 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

Chipset Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Core clock: 500MHz
DirectX: DirectX 9
DVI: 2
Memory Clock: 1500MHz
Memory Interface: 256-bit
OpenGL: OpenGL 2.0
PixelPipelines: 24
TV-Out: HDTV/S-Video Out
VIVO: No

* $274.99
* ($259.99 after $15.00 Mail-In Rebate)


It is the fastest gpu for your price range it also covers the heat problems that all of the other 7900's didnt cover.

 

[holyjunk]

If you don't want to spend $200 though go with the 7600gt. It will run those games on medium to max settings fine.

 

[PC eye]

You often end up spending more on a card then what is actually needed to run most games out. If you are trying to build a screaming system you spend the big bucks on the high end cards as well as other items. If you want an adequate system for the usual gaming and web browsing along with playing a few videos you go with a good brand card that's been out for a period of time to cut the overall costs down. I still haven't seen many complaints on the ATI X1300 while not being the biggest and best performer.