What video card should i buy?

Arnivarez · 03-04-2006, 04:19 PM

Hello,

Im in a bit of a hole, i was going to buy a Sapphire Radeon X800 GT for $184.95 (CDN) but now i hear of people having problems with that card, is there any other card i can get for or under the same price that i won't have problems with?

I'm buying the card from here --> www.memoryexpress.com

My Motherboard is an MSI Amethyst-M with a PCI-E Video slot

With the card im also trying to buy a 430 Watt Power supply from Antec for $80 CDN, because the one i have right now is only 230 Watts

Thanks.

**forcifer** · 03-04-2006, 05:32 PM

i would look at something like the 6600gt series from the prices i saw. geforce seems to always be better then raedon for me

DR.Death · 03-04-2006, 05:48 PM

the best video card would be the 6800 GS it is a little more but a better card
it would cost u 250$ CDN
http://www.memoryexpress.com/index.p...ctID=6746&SID=
or u could get a x 800 gto2 fireblade for 199$cdn
http://www.memoryexpress.com/index.p...ctID=6965&SID=

Arnivarez · 03-04-2006, 09:04 PM

In reply to #2

That series does look good but i'd personally like to stay on the Radeon side of things. My cousin had a horrable experiance with Nvidia, and there tech support decided not to help him, and me, being an idiot, will probally run into problems.

In reply to #3

Both those cards look like they will give great performance but they are still both a little high, im trying to buy a 430Watt power supply, 1GB of RAM and a video card on $400 CDN, i would definetly go with that x 800 gto2 fireblade if i could fit in into the budget, i cannot go any higher than $400 for all 3 of those items though.

DR.Death · 03-05-2006, 07:09 AM

i have found you a cheeper x800 gt it is only 147.00 cdn and that is the chepest card i can find at the this time
and if you want sites to buy stuff off of i can give u some

http://www.canadacomputers.com/index...37&cid=999.243

03-04-2006, 04:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Arnivarez Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Alberta, Canada. Posts: 34 OS: Windows XP Home My System	What video card should i buy? Hello, Im in a bit of a hole, i was going to buy a Sapphire Radeon X800 GT for $184.95 (CDN) but now i hear of people having problems with that card, is there any other card i can get for or under the same price that i won't have problems with? I'm buying the card from here --> www.memoryexpress.com My Motherboard is an MSI Amethyst-M with a PCI-E Video slot With the card im also trying to buy a 430 Watt Power supply from Antec for $80 CDN, because the one i have right now is only 230 Watts Thanks.

03-04-2006, 05:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
forcifer ole' Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas City kansas Posts: 3,631 OS: Vista Premium 32 My System Blog Entries: 1	i would look at something like the 6600gt series from the prices i saw. geforce seems to always be better then raedon for me __________________

03-04-2006, 05:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
DR.Death Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 20 OS: XP Pro	the best video card would be the 6800 GS it is a little more but a better card it would cost u 250$ CDN http://www.memoryexpress.com/index.p...ctID=6746&SID= or u could get a x 800 gto2 fireblade for 199$cdn http://www.memoryexpress.com/index.p...ctID=6965&SID= Last edited by DR.Death; 03-04-2006 at 05:50 PM.

03-04-2006, 09:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
Arnivarez Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Alberta, Canada. Posts: 34 OS: Windows XP Home My System	In reply to #2 That series does look good but i'd personally like to stay on the Radeon side of things. My cousin had a horrable experiance with Nvidia, and there tech support decided not to help him, and me, being an idiot, will probally run into problems. In reply to #3 Both those cards look like they will give great performance but they are still both a little high, im trying to buy a 430Watt power supply, 1GB of RAM and a video card on $400 CDN, i would definetly go with that x 800 gto2 fireblade if i could fit in into the budget, i cannot go any higher than $400 for all 3 of those items though. Last edited by Arnivarez; 03-04-2006 at 09:06 PM.

03-05-2006, 07:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
DR.Death Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 20 OS: XP Pro	i have found you a cheeper x800 gt it is only 147.00 cdn and that is the chepest card i can find at the this time and if you want sites to buy stuff off of i can give u some http://www.canadacomputers.com/index...37&cid=999.243