best card for <$250

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What is the best vid. card for under $250? I don't care whether it is ATI or NVIDIA. I need it to go with my new A64 X2 3800+ I ordered.
 
I picked up an X1800XT for ~$200. they're fast, and i love mine. The 7900GT is also in that price range (~$200), i haven't personally tested it, but i've heard it's very good as well, most benchies show it coming very close/beating the X1800XT. If you get a new 7900GT you can Vmod it to hell and back and come out w/ some very nice speeds.... don't hold me to that tho :D
 
DeathMan said:
I picked up an X1800XT for ~$200. they're fast, and i love mine. The 7900GT is also in that price range (~$200), i haven't personally tested it, but i've heard it's very good as well, most benchies show it coming very close/beating the X1800XT. If you get a new 7900GT you can Vmod it to hell and back and come out w/ some very nice speeds.... don't hold me to that tho :D
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Basically what he said. Just one thing, what X1800XT are you talking about? the 256mb of the 512mb edition? 7900GT is equal to or greater than the X1800 XT 256mb. The X1800 XT 512mb is a little faster than the 7900GT in almost everything.

But yeah these would be the 2 cards to choose from.
 
Lazy_Moron said:
Basically what he said. Just one thing, what X1800XT are you talking about? the 256mb of the 512mb edition? 7900GT is equal to or greater than the X1800 XT 256mb. The X1800 XT 512mb is a little faster than the 7900GT in almost everything.

But yeah these would be the 2 cards to choose from.
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I got the 256MB edition. If you can find a 512MB edition for under $250, then I would definatly go with that, as the above statement is also true. The hierarchy is basically thus:

- X1800XT 512MB
- 7900GT 256MB (they do have 512MB editions, however I have not seen any benchmarks or even where you can purchase one)
- X1800XT 256MB

and obviously the price goes up as you go up the hierarchy. It really depends on when you plan on upgrading next, and how much money you want to spend (higher $250 range), and what you plan on doing with your computer / what resolutions you'll be running at.
 
Lazy_Moron said:
7900GT 512mb by EVGA is $360. 100 over his budget.
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haha, and the performance is probably the same as an X1800XT 512MB if i'm not mistaken...

I went with the X1800XT 256MB because i plan on upgrading at the end of the year (Vista, DX10, CRYSIS! [ i hope ] ) and it's going to hold me over just fine. It runs things great, and i run at 1600X1200 and i love it.

but if you want to spend more than $200, then go with a 7900GT or the 512MB edition of the X1800XT (if you can find it for cheap)
 
I'm thoroughly enjoying my x1800GTO, they just released a GTO2 version with 16 pipes that should be a better overclocker.
 
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