I need to replace my x1600xt, and I'm a poor college student so I have about $120 to spend. My other specs are c2d 2160 @2.8ghz, and 2gb of ram. I do have a decent 500 wattfsb psu with 36a on 2 12v rails. If there is a power hungry bargain card. I just want to play Crysis, HG:L, and UT3 very well on my 27 in lcd tv @1366x768.Thanks guys
I'd go with a MSI 8600GT 256MB. You'll probably get mostly high and some medium, judging by how the beta plays on my machine.
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I would reccomend that, but Crysis will probably play better on Nvidia cards. I might suggest waiting for benchmarks of the demo before buying. That way, you'd also have more money after saving up. Demo comes out on the 25th.
It uses a lot of power and generates a lot of heat. You're covered for power, but I have no idea about your cooling. Either the X1950Pro or the 8600GT would perform better, though.
[QUOTE="animan419"]What about an x1900gt for $89?kodex1717
It uses a lot of power and generates a lot of heat. You're covered for power, but I have no idea about your cooling. Either the X1950Pro or the 8600GT would perform better, though.
Nay, even if it did produce a lot of heat with the money he saved (so around $25?) he could buy an aftermarket cooler for the card and then be able to oc too :D
You get pretty good performance with the X1950pro or 7900GS, but I'd wait if I was you... if you can wait until the 4th quarter when the new 9 series cards come out, we'll see some nice price drops.
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