Graphic Cards

[BORN A REBEL]

I wondering which graphic card to go with Nividia or ATI, and when is a good time to buy one of these graphic cards also which series do you get the most performance out of and save the most cash for a gaming pc.

[ReGIONALS]

ati radeon HD 5*** series and really you have like 4 threads already?

[b0red]

Personally I prefer nvidia, I just got a 9800 gt 1gb pretty cheap. Shop around see what you like and ask ReGIONALS if its a good buy, cause he knows what he is talking about.

[Vinny]

I use the PNY GeForce Nvidia 9400 GT. Dual DVI slots perfect if you want 2 monitors, I get like 150~ fps or so. Only cost me $69

[Wrathek]

Personally I prefer nvidia, I just got a 9800 gt 1gb pretty cheap. Shop around see what you like and ask ReGIONALS if its a good buy, cause he knows what he is talking about.

 

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Thanks for the laugh buddy. I needed that.

[ReGIONALS]

wrathek you CLEARLY know more about GPU's than i do...

before i bought my computer i spent the like 8 months researching everything.

this guy is insisting on spending like 2000+ on a computer so he has the money to go for the ati 5*** series and dx11

[Lordcrazy]

get nvidia 9 series it'll last 3 or 4 more years .

[Jager]

do you have time to wait? if you do have say a month, then recommendations is to wait and see what if anything nvidia is going to bring to the table to fight the 5870/5890 cards and their various versions. Reason a month? well if nvidia cant roll new tech out they are likely to drop the price on their dx10/10.1 cards right before or after Christmas in order not to get hosed on one of the bigger tech sales periods.

 

if nvidia does have tricks up their sleeve its still worth waiting as ATI is likely to price cut a bit off the 5870/5890s to compete if they get blindsided.

 

the tl;dr version.

 

wait til christmas/post christmas to try and lock in the best price for whichever you go with.

 

ATI is currently better and cheaper then expected, 5870/5890 are the fastest around at around $400

 

nvidia isnt out of the game, and may get cheaper to compete, or might yank a hell of a card out of its hat by Christmas.

 

 

and please for the love of god the nvidia 9 series is the nvida 8 series with some minor tweaks and a firmware update, they are hotter, and less efficient overall. you are paying for an 8800gt that nvidia updated to cover a missing market area that ati was slaughtering sales in. when it comes to gaming, get a gtx 2xx series at minimum if you want "new" nvidia tech. everything else is their older bigger core sizes.

[ReGIONALS]

agree with jager

few things

there is no 5890 as of now

fastest in 400$ range is the 5870 i assume you meant fastest in its price range the faster of the new ati cards is 5970

nvidia's gtx3** series was delayed till q1 of 2010

ati aslo has had problems getting there cards made, something with pcb and the actual manufacturing company but its suffered a slight price increase and im not happy about it.

[Akaru]

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Thanks for the laugh buddy. I needed that.

 

So the lesson of the day is to never take REGIONALS advise. His ONLY answer is a biased HD 5000 series. That is the only word that can come out of his mouth.