Hey I need some opinions on a good video card

Raybay you should definitely be more specific. Especially when addressing hardware specifically th models not the price range. Statements that are general are more likely to be disregarded, regardless of who makes them. PC videocards is something I am not experienced with but through research and talking to plenty of people who have experience, Nvidia seems to be the current champ in Video cards as far as graphics and compatability is concerned. Also when you purchase hardware, Warranty's help protect investmets as long as you dont overclock components which will void manufactures warrantys. Other than that Nvidia has great reviews for their products.

Well nVidia is good, I used them alot in my machines but ATI is more cheaper and still has the same power as the other cards

Plus the R600 ( as I said befor ) is going to kick the 8800 in the balls lol

Forget all this, since intel is going to release a better CPU-Quad core 3Ghz, http://www.techspot.com/news/24962-intel-to-give-quad-core-cpus-1333mhz-fsb.html you know a supreme card is going to be made for this machine. The R600 price is up there with Nvidia's cards but i do believe that quality has its price. That of course my own opinion. If your budget is not supporting anything special then just buy a cheap Nvidia or ATI card that will play most PC games.

Like a FX5200! $90, runs most anything. This is AGP though, dunno if this model comes as PCI.

Another shot @ ATI, http://www.gamespot.com/features/61...topslot;title;1&om_act=convert&om_clk=topslot for those that dont want to spend next Gen console money on a video card

I didnt know people were still asking this

Dont Forget

Nvidia has released its 8600GT based cards and they are priced to sell.

However I have not read any reviews on these cards as of yet, however given the stout performance offered by other nVIDIA x6xx cards I would take a guess that these will please

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=nvidia 8600gt

Edit:

Actually it seems that nVIDA has released 2 nice 8600 revisions, the 8600GT and the GTS, the GTS giving better stats.

THE GTS HAS SUPER FAST 2000mhz GDDR3 memory !!! And also is priced to sell at right under or over $200 depending on the company.

Both cards look as if they are dressed to impress, however the GTS looks like one awesome card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=nvidia 8600gts

Even though these cards are priced comparably to ATI offerings that may be just as good, I feel spending the money on the 8600 series would be a wise investment due to the fact that they are DX10 capable.... And please no comments about the R600, it is no place to be found.....We are talking the here and now, not the maybe and could be....Until it is released and respectivley benchmarked and prooven to beat out all others, keep the speculation to a minimum

I think I'll try to get the 8800GTS (or even better, the 8900GTS). No 8600's for me

Not sure

I just read that review also, and then I read the review from tom's hardware.

Tom's isnt saying a whole lot better about the 8600 series however it did strongly point out that the drivers that they recieved from nVIDIA where also horrid. I think it said in there that they recieved the test cards a week before nvidia sent them the drivers, via the review it said somthing about the vista and xp dedicated drivers being rushed at the last second to meet the cards release....They said that they would like to wait for better driver support before they totally judge the cards.

However as is right now it isnt looking to good. Maybe better drivers will fix things, but maybe not. Only time will tell.....Going by both reviews, this will be the first time the x6xx series cards will fail to impress.

I concur with both replies. DX 10 cards as of the moment will cause frustration among many people, and develope a hate for which certain people who hate EA for the same reason because of rushed production. Toms hardware has alot of info on all of this which im too lazy too read @ the moment. All though the article clearly shows that Nvidia has the lead in good cards for their price. I would go with a DX 9 card and just wait about 2-4months to see what the deal is on these DX 10 cards and their compatability and drivers.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/04/17/geforce_8600/ -The article shady is talking about which I see why not exact quotes are taken, too Long.

If your running XP go with DX9 video cards, if Vista then DX10 is not a bad idea. What the best support is available for is DX9 and there is a wide range of prices and all the goodstuff. Anything better then the G4 series and you should be good. Heres a great link although long but shows love for both Nvidia and ATI http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/04/09/the_best_gaming_video_cards_for_the_money/ Thats only to help you in your decision making and process of elimination

The article I read on ExtremeTech covering the 8600GT SuperClocked Edition by eVGA and the XFX XXX Edition showed the X1950PRO outperforming the 8600 cards quite easily. But at least they're DX10-compatible, although I suspect that they wouldn't run Crysis too well if they can't match up to the X1950PRO. But I guess the DX10 API will work in a different way from DX9 so we might just see some performance gains in DX10 games with DX10-capable hardware.

Back to the original poster . You need to make sure that your computer can handle a new video card. Look at the guide in my signature and tell us, your system specs and specs for your power supply unit. Good Luck :wave: !

All you need to is make sure your mobo supports your GPU. If it does make the PSU much like he said ^^^...Can also support a powerful GPU. I would go with the GTS8800..forget the 8600 series...This card is weel worth it even though its a bit over your desired price expense!

Yeah, Nvidia 5200 is a prefer card for people who wants play call of duty and Counter Strike in motherboard with AGP Slots, for others games i suggest Nvidia 7300 or 7600 and if you want to buy the best, buy 8800 but here is the inconviniet, Are PCI Express.

You need to buy a new computer to support it, if you have an old mobo.

yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8600gt released a very good card with even better performance to price ratio

Not really. It's a poor performer compared to the X1950PRO in the same price range, although DX10 games may change that. It's too soon to tell.

yes mr rage ONLY TIME WILL TELL

I have an FX5200 and it runs games like COD2 just fine. The only game I have found it wont run well is Gothic 3, which I waited a couple of years for and when it came out my card wouldn't run it worth crap. If I turn the quality on low then it still runs semi choppy.

I meant for DX10 games. It still sucks at DX9 games though. So what's the point of shouting?

Waiting to get the 8800GTX...The 8600 i would not recommend it from the review i have seen so far. Time always tells we all know that, this is technology and DX10 games are not out yet neither are patches that upgrade them to DX10 so there is no point. Buy a DX9 card thats good *GTS8800*, http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2900230&CatId=1839

Even though i would prefer anything over 512mb because your going to need that space for C&C 3 and other games that i dont know about to run fairly good.