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Corbin

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Ive stumbled upon luck and my friend's Nvidia BFG 6200 just died and I'm selling him the 8600gt (the one in my sig) to him. So I need a new video card. I game at 1680-1050 and play any games from CoD4, to WoW, to the orange box games. I'd like to play some of the future games such as Kotor 3, Fallout 3, and spore. What would be a good card for me? I want to get it from newegg preferably and have it be 120$ or lower (after rebate) Nvidia or ATI.
 
if you are firm on the $120 budget then there are several 8800gt models for that price on Newegg.
 
cannondale06 said:
if you are firm on the $120 budget then there are several 8800gt models for that price on Newegg.
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QFT. If you can go a little higher I would recommend a 4850, but if you're stuck at $120 or less, an 8800GT would be the best you could do.
 
I'm so tired...I read that you were lucky because your friend died, but it was his video card that died.

8800GT was a good buy at 200-250 dollars when it was first released and it's still a good buy (not at 200 dollars though, but the price has dropped since then)
 
dagas said:
I'm so tired...I read that you were lucky because your friend died, but it was his video card that died.
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lol no he's still alive. he's the reason I can buy a new video card :p

and I'll be sure to get an 8800gt model not a gs
 
Zero82z said:
Make sure you get the 512MB GT as well.
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YES. please stay away from the butchered 8800gtg 256mb. that is one of the dumbest Nvidia cards ever made. if you ever see a sig that shows two 8800gt 256mb in sli then please ignore anything that person says.
 
Corbin said:
yea i know 512mb. im not going near a 256mb lol
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If only you had an extra $70 then you could get a 4850. Free AA baby.

Anyhow, I also had a 8800GT fantastic card but I didn't have the CPU to back it.
 
CptFalcon said:
If only you had an extra $70 then you could get a 4850. Free AA baby.

Anyhow, I also had a 8800GT fantastic card but I didn't have the CPU to back it.
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we are going to have to get you a video card price list mister. lol. the 4850 is only about $30-$40 more. ;)
 
I have the 8800gt 256mb BUT I don't do anything intensive. I mostly play DOD 1.3, photoshop stuff and forum hop. I plan on upgrading my rig around the first of the year, and getting a real video card ;)

if you're playing 4 year old games, it's not a bad card.. crippled, yes. terrible, not really but probably for newer games.
 
stain. said:
I have the 8800gt 256mb BUT I don't do anything intensive. I mostly play DOD 1.3, photoshop stuff and forum hop. I plan on upgrading my rig around the first of the year, and getting a real video card ;)

if you're playing 4 year old games, it's not a bad card.. crippled, yes. terrible, not really but probably for newer games.
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well put it like this. if you can play it on a 8800gt 256mb sli setup then you you can play it on a single 8800gt 256mb. the whole point of sli is to increase the settings and resolution. with Nvidias poor video ram management(compared to ATI) having only 256mb will NOT allow you to crank up settings or res. a single 8800gt 512mb or 9600gt will easily beat a 8800gt 256mb sli setup at 1280 or higher in modern games.
 
cannondale06 said:
well put it like this. if you can play it on a 8800gt 256mb sli setup then you you can play it on a single 8800gt 256mb. the whole point of sli is to increase the settings and resolution. with Nvidias poor video ram management(compared to ATI) having only 256mb will NOT allow you to crank up settings or res. a single 8800gt 512mb or 9600gt will easily beat a 8800gt 256mb sli setup at 1280 or higher in modern games.
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That is true, the only issues I've experienced with my GPU is it stutters/dropps FPS on parts of CoD4. I game at 1680x
 
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