Wanna help me pick a new video card?

[Justin]

I need a new video card to play COD4 2. It also needs to have dual digital outs. My Current card has one digital and one analog.

I'm not wanting to spend more than 200 but I can be convinced if its worth it, I suppose.

Really just looking at getting the best value for my money, I rarely buy new video cards and I definitely don't try and keep up with the latest hardware. Just something nice that'll do for the next few years.


Thanks!!!!

 

[BrandonW]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130514

 

[Kai]

What interface is this for? AGP or PCIe? What are the rest of the system specs? No point in spending $200 on a graphics card, only to find out that the CPU and motherboard are a bottleneck.

 

[whitemike]

Well what's the rest of your system specs?

 

[soundslikesemi87]

If your psu can handle it, just get an 8800gts. The one with the g92 core is pretty much a 9800gt just cheaper. You can find these on ebay or craigslist for less than $100. I have the older 8800gts, which is slower, but I'm playing MW2 maxed on 1440x900 res.

 

[Poodles]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130514

Exact card I have and I love it. Not sure if it will have the power to run MW2 at max though...

 

[Shaz]

Value for money dictates that price vs. performance winner at the moment is ATi.

4870/4850 cards are pretty cheap at the moment.

 

[wiseco7mgt]

How about a Ati Hd 4890 or the Hd 5770? Both should be under the $200 mark. The 5770 offers full Directx 11 support so should be good for a little while longer. What ecu are you running?

 

[SupraMario]

What interface is this for? AGP or PCIe? What are the rest of the system specs? No point in spending $200 on a graphics card, only to find out that the CPU and motherboard are a bottleneck.

This is the only thing right now, we need. The rest of the stuff posted after kai's post is pointless guys.

 

[Justin]

What interface is this for? AGP or PCIe? What are the rest of the system specs? No point in spending $200 on a graphics card, only to find out that the CPU and motherboard are a bottleneck.

PCIe

AMD x2 4400
2 gigs memory
MB: ASRock 939Dual-Sata2


I'm considering upgrading soon though, the rest of my system is getting a little old

 

[Kai]

Wouldn't bother with anything of the Radeon HD4xx0 or 5xx0 series - Socket 939 is DDR1, and an x2 4400 would be a bottleneck. A Radeon HD3870, or a GeForce 8800GT would be about the limit.

 

[SupraMario]

I've got the 3870 in one of my older PCs it's still rockin games to death.
The 8800gt is an ok card, I would suggest the 3870 though.

 

[Kai]

8800GT is faster than the 3870 in certain apps.

 

[SupraMario]

8800GT is faster than the 3870 in certain apps.

Certain apps...keyword. :biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:
I had a 8800GT and I got better frames with all my games with the 3870.

Either or, I'm betting the improvement is going to be drastically better than his card he has now, lol.

 

[whitemike]

I'm running a GTX 280 and I'm in love. Any game I play, i max out, and it runs smooth as butter.

 

[Justin]

Kai, the reason I mentioned I was planning on upgrading the rest of my system is I would rather spend the extra money on a card that may be limited due to my current system than buy a card which will limit my new system. Does that make sense?

 

[Kai]

Right - well then an HD4870 would be fine.

 

[Poodles]

Too bad ATI's drivers suck ass...

 

[SupraMario]

Too bad ATI's drivers suck ass...

This is why I like AtI but I'm still an Nvidia fanboi. :biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:

 

[Poodles]

Nvidia here as well. I've run both and I'm not a "fanboy" as people try to classify me (though I am partial to EVGA)

Used to like AMD as well, but currently Intel is dominating them for the price point, hence I run a C2D. I run an EVGA nForce 750i SLI board and EVGA GTS250 as the nForce chipsets are very mature and stable, and there are certain features in nvidia and EVGA's products that i really like (Digital Vibrance and EBGA Precision to name a few).