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What Video Card?

links dont work for me.

you need to list ALL of your other specs including power supply and resolution you want to play at.
 
Sorry i left those out. I updated the links. Here are my specs:

Amd athlon II x4
8gb ram
2 hdd and 1 ssd
500 watt ocz psu
Win7

I play on 1366x768 tv or 1680x1050 monitor
 
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Which 500W OCZ PSU do you have?

As for the GPU, the HD 6850 is faster than the GTX 550 TI.
 
You cant go wrong with either really. GTX 460 is a good bang 4 buck as well as 6850. Even a 6770/5770 ive seen for $70AR many times lately, that is a lot of bang 4 buck as well. Depending on what resolutions you play at and what games you plan on playing, one of those might be plenty. I use a MSI hawk 5770 which I bought used off the forum for $60. A lot of bang 4 buck there.

The GTX 550ti is a good card as well, but it would have to be had around the $70-80AR price range because those are on par with performance of a 6770/5770. I have seen a few on sale for that price recently but, I dont think any at the moment.

And of course they are all a million light years better than a geforce 210 lol. That thing is worse than integrated IGP graphics.
 
I decided to go with a radeon because they come with free game(s)...This is hard, is the 7850 worth the extra 40 bucks???

Oh make that an extra $125 bucks... not going to spend that much :)

How about is the 6850 worth the extra $40 over the 6750?
 
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jfnirvana292 said:
I decided to go with a radeon because they come with free game(s)...This is hard, is the 7850 worth the extra 40 bucks???

Oh make that an extra $125 bucks... not going to spend that much :)

How about is the 6850 worth the extra $40 over the 6750?
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It comes down to what you plan to do and what resolutions you play at. If you play at lower reses generally and dont need max settings. I personally play at fairly low resolutions(1280x800 I think is the 16:10 res) and never max details so, I run a 5770 I got for $60 and it does everything I need.

Is the 6850 worth $40 more, well, probably yes. Remember, a 6850 is faster than a 6770, not that much faster but somewhat. And a 6770 is faster than a 6750, so If you play at higher resolutions and more demanding games, you might want to just go with the 6850. If youre willing to play at lower resolutions and non-demanding games, go for the cheaper card.

Be careful because I have seen 6870's on sale lately for almost the same price 6850's sell for. Ive seen a handful of 6870's for $130-$140 or so lately. Which might make buying a 6850 pointless since they sell for almost the same price.
 
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