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manny_17

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Looking to get a video card ( as most of you already may know) but I still cant decide waht to get because theres soooo much choise out there... Ive had an ATI card before and it seemed to treat me well. so what im wondering is if I should stick with something that I know to be good, or go for something different. so should I stick with ATI or go to Nvidia.
 
a price range would be nice... if money is no object, then just search newegg for the most expensive thing on there and buy 2..... (saw you where running SLI) but if you only have 300$ tops spend... then your choises become more obvious...

thore
 
manny_17 said:
in reviews people say the gpu fan on the 7800GT is loud...
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I have an eVGA 7800GT CO (460MHz core) and I can't hear the fan over my medium-speed 120mm case fans. My system overall is pretty quiet for being completely air cooled.
 
manny_17 said:
What one should I go for?
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Both are quite capable performers. It really depends on price and preference.

What is your gut feeling towards both cards with respect to those?

Do you know what each card offers independently of one another? Have you read reviews and seen screenshots from each card to see what the image quality is like?
 
Either cards are good cards. nVidia has had its share of "shimmering" problems in certain games, so in pure image quality ATI usually wins against nVidia there. That said, in order to get the same performance of rival nVidia cards, it usually take s ATI about 4 to 5 months of driver releases. They're starting to get there with the X1800 series, though, so that's not much of problem as of right now.

Either way, I'd get whichever one looks best to you. Personally, I'd go for the X1800XL but that's because I've stuck with ATI for so long. If you want to go SLI or Crossfire in the future then I'd go for an nVidia card because SLI always seemed better to me than Crossfire... no dongles or anyting to mess with.
 
I would go X1800XL even if it is a bit slower...

The shimmering on my 6600GT drove me absolutely insane so the point I would just not play games...

But in the case of prices.. the 7800GT is faster marginally, and it comes with Quake 4..

And I can tell you this, I just got Quake 4 today from my Girlfriend for Christmas and it's an awesome game! Well.. just the multiplayer.. single player is too similar to Doom 3.
 
manny_17 said:
I dont want slow... I want fast and quiet!!
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It's not a slow card.. it's still very fast.. just not that few FPS the 7800GT has...

Just remember to not come crying to us ATi guys when you complain about shimmering/moire if your card happens to have it.
 
manny_17 said:
im getting a sweet deal on the eVGA 7800GT CO for less then $400 (CDN$)
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Right on! Can't pass up a deal like that, no matter if it's NV or ATI.
 
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