Techrecruit Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I've done some personal research on video cards but it always seems to be canned responses from whoever ranks them.I wanted to post here and see what real users suggest and not from some magazine that's probably getting a brother in law deal on the side.I've got a 3yr old machine with a stock video card in it and need to upgrade. Vista asked me to and I haven't yet but it's def time. I'm not a huge gamer but play a few war games from time to time. I'm looking to stay under $100Thanks in advance for any input Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctirus Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 (edited) With your system being three years old I'm assuming you need an agp card. This 7600 GS is a good card for that price range, and passively cooled for silent opperation. I think you can get an nvidia 8600 for somewhere close to that range but don't be fooled; they are worthless. The only advantage they have over the 7 series is dx10 and they are too underpowered to play any dx10 games. The 7600s are faster in every other way.Also, if you could up that to $140 this 7600 GT would be a worthwhile upgrade. Edited July 19, 2007 by arctirus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E168141300567900gs 105$ AR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814122019nVidia 256 drr2 less that 100 bucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluescreens Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814122019nVidia 256 drr2 less that 100 bucks!7600GTs are routinely $70-ish at the egg, AR.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techrecruit Posted July 20, 2007 Author Share Posted July 20, 2007 Very cool - appreciate all the helpful infoI'll let you know what I end up getting and if things start smoking I'll dig through the post and find out who to blame. joking - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Everybody here seems to know if you have PCI-E (1x,4x16x) or AGP 8x, but I don´t, so my question is: What kind of chipset are you using and with what sloth?If it´s AGP I would take a look at the nVidia 6800XT 256MB. For PCI-E at any speed I would go with the nVidia 7900GS or a ATi x1950GT. If you want to use directX 10 then a 8600GT would be a good choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctirus Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 If you want to use directX 10 then a 8600GT would be a good choice.Not to be a smartass but the 8600 isn't a good choice for anyone. It's much too underpowered for anything dx10 so if one needs dx10 an 8800 is really the only option. If one doesn't need dx10 a nice 7 series card would be the best choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 (edited) If you want to use directX 10 then a 8600GT would be a good choice.Not to be a smartass but the 8600 isn't a good choice for anyone. It's much too underpowered for anything dx10 so if one needs dx10 an 8800 is really the only option. If one doesn't need dx10 a nice 7 series card would be the best choice.well a 7900gs>8600gt>7600gtthe 7900gs and the 8600gt cost about the, give or take $20.8600gt is dx10 and 7900gs is dx9.so unless you want dx10, the 7900gs is the way to go, but the 8600gt is still a good card, not that much slower than a 7900gs.also, an 8800 is kind of underpowered for dx10 also. take a look at some benchmarks. Edited July 21, 2007 by ripken204 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 (edited) Not to be a smartass but the 8600 isn't a good choice for anyone. It's much too underpowered for anything dx10 so if one needs dx10 an 8800 is really the only option. If one doesn't need dx10 a nice 7 series card would be the best choice.That depends on what resolution he want´s to play, the nVidia 8600GT works well on 1024*768 with DirectX10 and 1280*1024 with DirectX9. I personaly also would go with a DirectX 9 card like the ATi 1950GT and OC it. Edited July 21, 2007 by puntoMX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weEvil Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 7600GT or 7800GS++ if you can get your hands on one. It has a 7900GT chip in it. Or get a 7900GT off eBay if the 7800GS++ is too pricey or too rare.I wouldn't bother with the first-gen DX10 cards. Not even any real DX10 games yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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