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#1: Video card upgrade Author: UFANS,

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:40 pm
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Im looking into upgrading my video cards. Currently im running 8800gt sli. Looking for suggestions. Dont matter ATI or Nvidia. Will not be going with a SLI setup this time. Would like to stay within the $200-$300 range. Thanks.

#2: Re: Video card upgrade Author: Am3rica, Location: El Paso, Texas

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:52 pm
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I got the Nividia 9800 GT GeForce i know its not one of the best but it works well, you might have to upgrade the power supply if yours is a little under power for this video card also.

#3: Re: Video card upgrade Author: Luke, Location: Grand Rapids, MI

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:05 pm
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I really love the new Nividia 200 line. I have a 260 in my laptop and it runs amazingly well. I think its well worth the money.

GOA.Luke*BK*

#4: Re: Video card upgrade Author: UFANS,

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:11 pm
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150462

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143189&cm_re=nvidia_260-_-14-143-189-_-Product

Last upgrade was a couple years ago so im out of touch on what is a good deal. Power supply should be good, I think its a 650 watt 3 rail.

#5: Re: Video card upgrade Author: Stingray, Location: Arkansas

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:41 pm
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I like the GTX 260 but I would wait till the end of the month when the new cards come out from NVIDIA to see if the prices drop on the older cards. On the power supple it sound like it will do the job but with the GTX 260 I think it need 36 amp so you need to make sure your power supple put out 36 amp at 12 volt. Hope this helps. Here a review of a EVGA GTX 260 http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/13533-evga-gtx-260-core-216-55nm-superclocked-edition-video-card-review.html
Stingray

#6: Re: Video card upgrade Author: WannaB, Location: North Carolina

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:41 pm
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Well my current 260 is pretty overclocked and it cant run the game on the highest settings ( 1920x1080 ) without frame rates being around the 50's ( i cant stand it to be below 60 )

The 260 is a better card;

Then again a lot of people said that the newest driver doesn't even include a optimization fix for BC2.

This one is up in the air really; if you play at high resolutions then 260 all the way with the extra ram you'll def see a difference.

Like i said though the game still hasn't got its optimization patches yet.

#7: Re: Video card upgrade Author: UFANS,

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:51 pm
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I was wrong my supply is a 550. This is the supply I have, http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product1.php?Type=Mg==&id=NjE=. Would this work with a 260?

#8: Re: Video card upgrade Author: just-die, Location: wisconsin

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:04 pm
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i would go with the 5000 series ATI support for DX11 260 is DX10

#9: Re: Video card upgrade Author: WannaB, Location: North Carolina

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:10 pm
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Be prepared to spend a little more for a decent 5000 series ^_^

#10: Re: Video card upgrade Author: UFANS,

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:19 pm
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http://pcdirect.com/saatirahd57v.html

this one decent?

#11: Re: Video card upgrade Author: Stingray, Location: Arkansas

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 12:14 am
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Here a link to show the performance of the 5770 on COD WAW compared to other cards. Your power supple stat from the post you made fall short for the GTX 260 sorry about that. I found a BFG GTX 275 on clearance today at Best Buy of all place for only $214 most on line store still have them in the upper $200 range.

#12: Re: Video card upgrade Author: UFANS,

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 2:15 pm
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Went yesterday and got this card, http://pcdirect.com/saatirahd57v.html but think im taking is back for this one, http://pcdirect.com/saatirahd58v.html. Ran 3dmark 06 on both my SLI and the 5770 and the 5770 did score a couple hundred better than the 8800 setup. Played a little of BC2 last night with everything running as high as it would go and ran great. Running 1440x900 on the old setup I would see a little lag but with the 5770 smooth as silk. Looked at the power supply and it is a 42 amp supply. One thing I noticed was it seemed the load time in between maps was longer. Will post how the 5850 does compared to the 5770 and 8800's.

#13: Re: Video card upgrade Author: WannaB, Location: North Carolina

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 4:28 pm
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Just a friendly reminder that sapphire is an off brand company :)

Ive used one of there cards before to find it to only last about 6 months before articles started showing up.

#14: Re: Video card upgrade Author: Strand, Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 4:44 pm
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For Price & Performance I think the 4890 fits the bill. Its a bit stronger than the 260.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150438&cm_re=4890-_-14-150-438-_-Product

#15: Re: Video card upgrade Author: UFANS,

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 5:17 pm
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Got this one today, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121361&Tpk=eah5850 at a local shop for $10 more. Ran 3dmark06 and score was 1500 higher then the 5750. Think im going to stay with this one and then cross fire it when the price comes down. I will need to upgrade my motherboard and power supply when I do. Might as well add another 4gb of memory to boost it up to 8gb. Thanks for the help guys.

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