Buying a new video card (soon)

[thecore762]

btw Costco is selling Video cards..wow..
Check this out: NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT 1024MB PCIe 2.0 Graphics card

Best part its only 139.99$

[KarmaKiller]

Although the 9800GT is good. It is essentially the same as the 8800gt. So if you can find one of those for cheaper, go for it.
I am a fan of them though.


There is my collection of them.
The start of the farm. =) - TechIMO Photo Gallery

[thecore762]

So you guys telling the 4870's outperform the GTX260's?

[KarmaKiller]

It depends on what game and what resolution..
But in most cases, the 4870 is cheaper and performs very close to the GTX 260.
There is also a newer revision of the GTX260 out, called the GTX 260 216. That performs better then the 4870.

[pullmyfoot]

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Originally Posted by KarmaKiller

It depends on what game and what resolution..
But in most cases, the 4870 is cheaper and performs very close to the GTX 260.
There is also a newer revision of the GTX260 out, called the GTX 260 216. That performs better then the 4870.

Performs close to the 280GTX you mean.

[KarmaKiller]

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 | BFG OCX MaxCORE
Nope, I meant the GTX 260 216.
It's a toss up between that and the 4870. They go back and forth depending on the game your playing.

[ShyguyXPC]

Yep, the GTX260 216 core/stream processor (normal one is 192, & GTX280 is 240) is right on par with a HD4870 (very slight advantage to the Radeon when compared to the stock clocked GTX 260 216 cores, but when comparing Factory Overclocked GTX260 216's their about the same in performance), some games give the nod to the ATI, others to nvidia, but it varies. the GTX 260 is roughly about the same price as the HD4870 now with the GTX260 216's in the upper $200's lower $300's range.

[thecore762]

By the time I am ready to get a Video Card here...prices will drastically go down..that means I can get a very good card later on..
Video card technology is moving faster than the actual video games...which its good for me