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Dan3290

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I want to play games such as day of defeat source, hl2, bf2 and normal cs
seeing as i have no experience building a pc and dont have the time to i will be buying a premade system for around 1500-1600. I want to know what graphics card (s) people think work best into that budget for those games.
 
Depending on your budget PC motherboard you are probably going to want an ATI card since alot of those games will favor ATI.
 
whats the equal to the 7800 gt in ATI?
and whats the equal tot eh 7800gtx 256 in ATI?
Lastly does crossfire come in only the top of the line card, and what is that card?
 
Generally, the X1800XL matches up with the 7800GT. XL costs more, but OC's better.
To run with a GTX, you'll need an X1800XT, XT costs more but delivers higher IQ and OCs better, particularly if you're willing to install a different VGA BIOS (poke around in the ATI forum to learn more about it)

You can run X1600s in Crossfire without a MasterCard. To run X1800 cards inCcrossFire, you must acquire a MasterCard with the same amount of memory as your slave card, from the same series. MAster cards for X1800 are pretty scarce right now.
 
Doug nailed it.

One thing I'd like to note, in case you were curious, is that there is generally a significant noise difference between the nVidia 7800 series and ATI's x1800 series. As I understand it, the x1800 series coolers tend to be quite a bit louder than the 7800 series'. What can I say, quietness is important to me... ;)

When were you planning on purchasing your system? If I were you, I'd wait until later this month or possibly early February to see how ATI and (possibly) nVidia's new cards turn out. ATI's R580 and nVidia's new G71 will likely be a good deal faster than their current offerings. Even if you don't choose to purchase an R580 or G71 card, the prices on the cards currently out will probably drop.
 
DougLite said:
Generally, the X1800XL matches up with the 7800GT. XL costs more, but OC's better.
To run with a GTX, you'll need an X1800XT, XT costs more but delivers higher IQ and OCs better, particularly if you're willing to install a different VGA BIOS (poke around in the ATI forum to learn more about it)

You can run X1600s in Crossfire without a MasterCard. To run X1800 cards inCcrossFire, you must acquire a MasterCard with the same amount of memory as your slave card, from the same series. MAster cards for X1800 are pretty scarce right now.
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Nice post
 
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