Budget card for 1920X1080?

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Bigjmaster18

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Whats the best budget card for the 1920X1080 resolution that will run most games on medium/high?
 
8800 GTS of ebay, 8800 GTX, 9800 GTX+, 4850.

If i were you look on ebay, some amazing deals on there right now. You'll get a huge value if you can snag a 8800 or 9800 for cheap.
 
Any deals with a 4850? whats the best price/performance with the new 4870 1gig and the gtx 260?
 
MittWaffen said:
8800 GTS of ebay, 8800 GTX, 9800 GTX+, 4850.

If i were you look on ebay, some amazing deals on there right now. You'll get a huge value if you can snag a 8800 or 9800 for cheap.
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my 8800gts 320mb is dying in all the new games at 1680x1050 with stuff set to high (no aa/af) if you do go with that choice try grab a 640mb... I dunno how much difference is gonna make but the 320mb is gonna lag at 1920 for sure.
 
fe_918 said:
my 8800gts 320mb is dying in all the new games at 1680x1050 with stuff set to high (no aa/af) if you do go with that choice try grab a 640mb... I dunno how much difference is gonna make but the 320mb is gonna lag at 1920 for sure.
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Those are both G80 versions. You want a G92 512mb one.
 
Stay away from the 320mb, 640 is better. Overall he wants med-high he'd be better off getting a cheap 8800 gtx which can be oc'd and will have better vram than a 9800 gtx. 8800>9800 in high res.
 
at 1920x1080 you're gonna want more than 512MB RAM. speaking from experience here.

GTX 260 fits the bill if you can get it for under $200.
 
GTX 260 192 core works great for me at 1080p and run pretty much all new games very well.

The 8800GT 512MB I had also worked well for me. Ran TF2 great and The Witcher was more then playable on high settings with 2x FSAA.

So I'd say GTX 260 192 core for $200, 8800GT or 9800GT 512MB for $100. (or the comparable ATI/AMD cards)
 
I think more or less a budget card is sub 150< but with cheap gtx 260s it seems like the best bet if you can afford it.
 
Blahman said:
at 1920x1080 you're gonna want more than 512MB RAM. speaking from experience here.

GTX 260 fits the bill if you can get it for under $200.
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Quoted for truth. 1920x resolutions need more than 512MB, period. Look at either the 896MB GTX260 or the 1GB 4870. GTX260 usually wins.
 
evilsofa said:
Quoted for truth. 1920x resolutions need more than 512MB, period.
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Only if you use AA... When someone says a budget card I think under $150, generally. And no budget card has enough horsepower to enable AA at that resolution anyways. A 4850 should be plenty to crank the details and AF at least.
 
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