[RathcoM]

Hello all,

I'm looking to upgrade my video card, as my sub par 3850 is just not cutting it for me.

I am looking to go NVidia, but most nvidia cards are quite expensive...

Can any of you guys recommend a good Nvidia card that totally out-benchmarks the 3850?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

[x-Shadow-x]

Well how much would you want to spend on a videocard? There are lots of cards out there that will out benchmark the 3850.

[RathcoM]

Well ill probably be selling my 3850, so ill probably have about $150 to spend on a card.

[x-Shadow-x]

Well you could get a 9800GT or a GTX260. I would go with the 260. Much better then the 8900 and 3850.

[RathcoM]

I was leaning towards this one for a while http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814150316

But the GTX is much better and the 8800 gt is almost identical to the 9800 gt

[Access Denied]

I have the same card in this pc, except it was made by a different company. Its plenty of card but its BIG, lol.

[puntoMX]

RathcoM, are you running Vista or Windows 7? If so, stay with ATI and take a look at the HD4850/4870 or so.

[Ludwig Von Cookie Koopa]

Okay about graphics cards. Basically it is a two way streak.


A. You want a card that has a whole bunch of features like

1. Over clocking
2. upgradable ram
3. Smoothing
4. comes with it's own acellerator.


or

B. You want a all in one card that you will not have to change at all for life.

1. Will play all 3d games no matter what.
2. Will even allow fast emulation of the PS2, X-box, and maybe just maybe a GCN.
3. Is used in CAD developlement.
4. Can work in pairs

So you can go down to BestBuy or you can be like Jhonny Five in "Short Circuit 2" and go crazy beefing
up your PC like a horse without a mate.

Then again you might want to stay Zen and go threw peoples garbage like a do

I would go with the trash hunt. Since most cards eventually gets wiped out by gaming consoles.

This post has been edited by Ludwig Von Cookie Koopa: 26 May 2009 - 03:46 PM