graphics cards

[Night Slayer]

ight, ive been looking at graphics cards. ive noticed the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 and the ATI Radeon? HD 4870 X2 are both are pretty pricey. yet i need to find the best of the best for not too mutch of a price.

 

[HardHat]

What's your budget?
What games do you play?
What resolution are you playing at?
What are the rest of your pc specs?

Can't help you if you dont give more info.

 

[GTghost]

Samething as hardhat, but what kind of monitor do you have?

 

[suntzuEDITED]

ROFL

yet i need to find the best of the best for not too mutch of a price.

Let me tell you, won't ever find that

 

[Skeletor]

I love my nvidia 280 GTX

 

[Night Slayer]

lol what ever i can get my parents to get me, and my specs are:
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 3326MB RAM
Hard Drive: 483 GB
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 2400
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Sound Card: Speakers / Headphones (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC)
Speakers/Headphones:
Keyboard: USB Root Hub
Mouse: USB Root Hub
Mouse Surface:
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.071023-1545)
Motherboard:
Computer Case:

what ever res i do, lol i cant remember.

farcry 2, crysis, css, insurgentcy, crossfire, combat arms, bf2, bfv, dfx,

 

[Night Slayer]

ROFL Let me tell you, won't ever find that

haha, i mean the best of the best, for a certain price.

 

[Ma$termind]

We still need a budget before we can help you. You can find your screen's resolution here.

 

[Night Slayer]

1280 X 1024 is my resolution lol, im usualy too lazy to look

and a budget, i will get that in a hour or so.

 

[Arn0t]

if anything, i would go with GTX 260

cheap card, good graphics

 

[Bruce*Lee]

I say get the 4890 x2

 

[HardHat]

It's a Dell, which means a PSU that's probably mediocre at best. Take off the side panel and check the amps and watts on the 12v rails. Are you using Vista x64? Or x86?

You're also playing at 1280 x 1024, still a CPU-bound resolution, which means anything above a HD4850 512MB, HD4870 512MB or GTS 250 will be a waste. You'll need at least 30amps on the 12v rails to power the HD4870. If your PSU has less, its a toss-up between the 4850 and GTS 250. Google for reviews comparing the two.

HIS HD4850 512 ($130) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161259

EVGA GTS 250 ($130) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130468

Sapphire HD4870 512 ($155) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161268

Try overclocking the Q6600 to around 3Ghz. At 1280 x 1024, you should gain a few extra frames per second.