What video card would you choose a Radeon X800XL or a GB 6800GT?
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neither i would go for a nividia geforce 6600 GT 256MB this graphics card rocks and its also cheap \n\nor an nivdia geforce 6800 GT
825882
They are all excellent brands. Pick one that seems to be the right mix of performance and price. BFG makes excellent cards but you're going to pay the price. I have an EVGA and it's been perfect. Check out reviews on newegg.com and about a zillion other hardware review sites.
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The 7900GT is the newer and better card. The 7900GT is almost as fast as the 7800GTX.\nAnd the 7900GTX is currently the King of all the cards.\nIt's a lot faster than ATI's best video card.
268509
If you prefer ATI then that would be a good ideea. The fact that it has low rating on amazon it's only because this video processor is 1-2 years old, and will soon dissapear from the market. If you want an opinion I don't say that this modell has nothing to give, on the contrary! I saw what this processor is capable of and it's worth buying it!\nThe alternative for ATI is nVidia, of course. From GeForce 6600 to 7800 (the newest processor compatible with AGP)... Depending on what you want from it. X800 XT compares with 6800 GT, but unfortunately it has lower performaces than it, but nothing that you'll recognize during today's games!
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I suggest 9600 PRO (Ati) if you can afford it, its a good value for money card if you want to save some money. However the next step up would be a GeForce Nvidia 6600gt.
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I used to prefer nVidia with AMD, but honestly I don't think it matters all that much (the differences are negligible). As a company, I prefer nVidia over ATI, but in my opinion nVidia is struggling a bit with their video cards at the moment. I truly hope they grow out of that. I used to run a GForce 4800 on my nvidia nForce2 motherboard, but I switched to an ATI X800 and haven't had any problems with it on that motherboard.
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A very tpyical uninformed answer from the first guy.  The X850XT is superior, it has faster RAM and more pixel pipelines to name a few.  It is the better of the two cards.
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Definitely, go for the gold GeForce 7950 GX2 would work great on your pc, even some of the newer ATI cards like the X1900 Crossfire edition.  And no you don't have to upgrade your RAM, you have 2GBs already which is great, but you know if you have the money to blow, why the hell not max it out!!  Oh yeah, these components will mean more heat, so you might want to think about a few memory heatsinks and maybe upgrade your cooling components.
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I've got some suggestions... in both PCI-Express and AGP variety.  You'll definately want to use the digital connector (DVI) so all cards suggested will have both an analog and digital connector.\n\nThe ranges given are relative to your price point.\n\nBasic - home office, Internet surfing, no games:\nAGP: ASUS Geforce MX4000 (23.99 + s/h) link #1\nPCIe: MSI Geforce 6200TC (36.00 + s/h) link #2\n\nMid-range - mostly office/Internet use, some games:\nAGP: SAPPHIRE Radeon 9600 (57.99 + s/h) link #3\nPCIe: MSI Geforce 6600 (76.99 + s/h) link #4\n\nUpper-range - will play most games pretty well.\nAGP: SAPPHIRE Radeon X1600PRO (139 + s/h) link #5\nPCIe: SAPPHIRE Radeon X800PRO (149 + s/h) link #6
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nVidia 5200 AGP. Around 62 bucks. i got one. WORKS MARVELOUS!!!!!! Why buy an expensive one? This works great. ATI AND RADEONS SUCK!
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Well that is a little bit vague, bit I will go with fastest/most powerful as what you meant.  That would probably be the Radeon X1950XTX, but that will change on Wednesday when the GeForce 8800GTX comes out, it will blow everything else away.
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Both are equally good. But 7800 GTX is cost effective and has nearby same performance as 7900.
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2g processor ... 1g+ ram ...nvidia7800 or ati800
871443
Direct X is meant to be better for more modern PCs. Open GL is more suited to those with older graphics cards and processors. (Also I think it works with laptops) However, both should work.
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I'd get another 512MB to make 1GB of ram but other than that, I think you're good.  As far as the graphics card, I'd consider it a stop gap between now and when the DirectX 10 hardware comes out.  If you can afford a little more I would either get two 7600GS cards for an SLi configuration or get one 7600GT.  The 7600GT outperforms a single 7600GS but if you have two 7600GS cards in an SLi configuration, you'll have performance close to a 7900GT.\n\nDon't even think of stepping down to the 9600xt (not that you could, I don't think there is a PCIe version of that card) but the 9600xt falters on every modern benchmark, 3Dmark05 and 3Dmark06, it's not even worth running those benchmarks on the card, it'll show its age and that is not a good thing.\n\nThe X800 isn't a bad card but it will show its age in 3Dmark06 because it lacks support for both HDR and Shader Model 3.0.  Stick with the 7600GS or 7600GT and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
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I've you got good money go ahead and buy the Nvidia 7900 GTS, that will make your dreams come true and put a 500 dollar worth of damage in your pocket too.\n\nYou can't go wrong with an Nvidia 6800 GS neither, it's pretty good.
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7900 GTX is faster then the x1900 by 1.6 gb/s in processing power. Not a whole lot really. \n\nThe x800 xtPE is only faster then the GeForce 7800 GT, the rest of the 7800s are faster.