Best video card for system

[Armand-[79th]]

BTW.. the standard 7800GS sucks bad.
Worse than a 6800 chip.. should get the Golden Sample one, which brand was that again??
There was one reviewed in Custom PC, last months I think..
It's a full 7800 chip rather than the cutdown GS version.
20 pixel pipes & 16 ROPs, rather than 16 pipes & 8 ROPs.

Just shop around for a good price.

[NuclearCrap]

BTW.. the standard 7800GS sucks bad.
Worse than a 6800 chip.. should get the Golden Sample one, which brand was that again??
There was one reviewed in Custom PC, last months I think..
It's a full 7800 chip rather than the cutdown GS version.
20 pixel pipes & 16 ROPs, rather than 16 pipes & 8 ROPs.

Just shop around for a good price.

Golden Sample is by Gainward, and apparently 7800-series is outta his price range.

[2ndclasscitizen]

Yeah, ~$450-500AUD is a bit too much

[2ndclasscitizen]

What about this? It's an ATi X800 GTO 256MB DDR3 AGP 8X

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....MakeTrack=true

[NuclearCrap]

What about this? It's an ATi X800 GTO 256MB DDR3 AGP 8X

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....MakeTrack=true

If you were to get an ATi then I would recommend a X850, but then the 6800GS would work better on newer games. The X800GTO competes with the lower-end 8-pipe 6800XT and loses to it.

[2ndclasscitizen]

Would this be better than my current 9200 SE 128mb card?

ATI Radeon 9550 128Mb AGP 8x/4x GPU
Core Clock: 250MHz
Memory Clock: 400MHz
Onboard Memory: 128 Mb
AGP 8x/4x compatible
Windows XP, Me, 98, 2000 compatible
DirectX9.0, OpenGL compatible
RGB, DVI-I, TV-Out, S-VID Out
Fanless heatsink
Colour: Red

[Matra et Alpine]

Probably not a lot in frame rate but sligth improvement in image quality ( SM2 ) and games support.

But may not have a very long "life"

See http://apps.ati.com/ATIcompare/ if you want to see some specs ( but sadly no benchmanrks )

EDIT: Ah, the 'new' card isn't the SE version, so you 'll get about 50% faster fill rates IIRC. That'll be noticable in improved frame rate for most games. Still worry that you're liekly to be stuck when you want to go Vista or "next gen" game.

[2ndclasscitizen]

Not really a problem, the only game I really ever play on the compy is Desert Combat

[Zytek_Fan]

Get a 7600GS AGP