new graphics card...whats your opinion?

lem02 · 12-03-2005, 04:58 AM

hi im looking to buy a new graphics card and i would like to know what you guys think the best one is. I do play quite a bit pf games and i have just found out my geforce2 mx400 cant play farcry....and im pissed off.
Money is no concern by the way...
Thanx
Lem02

sonicolin · 12-03-2005, 06:07 AM

the answer to ur question is simple
buy nvideo gforce fx 5500 or higher as u say money no object
it the also depends on ur processor couse intel cannt cope with games so well as amd

ShinjiML · 12-03-2005, 08:31 AM

Good mid-range cards would be the ATI X700 or GeForce 6600 series, these come at about $100-150. Since money is not an issue, if you want to step it up, you can choose from the ATI X800 ($200-400) , GeForce 6800 ($200-$300), or GeForce 7800 ($300-400), of course there are other options, but these seem to be the more popular gaming cards.

ebackhus · 12-03-2005, 10:41 AM

Can you post your system specs, please? It's hard to make a suggestion without knowing what it'll work with. There are also some dependencies that will limit what can be looked at.

Luk07 · 12-03-2005, 12:03 PM

well if your motherboard supports agp8x which it probably does then get something like a 6800GT very nice card that will run any game you throw at it, i no because i have 6600GT and that can run anything pretty well so a 6800GT will probably set you up for atleast another year. Anything higher than a 6800GT e.g. a geforce 7 i would recommend gettin a new motherboard with PCI Express on it, thats my two cents ;-)

**gamerman0203** · 12-14-2005, 12:46 PM

All of those are good cards (except the ATI's that were listed) j/king, more of a Geforce fan, but ATI's are good. 7800's will be your best bet if you have a pcie slot.

p.s. farcry isn't all that great....in my opinion of course!

BabyShambles · 12-15-2005, 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gamerman0203

p.s. farcry isn't all that great....in my opinion of course!

I agree, but it looks dam sexy, especially the gorgeous beach setting.

ZDarryl · 12-15-2005, 05:46 PM

I personally liked FarCry a lot on my AIW X800XT and my mobile XP-2400+ @ 2450 MHz!

I thought the binoculars that sense opponents was cool, the thermal vision was awesome and very necessary in many cases. And it was cool how you had to use object in the environment to do things. Like shooting a chain to make a contatiner partially fall to become a ramp, or pushing boxes to help you jump over something tall.

Very cool game!!

AIW X800XT is my vote. He definitely doesn't have pcie since he is currently using a AGP Geforce MX400

12-03-2005, 04:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
lem02 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 55 OS: XP	new graphics card...whats your opinion? hi im looking to buy a new graphics card and i would like to know what you guys think the best one is. I do play quite a bit pf games and i have just found out my geforce2 mx400 cant play farcry....and im pissed off. Money is no concern by the way... Thanx Lem02

12-03-2005, 10:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,303 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Can you post your system specs, please? It's hard to make a suggestion without knowing what it'll work with. There are also some dependencies that will limit what can be looked at. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

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Luk07 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK Posts: 447 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 My System	well if your motherboard supports agp8x which it probably does then get something like a 6800GT very nice card that will run any game you throw at it, i no because i have 6600GT and that can run anything pretty well so a 6800GT will probably set you up for atleast another year. Anything higher than a 6800GT e.g. a geforce 7 i would recommend gettin a new motherboard with PCI Express on it, thats my two cents ;-) __________________ It's all fun and games until the monkey craps on the carpet! I've got your nose Mr. Anderson and i intend to keep it!

12-14-2005, 12:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
gamerman0203 Retired Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 2,144 OS: XP MCE, Ubuntu Gutsy My System	good cards All of those are good cards (except the ATI's that were listed) j/king, more of a Geforce fan, but ATI's are good. 7800's will be your best bet if you have a pcie slot. p.s. farcry isn't all that great....in my opinion of course! __________________ Follow These Steps First! CPU-Z \| SensorView \| WinXP Clean Boot \| Latest DirectX \| ATI Catalyst \| Nvidia ForceWare Posting System Specifications

12-15-2005, 05:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
ZDarryl Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 256 OS: XP Pro SP2 My System	I personally liked FarCry a lot on my AIW X800XT and my mobile XP-2400+ @ 2450 MHz! I thought the binoculars that sense opponents was cool, the thermal vision was awesome and very necessary in many cases. And it was cool how you had to use object in the environment to do things. Like shooting a chain to make a contatiner partially fall to become a ramp, or pushing boxes to help you jump over something tall. Very cool game!! AIW X800XT is my vote. He definitely doesn't have pcie since he is currently using a AGP Geforce MX400 __________________ 35W Mobile XP2400+(IQYHA Stepping) @ 210x11.5=2415 @ 1.8V w/ Thermalright SP-97 Heatsink \| ABIT NF7-S Rev 2 \| 1GB Dual Channel GeIL Ultra PC4000 @ 2-4-4-7 \| AIW X800XT \| Audigy 2 ZS \| 160GB SATA, 200GB IDE, 250GB USB \| 5 LED Case Fans \| Enermax 470W PSU Spywareblaster \| ScreenShot Program 5655 3DMark05 \| 10784 3DMark03 \| 20978 3DMark01 \|

12-03-2005, 06:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
sonicolin Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: salisbury Posts: 37 OS: xp professional	the answer to ur question is simple buy nvideo gforce fx 5500 or higher as u say money no object it the also depends on ur processor couse intel cannt cope with games so well as amd

12-03-2005, 08:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
ShinjiML Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 19 OS: XP	Good mid-range cards would be the ATI X700 or GeForce 6600 series, these come at about $100-150. Since money is not an issue, if you want to step it up, you can choose from the ATI X800 ($200-400) , GeForce 6800 ($200-$300), or GeForce 7800 ($300-400), of course there are other options, but these seem to be the more popular gaming cards.