Graphics card

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:28 pm

Since my other card sucked more than I thought it did initially I sent it back and Im getting a new one.

Im looking to spend about $200 ish.

Here my 3 picks. If you know of a better card for the $ please speak up now. Going to buy this weekend.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814127329

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130318

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814127328

These are in rank of my favorite

Help me out!

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:40 pm

MSI one.

MaxdSPL · Post by **MaxdSPL** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:04 pm

I would get the MSI with the 512 of memory. In tests conducted by Maximum PC, they say that it is great and the performance one of the best out there for the price.

falkenbd · Post by **falkenbd** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:38 pm

I'd check out the VGA charts on tomshardware -> http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html

Its a little old at the moment, but It ranks the cards and you can see different benchmarks. Also, tomshardware has decent articles on different video cards.

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:34 pm

Evga FTMFW. there all basically the same card i just prefer evga over msi ive used both and most of the it guys at work prefer evga. plus they have a 30 day step up program that f'ing rocks!!!

My card is 320mb of ram but its also 320bit ram and its ranked pretty high up there.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130082

i run cod4 at max settings everything on and at extra and never drop below 60fps.

joeyc · Post by **joeyc** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:12 pm

the MSI gts

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:32 am

the bottom MSI was deactivated. and in most cases the 8800gt series is faster than the GTS except if its a g92

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:32 am

Do you have a power supply that supports this size card? what psu is it?

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:26 am

Ok Im gonna get the top one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814127329

Ya it appears they took that one I listed off the market sometime between my post and when you guys noticed it...lol

As far as my power supply I have no clue Bill. lol, I hope it will.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817171016

I know my processor is rated @ 125 Watts.

Unsure about my hard drive/fan total. I know the fans dont consume that much tho.

If the PSU wont work I will just get another.

I come to the conclusion just like my car audio, its better to save for what you really want instead of running something lesser. Just wasnt happy with that other card

Im gonna have to wait til next week or I get my RMA refund from new egg to get that one...

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 9:36 pm

Good choice on the first card.

You'll know if your power supply isn't sufficient when it freezes up randomly or shuts off completely.