ChromeDome
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System Name | Super Budget Gamer Thing lol |
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Processor | AMD 5600+ Windsor @3.0ghz |
Motherboard | ASUS M3N78-VM AM2/AM2+ Micro ATX |
Cooling | Thermaltake TR2-R1 Ultra Silence CPU heatsink+fan / 3 exhaust case fans |
Memory | 3 Gigs Kingston DDR2@800mhz |
Video Card(s) | PNY 8800GT 512mb OC'd 710/1740/950 - 178.24 |
Storage | 2X 320 gig Seagate Barracuda's @7200rpm - SATA |
Display(s) | 22in Dell LCD 1680X1050 / 21.6in AOC LCD / Hauppauge TV Tuner |
Case | Antec Three Hundred |
Audio Device(s) | Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio |
Power Supply | Antec Earthwatts EA500D 500w |
Software | Vista, bby <3 |
Benchmark Scores | yay it works! =] |
8800gs
this is a little silly and i'll tell you why. unless you plan on getting a bigger monitor? and you already said you only played 1280X1024. in which case the 8800GS is the perfect card for you and in fact outperforms a 256mb 8800GT. for all intent and purposes it is a G92 8800GT. with a little less of everything, yes. but you don't need that extra everything because you're gaming at 1280X1024.Dude, I'm looking at either
- 8800GT 256MB (256MB is important, because that is what that make the difference, because we all know the 8800GT has a superior core)
- 9600GT 512MB
- HD 3870 512MB
;nothing else.
it seems weird to ask to pick the BEST card for you, when your choices are the three most common mainstream cards around. if those are your choices the 9600GT i would say. because its nvidia and i know nothing of ATI. an OC'd 8800GS beats all those cards stock...and can even match them in many gaming benchmarks at YOUR resolution without the overclock.
so, its $99 after rebate, $105 for the overclocked version. evga...fine card, all you will need now and in the near future for your gaming. the 384mb of memory? believe me, if its ever not enough, nor will 512 be at the time. its more then enough.
you have said you will only have the card for a year. do yourself a favor and do what the second poster in this thread told you to. get an 8800GS. not only will you be saving money, but for your purposes it'll be like having an 8800GT. believe me i know. my 8800GS runs games as well and better at 1440X900 then a friend of mines 8800GT at 1600X1200. it even looks like an 8800GT for chrissakkes lol
no, but "dude" you're only going to have it a year. save some money and put it toward something else for your computer. buy a game, save it, take a girl out....but the BEST card for you is the 8800GS. you will NEVER know the difference between having that or a $200 GT. i know from experience
anyway idk why so many in this hobby insist on throwing away money. i mean some have it to throw away, some don't. then threadstarter here wants the "best bang for the buck" card for HIS monitor which he will use one year...and the best bang for the buck card is an 8800GS at $99 freakin' dollars! wow, i guess thats too much bang for the buck
why does this card get a bad rap? no, its not a GT...but its close enough to be close enough
guess you'll just have the "second best" bang for the buck card...
oh, and the evga model is a quality piece, too. overclocks easy, runs pretty cool
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