Best VidCard for Current Computer

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I need a new video card and i play PC games such as Supreme Commander
i'm running dualies, a 22" and a 24". I need to get a vid card as i currently have a 6600gt.
What is the best vid card i can get without my computer being a bottleneck? No budget, but at the same time, i dont wanna spend on an 8800 if it's not gonna even be able to perform at the max due to my system.

Asus P5B
Pentium D 805 clocked at 3.32
1 gig DDR2 pc6400
Raptor 74

I'm curious if my setup can feed the 8800's "appetite" with what i have now.
 
You will be cpu bottlenecked, but who isn't now?

That is not a bad rig at all. If you spend $300 on a middle grade card, then you will loose the "futureproofness" of dx10. You could wait for r600 to push down 8800 prices, and have something that will last you a bit more, for $100 - $150 more than buying say an x1950.

I'd definitely go with a 8800 GTX or GTS. Can't your board take a Core 2 Duo?
 
FlimFlam said:
You will be cpu bottlenecked, but who isn't now?

That is not a bad rig at all. If you spend $300 on a middle grade card, then you will loose the "futureproofness" of dx10. You could wait for r600 to push down 8800 prices, and have something that will last you a bit more, for $100 - $150 more than buying say an x1950.

I'd definitely go with a 8800 GTX or GTS. Can't your board take a Core 2 Duo?
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Yeah, it can. But that's just an added cost on top of the vid card that i'm not willing to spend at the moment.
 
An 805 overclocked like mad can be about as good as an AMD 4400+, so in that sense, you would be pretty well-off. Get an 8800 GTS/GTX.
 
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