Graphics Card

[conspired]

So I've been telling myself for the past year or so that I would get a new graphics card, and I haven't gotten one yet. I don't know too much about this subject, so I'd appreciate any help.

I'm looking for a card that is:

Good for gaming
PCI express
$100-200 USD
^I know that won't get me the best card, but that's my limit.

[Adam]

I've hear the gefore 7600GT is nice for its price which is less than 200, I assume that is what most people will tell you.

[Dale]

Ermm any Nvidia card ... higher number = better.

6800, 6800GT, 6800Ultra, 7600, 7600GT, 7600Ultra... 7800..... 7900 ( i think 7900 anyways ) :P

[SgtSwabs]

Nah for some reason that newest one is called the 7950 not 7900 :S. You can get a Nvidia GeForce 6800GS (for some reason the stopped making GTs) for a decent price and it is a very very nice card. Would be able to play most new games on highest settings. I have also overclocked mine so that it has very similiar power too the 7800.

[Dale]

I@m getting a 6800 ... but i think my pc is AGP so i dunno.. but still it'll run well And it's only around £120

[conspired]

Thanks for all the advice so far! I'm leaning towards the 6800, but will make my final decision tomorrow.

[Samuel]

Yeap, these guys gave you the pretty good basic information. Although, try to stay to main brands, like EVGA, PNY, XFX, BFG(lol).

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...3&Sku=P450-8576

Thats a great one for a great price. =)

[SgtSwabs]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dale &#064; Jun 11 2006, 11&#58;33 AM) [snapback]172679[/snapback]</div>

I@m getting a 6800 ... but i think my pc is AGP so i dunno.. but still it&#39;ll run well And it&#39;s only around £120
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Mine is AGPx8 too, there isn&#39;t too much of a difference between AGPx8 and PCI. SLI is where the real increase in speed is.

[Samuel]

WHAT?&#33;&#33;?

Theres a HUGE speed difference between pci x16 and APGx8.

Graphics Standards Possible Bandwidth
16-bit ISA 16MB/s
EISA 32MB/s
VLB 132MB/s
PCI 132MB/s
AGP 1x 264MB/s
AGP 2x 528MB/s
AGP 4x 1056MB/s
AGP 8x 2112MB/s
PCIe x1 500MB/s (Single Data Lane - Both Directions)
PCIe x2 1000MB/s (Dual Data Lane - Both Directions)
PCIe x4 2000MB/s (Quadruple Data Lane - Both Directions)
PCIe x8 4000MB/s (Eight Data Lane - Both Directions)
PCIe x12 6000MB/s (Twelve Data Lane - Both Directions)
PCIe x16 8000MB/s (4000MB/s Per Direction (Two Directions))

Sorry if I seemed a little, uh, mad or such. =)

Didn&#39;t mean to offend.

[Deadloader]

Avoid nvidia, radeon is so much better dynamically.. x1900 if you&#39;re willing to run up to &#036;500 but try something like This