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R1NLP

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I'm finally updating my computer (after 4 years!) and could use some advice. I have $450 in Best Buy gift cards to use towards my video card. I was looking at the 9800gtx, but am unclear if this is my best choice out of what is available on their website. I've read up most of the cards available, but I'm still not sure how to proceed.

I would consider SLI, but I don't game at very high resolutions (1600x1200 max). My current card is a 6800GT so pretty much anything will be an improvement. I'd like to get the most performance for the money if possible, but I can only use the giftcards.

Any advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 
Well if you don't have desperate need, then I'd suggest that you wait for Geforce GTX 260 launch [June 18th].
 
Niceone said:
Well if you don't have desperate need, then I'd suggest that you wait for Geforce GTX 260 launch [June 18th].
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I've heard that the launch cards are likely to be in the high end $500-$600 range. As much as I would love to have something that beastly, my wife wouldn't be too happy.
 
R1NLP said:
I've heard that the launch cards are likely to be in the high end $500-$600 range. As much as I would love to have something that beastly, my wife wouldn't be too happy.
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GTX 280 is supposedly going to launch for $500, meaning the GTX 260 should launch for about $400 as the 8800GTS 640mb did back in November '06. Either way, they'll likely cause the price of the 9800GTX to drop meaning you might be able to grab two for SLI (and that does seem to help in games like Crysis in terms of actually turning-up settings as opposed to just firing-up the AA and rez).
 
Well GTX 280 will be on that range, but I'd believe that GTX 260 will land in your price range.
 
I'm in the same boat as you R1NLP, got the same 6800GT card and I can only play DOD Source on medium to high settings. I'm glad to hear that Nvidia is coming out with something new too. Maybe the prices on their other cards will drop some too. A single card solution is my plan since the highest resolution will be 1650 x 1050 (20" - 22" wide LCD).
 
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