fildien

Ok so I'm in the market for a better video card. I have an 8600GT at the moment and it's "ok" but just ok. I know if I intend to play WAR or even AoC I might want to invest in something better. After much looking and reading I think I have determined that my Dell is a 2.0 slot. The ASUS TOP and MSI are really my 2 favorites so far based on what little research I've done on the web.... also can anyone give a really good argument for why 1GB is so much better than 512MB? I see allot of people say it's just not necessary and the performance isn't significant enough to justify the cost so opinions please

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121220&Tpk=Asus%2bEN880 0GT%2bTOP

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127329

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814134035

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130359

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133205

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Malse

If you're buying a new card you may as well buy the one that will last you the longest, so why not go 1G?

I have an 8800 GTX with 320 from last year and have no appreciable issues with it, although I don't play many games anymore, it runs Call of Duty 4 just fine at 1600x950 except on maps with lots of water (had to turn off a few features .. couldn't tell the difference afterwards other than it went from 8 to 45 fps), that's the only comparision point I can think of. I generally look for the "knee" in the price curve and buy whatever is newest there.

fildien

That's my usual line of thinking but if just having it to have it is the only reason I see no reason to get it. I guess I'm looking for a technical compelling reason

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Kanyli

This is the card I've been thinking of: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102733 It's right on the bend for ATI cards.

I'm still researching and trying to decide if I want to spend what it would cost to build a new gaming system, but part of my thinking is that any increase in performance is going to be worthwhile, and I'm seeing more and more games come up with a minimum video recommendation of 512.

Any reason you stuck with Geforce cards? I'll freely admit I haven't done a recent comparison between the two companies.

Malse

I've tried two ATI cards over the years and they never worked quite right. Totally anecdotal evidence on a subject I don't care enough about to perform rigorous thought.

fildien

I just have a preference to nVidia and not ATI, it's one of those things I established about 10 years ago. I've always had good luck with nVidia cards, not so much with ATI.

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Sanchek

My experience with nvidia and Vista has been relatively abysmal, for what it's worth.

I think they hired a fifth grader to write their x64 drivers.

Malse

You leave Timmy alone, doing crayon to RGB mapping is hard.

Kanyli

I think everyone is the same way. I used to swear by nvidia, until I bought an ATI card on sale. It's worked so well that now I have a weird aversion to nvidia.

Sanchek

Just don't forget to cut it to size: http://www.photobasement.com/nvidia-7800-wont-work/