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foreverviet88
11-05-2009, 03:57 PM
my geforce 8800 gt recently crashed n burn and i was wondering whats a better graphic card for gaming ?
The Wise Monkey
11-05-2009, 05:59 PM
What is your budget?
foreverviet88
11-06-2009, 02:21 AM
around 300 give or take

somethin for gaming
The Wise Monkey
11-06-2009, 03:08 AM
Tom's Hardware do a very good round up of available cards every month - here is the link to the latest:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card,2464.html

You don't necessarily have to spend huge amounts to get the best available graphics performance. For example, if you are only playing on a 22" monitor (1680x1050 resolution) then a GTX 260 will offer excellent performance on every modern game.

For the price you suggested though, I would concur with TH and say that the new ATI 5850 is probably your best bet, but they are quite hard to find at the moment.
RickyTick
11-06-2009, 10:22 AM
Tom's Hardware do a very good round up of available cards every month - here is the link to the latest:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card,2464.html


They sure do push SLI/Crossfire. I'm just not sold on it yet. Are you?
The Wise Monkey
11-06-2009, 10:47 AM
Well, I think if you have a larger monitor then it certainly has its place, but I would usually recommend sticking with a single card.
foreverviet88
11-06-2009, 01:32 PM
oh btw im runnning windows vista ultimate 64 bit does that affect the card? the card was fine when i was using windows xp then when i started using vista ultimate it got messed up
The Wise Monkey
11-06-2009, 01:50 PM
Messed up in what way? The 8800GT is still a very good card, so should be more than capable of handling most modern games on decent settings. Try downloading and installing the latest drivers and see if this makes a difference.