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Video Card Recommedation

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Artanis

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I'm trying to decide on a new video card, but I haven't really been keeping up with them much lately. My trusty old 9800gt died yesterday and after loosing my 285 a year or so back, I want to get something decent to replace it with. My budget is $150-200ish, my last semester of college is starting again here soon and I don't want to spend too much. I would like a card with at least 1 display port, one of my monitors supports it and I would love to go to 3 monitors. (22" and 24"'s)

I am thinking of this card here:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150521

I am also looking at 560's but those don't support more than 2 monitors if i'm not mistaken.

Any thoughts on the AMD card there? I haven't bought a AMD card as my main GPU before. If you have any other recommendations, i'm open ears.
 
Buy a used 6950, especially one that unlocks to 6970 shaders. People sell them all the time on here for around $150 or a little more. I bought a used one on here last week for $130 and one a couple months ago on another forum for $150.
 
I have had really bad luck buying used stuff, would rather stick to new if I can help it.
 
At this budget pay an extra 20$ and watch your computer max games out.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-NA-_-NA

gtx 480's run hot as shit. but they were made to operate at high temperatures. buy this and you will not be sorry.

unfortunately it does not support 3 monitors you will have to look for AMD cards for that.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102987

^ this isnt a bad deal but if you plan on gaming with 3 monitors you will be unhappy with the performance.
 
The 6950 is your best bet for running 3 screens at your listed price range. I was able to run 3 23" 1080p displays with my 6950, without AA of course.
 
Thanks guys, I found a 6950 2gb for a decent price. I don't really want to game on 3, although racing games might be fun....However, do I do intend to work on 3.
 
Artanis said:
I'm trying to decide on a new video card, but I haven't really been keeping up with them much lately. My trusty old 9800gt died yesterday and after loosing my 285 a year or so back, I want to get something decent to replace it with. My budget is $150-200ish, my last semester of college is starting again here soon and I don't want to spend too much. I would like a card with at least 1 display port, one of my monitors supports it and I would love to go to 3 monitors. (22" and 24"'s)

I am thinking of this card here:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150521

I am also looking at 560's but those don't support more than 2 monitors if i'm not mistaken.

Any thoughts on the AMD card there? I haven't bought a AMD card as my main GPU before. If you have any other recommendations, i'm open ears.
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6950 2GB for $199.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102987

That's what I would get. I wouldn't think about a 1GB video card now.
 
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