Help me choose.

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neg2led

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I'm getting a new graphics card.

I mostly play source-based games at 1680x1050, and it comes down to these choices (for me):

ATI Radeon HD3870 512 (i like because of the CrossFireX)
nVidia 8800GT 512
or nVidia 9600GT 512

What would you guys pick? i have NO IDEA what to do.

other specs:
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3
C2D E2160 @ 2.6GHz
2gb DDR2-667 (i know i know, getting 800 soon)

PSU can handle any one of the above cards...

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8800GT's the most powerful of the bunch.
9600GT and HD3870 are pretty close in benchmarks.

If you're going to be playing Source games exclusively, I'd say save yourself the money and go with the 9600GT.
 
I play some other games (namely Battlefield 2142) but im pretty much Source all the way right now.

9600gt has some other advantages too... namely the card im eying has hdmi and dpp (displayport)

--neg
 
haha neg...

my dad was right...

i still say go with the 9600GT

(we are talking on msn, and he jsut sold his 8800GT cos he thought the 9600GT was heaps better than the 88000GT)
 
did NOT SELL, returned :p

and i saw like 50% of reviews saying its better

and 50% saying worse
 
see, this is the argument that we've been having for the last 4 hours...

he did buy a noctua NH-12P though...
 
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