Cheapest Gfx Card W/ Top Performance

[The_WRATH]

i want the best performance i can get but i also would like for everything to be smooth and not choppy. but the same time, i dont want to spend much money,

i dont want to spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on a card, maybe a limit of 200, but i dont no which card i can get for that cheap and will give me the best performance

oh, and id like to run DOOM3 as smooooth as possible

HELP lol

[r_g]

9800 pro no doubt 190 over at newegg

[Guest FxXP]

You are asking for something that won't exist. DOOM 3 as smooth as possible on a cheap card? Not going to happen. I have a heck of a time maintaining a smooth framerate on a 9700 Pro AIW.

 

However, for decent DOOM 3 gameplay, I can only recommend the 9500 Pro or higher from ATi or the FX5800 or higher from nVidia.

 

Edit: You can get a refurb Sapphire 9600 Pro 128MB for $99 on Newegg.

Edited September 29, 2004 by FxXP

[FaNta84]

you can also get a refurb 9800 pro for about $150, just make sure it is 256 bit

[DECwakeboarder]

You can get an MSI RX9800Pro like me!!! It comes w/ 14 cds and 3 full games for just $199 over at newegg

[ShadowPaktu]

save and get the best bang for yer buck, the 6800 GT

 

the fact thats it's fast as hell, added to that you got a very good year of gmaing in the future, you wont need to upgrade for some time.

 

There was a topic on upgrading sometime in the past, do you buy a cheap componennt and have to upgrade it 6months down the line because it isn't up to the job, or do you but a more expensive component and not need to upgrade for 2 years? you need to weigh those options too. What i do now is i upgrade components yealy, i do this because if something's a year old, ill still get a good second hand selling price for it to put towards my new components. Ive done this with 4 vid cards so far, and half gtten well over half the price i paid for it in the first place.

[lucky13*]

what about the 6600GT? should be out soon for agp. Reviews I've seen have it just below a vanilla 6800, but it's only about $200.

[flipkel]

If you can wait for a while (not sure exactly how long) The geforce 6600gt will be coming out in an AGP version. from the reviews I have read it sounds like this is going to be one AWESOME card for only $200.

[gravy]

If you can wait for a while (not sure exactly how long) The geforce 6600gt will be coming out in an AGP version. from the reviews I have read it sounds like this is going to be one AWESOME card for only $200.

ive been reading reviews on these, will most likely be my next card, should easily oc to 6800 gt or even uktra speeds

[Paranoid]

ive been reading reviews on these, will most likely be my next card, should easily oc to 6800 gt or even uktra speeds

They don't have 16 pipelines though

[tbone2sk]

I here that the 6600 gt is going to be the best mid lvl card out there. They also say that it overclocks like crazy.

[OweO2004]

the 6600gt will be your best bet. far better than the x700 series from ati. Look over to tomshardware for a comparison. The 6600gt will overclock to the clock speeds of a 6800gt (maybe not as high) but won't perform as good. personally i would save up and get the 6800gt. i have mine running at 435/1170 it will do 450/1180 on air cooling and higher on wc but i don't want that right now. Im getting 13441 in 3dmark03 with more headroom on my processor to break 14k. I would definately recommend a 6800gt over anything else (Especially the x800 series)