Best Value Sub-400$?

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I was just wondering if any one had any ideas on the best bang for your buck under 400$? I've been looking at 7800 GTX's and 7900GT's but i cant really find anny reviews on the differences between the two. I haven't heard much good about ATI really so i dunno what to do their.. Mainly i'm wondering comparisons about the to above cards but any other suggestions would be very helpful thanks for any help you can give...

I saw a X1900XT for sub 400 today and was also wondering how it compared, Im a ATI fan from back in the day (running a 9700 Pro) so i was wondering how the difference is their as well..

Also i was wondering how big a difference the 512/256 mb really makes.. All the 7800 GTX reviews say 512MB but for the life of me i cant find a 512 MB version available to purchase...

so far ijm looking at
512MB X1900XTX 399$
256MB 7800GTX 399$
256 7900GT 319ish$
256 7900GT 600Mhz 369$
 
78GTX performes a little under the 79GT.

Get the X1900.
 
question about brand names as well VisionTek vs MSI? which would you pick?
 
Either or would probably be a good choice, I would go with the MSI one, as [H] did do a review on them. But Sapphire is my personal favorite ATI brand of cards.
 
Though I'm waiting for the DX10 cards, I'd get either a BFG or eVGA 7900GT, personally.
 
If I were in your shoes, I would buy the 7900GT 256mb. If I didn't know Conroe and DX10 parts were coming soon later this year, I would've gotten the 7900GT and flashed the BIOS to increase the voltages and the clock speeds and watercooled it down to match the specs of the 7900GTX. For $299, I think it's an awesome deal considering the considerable modding and overclocking potential.
 
DanMattia said:
Though I'm waiting for the DX10 cards, I'd get either a BFG or eVGA 7900GT, personally.
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QFT.

eVGA is a good choice, and so is the 7900gt, especially with DX10 around the corner.
 
Least said:
QFT.

eVGA is a good choice, and so is the 7900gt, especially with DX10 around the corner.
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I've never technically had eVGA cards, but their warranty's pretty nice. And BFG's tech support, no matter how infuriated I get with the company due to a crappy card I got once, always makes me smile due to their professionality and friendliness.
 
Well im using a Raedon 9700 Pro now, and it'll probably be a year till DX10 stuff drop to a price i'd wanna buy at and i just found a X1900XTX for 399$ so im thinken for an extra 100$ is that big a deal for the preformance and from what im reading the XTX are gonna preform better in newer games that aare heavy on the shaders, the XT is only 20$ less so im gonna grab the XTX what do you think? I think its a better deal then 256MB nvidia cards that cost the same..

I can only get the deal price on MSI or Visontek so which would you try? the Vision tech is rated 650Mhz while the MSI is rated 625mhz....
 
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