Immolation wrote (View Post):
You can actually get a saphire 4890 with 1GB of memory off of newegg for less than 200 dollars. ATI and Saphire haven't failed me yet. Never been a big fan of Nvidia because I find systems with those cards tend to have more problems later on... but that could just be me.
I think it's just you. Nvidia seem to have issue in the mobile market, but their desktop cards always work great. I've always stayed away from ATi cards as much as possible.
Strand what size is your monitor?
Its only a 17inch, but I plan on upgrading the monitory and the card within the same time frame, this is the monitor im looking at
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4942567&CatId=4420
I think it will make a huge difference when I play games and I also watch ALOT of movies on my computer so it will serve as a tv of sorts as well, I read alot of reviews for LCD monitors at that size and price range and that one is pretty much standing alone in terms of user satisfaction.