Advice on a card to complement my current specs

[BaNaNaS]

Hello all! I'm looking at upgrading my current graphics card ATi x700 PRO 128. I don't care if it's nvidia or ati, what ever is better choise for my situation. I want the card to be on par with the rest of my system (listed below) I will be using a 17" Samsung SyncMaster 712n @ 1280x1024 mostly playing bf2 and some source, thanks!


AMD Athlon 64 3200+ @ 2.5 ghz
1 GB (512x2) Corsair XL @ 2.5-3-3-6
MSI neo 4 platinum
Antec NeoPower 480

 

[morningreis]

What's the budget?

 

[BaNaNaS]

I'd like to keep it below 350, but i'm open for suggestions..

 

[mentok1982]

I would recommend a 6800 GS ($183.00) or maybe a 7800 GT ($285.00).

 

[Oblyter8ed]

I will second the 6800GS movement. It will pack a punch, but from the specs, it will still allow for upgrades once more promising hardware comes out. A 6600GT did me with similar specs, but it soon became the bottleneck, so I went SLi...

So I vote 6800GS.

 

[morningreis]

A 7800 GT or X1800XL are in the same pricerange and can both be found for less than $320. These cards will give you about the best performance/feature set.

 

[BaNaNaS]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814125214

This is what i'm thinking about. Anyone know the core/memory frequencies? I can't seem to find them anywhere!

 

[quadnad]

I'd suggest this card over that gigabyte one just becaue of eVGA's reputation with RMA'ing and the ability to replace the stock HSF without voiding the lifetime warranty. eVGA also has other 7800gts with slighty higher and slightly lower clock frequencies for more and less money respectively.