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Bang for the buck...

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mobiux

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Wasn't there a "best bang for the buck" thread a while ago?
I am looking to upgrade my gf2-ddr and need some thoughts.
I haven't followed video cards since I bought this one. So it's been a while.

I am not a huge gamer so I was thinking about this 9600 .

Any thoughts or advice?
Mostly I do web and video editting work, play some unreal tournament and CS.

Oh yeah, is it true what the comment in that ad said, about the driver being clock locked?
 
mobiux said:
Wasn't there a "best bang for the buck" thread a while ago?
I am looking to upgrade my gf2-ddr and need some thoughts.
I haven't followed video cards since I bought this one. So it's been a while.

I am not a huge gamer so I was thinking about this 9600 .

Any thoughts or advice?
Mostly I do web and video editting work, play some unreal tournament and CS.

Oh yeah, is it true what the comment in that ad said, about the driver being clock locked?
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what's your budget? The 9800pro sits at the best bang for your buck spot right now. $200 from newegg. Make sure to click into newegg from the top of the page, or front page of [H] if you go to check it out. What processor are you running?
 
I'd agree with creed....the best bang for the buck candidate right now is the 9800pro IMO.
 
yep the 9800Pro is the best bang for the buck card.

But, my 9600XT really does good too. $140

The ti4200 128mb is the best sub $100 card
 
creedAMD said:
what's your budget? The 9800pro sits at the best bang for your buck spot right now. $200 from newegg. Make sure to click into newegg from the top of the page, or front page of [H] if you go to check it out. What processor are you running?
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Since I don't do alot of gaming I wouldn't like to spend a whole lot on it. Maybe $125-$150 or so. Cheaper is definately better though.

I am running an 1700+ XP tbred at 2.3ghz.
 
mobiux said:
Since I don't do alot of gaming I wouldn't like to spend a whole lot on it. Maybe $125-$150 or so. Cheaper is definately better though.

I am running an 1700+ XP tbred at 2.3ghz.
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9600xt for sure then, but it is well worth it to pay the extra $50 for the extra performance that you will get on a 9800pro with that processor.
 
From the benchmarks I've seen, I'd say
$120-$130 - Nvidia 5700 (4x1, 128-bit)
$140-$160 - ATI 9600XT (4x1, 128-bit)
**big jump**
$170-$190 - Nvidia 5900XT/SE (4x2, 256-bit models, not so hot in complex dx9 games w/o pp)
$200-$220 - ATI 9800PRO (8x1, 256-bit models, better performance in complex dx9 games)
**big jump**
$300 - Nvidia 6800 (12x1, 256-bit, adds SM3.0 and other features the 9800 doesnt have)
**big jump**
$400 - Nvidia 6800GT (16x1, can overclock to ultra speeds fairly easily without modding)

At the very top end it's not clear which is "best bang for the buck" yet, but I'd probably put it in the same category as the 6800GT, in other words the performance gain over the 6800GT with the $500 cards isn't going to be huge.

If you aren't going to do tons of gaming your best bet is probably the eVGA 5700 non-ultra for $127:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-130-180&depa=0

128mb ram, 128-bit, decent gaming performance and very stable drivers. Free shipping too :)
 
tranCendenZ said:
From the benchmarks I've seen, I'd say
$120-$130 - Nvidia 5700 (4x1, 128-bit)
$140-$160 - ATI 9600XT (4x1, 128-bit)
**big jump**
$170-$190 - Nvidia 5900XT/SE (4x2, 256-bit models, not so hot in complex dx9 games w/o pp)
$200-$220 - ATI 9800PRO (8x1, 256-bit models, better performance in complex dx9 games)
**big jump**
$300 - Nvidia 6800 (12x1, 256-bit, adds SM3.0 and other features the 9800 doesnt have)
**big jump**
$400 - Nvidia 6800GT (16x1, can overclock to ultra speeds fairly easily without modding)

At the very top end it's not clear which is "best bang for the buck" yet, but I'd probably put it in the same category as the 6800GT, in other words the performance gain over the 6800GT with the $500 cards isn't going to be huge.

If you aren't going to do tons of gaming your best bet is probably the eVGA 5700 non-ultra for $127:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-130-180&depa=0

128mb ram, 128-bit, decent gaming performance and very stable drivers. Free shipping too :)
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what's the commission like on that 5700nu?

Why not get the 9600xt that way if he does play games he can do it right :cool:
 
Go with the 9600XT its more than enough for the games you said you play, and will be enough for any game out now that you might play in the future. It is a very nice card that is DX9 ready. It cant be beat in its price range.
 
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