Upgrading a 939 system

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bigjon32

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Alright, so currently I've got my socket 939 Athlon x2 4200+ running on an a board with AGP, an Abit AV8, running a 6800 (vanilla). My dad is looking to upgrade the P3 machine I built for him at his office years ago, as it is on it's last legs, and we figure that we'll just use my board, my old 3000+, along with some other parts I've got lying around to build him a new machine. This leaves me in the position to buy a new board and video card. I don't have money to go buy a 680i board and a core 2 duo and DDR2 ram or anything, and my processor is running everything fine for right now. I've pretty much settled on the Asus A8N-SLI Premium, since I've done a few builds for people based on it and like the quiet design. I've been trying to find the best sub-$200 card for this processor and board. I've been looking at the following cards, but I haven't been keeping up lately with the cards, so I need some advice on price to performance with them.

1. XFX 7900GS EXTREME

2. eVGA 7900GS KO

3. eVGA 7950GT

Is the 7950 worth it? I figure I can spend $200ish on the card, though I'd rather not spend that much.
 
edit: duh. you mean for you :D

I'd wait for the 8600ultra to come out.
 
For about 200 I would go for the X1950 Pro. Best bang for your buck and I bet it will hold you over until DX10 is mainstream.
 
Tutelary said:
edit: duh. you mean for you :D

I'd wait for the 8600ultra to come out.
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Any idea on how the 8600 Ultras are supposed to compare to the 7950GTs, aside from the whole DX10 thing? And yeah, I had totally forgotten that card was set to come out, thanks for the reminder.
 
out of those id choose 7950 hands down.. i hear of lots of defects with 7800-7900 and was fixed with 7950..
 
7950 all the way. add a zalman unit and some vmods and it will be very quick.

Have you considered the x1900 256mb? Loud but very fast.
 
Any card I get will have it's HSF replaced with either a Zalman or Arctic Cooler right away, I like things to be quiet and cool... I've used the vf700s and vf900s in plenty of builds, and I use the NV Silencer 5 on my 6800, which is silent and currently sitting at 47*. I've heard good things about the x1950/x1900 series, but would it be worth the wait to hold off a few months for the 8600 ultra? I've become partial to nVidia since I can't stand the ATI Drivers, but I'm not going to miss out on performance playing fan boy for nVidia. Thanks for your input.
 
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