help choosing vid card

[blk03MitsuES]

fellas, i need your help choosing a vid card. some useful stuff

budget: 100 shipped to 92507
SLI: not required but it's a plus
Dual monitor: must
NVIDIA

i found these from newegg...

EVGA
256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130062)

XFX
PVT73GUGF3 GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150185)

BFG
BFGE85256GTE GeForce 8500GT 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143104)

two dx9 and a dx10. i'm not creating a monster/gaming rig either so i dont really need the 8800's. most of the games i play are racing games from the "need for speed" series and/or kind of old FPS and age of empire type of games.

i'm having the hardest time at choosing the card because of the DX10 and DX9 thing. i provably wont be using Vista so DX10 isnt required but i dunno if i should get a dx9 card.

hopefully i gave you enough info to help me choose, if you guys have another card in mind that will meet the budget, please let me know thanks.

[Ap1thy]

i higly reccommend shelling out $5 more for this 8600gt by xfx

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150265

otherwise go for one of the 7600gt's

[blk03MitsuES]

well here's the difference with shipping and taxes..

XFX 8600 $113.08
EVGA 7600 $102.35 - $10 MIR = $92.35
XFX 7600 $100.21 - $20 MIR = $80.21
BFG 8500 $85.79

[Spawn-Inc]

well here's the difference with shipping and taxes..

XFX 8600 $113.08
EVGA 7600 $102.35 - $10 MIR = $92.35
XFX 7600 $100.21 - $20 MIR = $80.21
BFG 8500 $85.79

i would first get the 8600gt but failing that grab the 8500gt, it can handle crysis on medium, so should you want to try a new game you can.

[.Maleficus.]

i would first get the 8600gt but failing that grab the 8500gt, it can handle crysis on medium, so should you want to try a new game you can.
+1 to that response.

[blk03MitsuES]

well.... i guess i'll start begging my wife for the extra 20 bucks or so to get the 8600......is there another 8600 card thats a little bit better for a couple extra bucks?

[Spawn-Inc]

i like my eVGA 8600GT superclocked, with a bit of volt modding i have the third best 3d mark score on eVGA's mod rig contest (http://www.evga.com/community/ModsRigs/).

here (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048%2050001402%201305520548%20106791921%2 01067928607&bop=And&CompareItemList=N82E16814130085%2CN82E16814130091% 2CN82E16814130311%2CN82E16814130290%2CN82E16814130 292) are all the eVGA 8600gt cards ranging from SC, SSC, 256mb ad 512.

if i can save up the cash i might get a second one and go sli and try for first place.

also you can do a step up to a better card should you fall into some money within 90 days.

[BerticusPryme]

I got 2x512mb 8600gt in sli and I oculdnt be happier. They carry themselves quite well.

[blk03MitsuES]

well i had to go with the XFX 7600gt..............gonna get 20 bucks back so i'll just need another 80 bucks or so to buy a second and sli them..... quick question, what's this HDPC Ready thing that other cards say.....one of the reviews complained that their card wasnt hdpc ready and couldnt see dvd video or something like that...

[NightrainSrt4]

i like my eVGA 8600GT superclocked, with a bit of volt modding i have the third best 3d mark score on eVGA's mod rig contest (http://www.evga.com/community/ModsRigs/).


Dude, the guy above you only is higher because of his cpu pretty much. The first place person is only up there because he's running in sli. Good job dude. If it was all about the gpu, id have you ranked #1.



To OP. The 7600Gt is a decent card. My old system had 2 7600gs in it and ran ~5000 in 3dmark06. The GT is substantially faster than the GS so it should do well for you for current games. New ones it will struggle, even in sli, but hey, so does dual 8800's lol.

[blk03MitsuES]

i meant to say HDCP Ready........ anybody know whats that about?

[The boy 4rm oz]

Shell out the extra and get an 8800GTS or if you can the GT.

EDIT: This should answer your question about HDCP ready.
http://dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=59736

[Spawn-Inc]

Dude, the guy above you only is higher because of his cpu pretty much. The first place person is only up there because he's running in sli. Good job dude. If it was all about the gpu, id have you ranked #1.


thanks :) once i get a better cpu i will probably get a better score than some of the lower ranked GTS users hehe.

[Ap1thy]

the 2x7600s should get some decent performance. be about on par with a 7950gt or a x1900xtx

[The boy 4rm oz]

Then it's worth just getting a 7950GT, they are fairly cheap cards and it still gives you room to get another later down the track.