Posted August 23, 200816 yr suggest me a video card that is better than a Geforce 8600GS that is cheap thank you myg0t.
August 23, 200816 yr these are great http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=28347&vpn=100-505518&manufacture=ATI Also, how much is cheap? cuz you can get some of the best cards for 200$ now, thats cheap.
August 23, 200816 yr Author I heard some of the ati cards run pretty hot is this true? as I havent really put together a pc properly before and yeah im looking to spend 200-250 dollars
August 23, 200816 yr knobjockey;581207']I heard some of the ati cards run pretty hot is this true? as I havent really put together a pc properly before and yeah im looking to spend 200-250 dollars ATI cards do run hot, my HD4870 idles around 55C-65C, and in games I've seen it run at 110C. But don't worry, this is military grade hardware, it can handle it. Oh and btw, it runs every game at max settings.
August 23, 200816 yr I'm not personally a fan of ATI cards... nVIDIA GTX260 ( Out performs 2 8800gts cards SLI'd. ) But, it requires a motherboard that has a PCIe 2.0 x16 slot. And, for it to run at optimum speed you want your processor to be running at ~3.6 GHZ. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130374 IF you do NOT have a PCIe 2.0 x16 slot on your mobo, then this is the best you can do: 8800GTS eVGA SSC edition. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130317 I have this card and its nice, it's pretty bottlenecked because of my RAM and CPU though :\
August 23, 200816 yr I got a ATi 4850 and I bought it for 190$ from Newegg. It idles at 80 and loads at 83c. I suggest you buy either a 4850 or a 4870 because the cards can handle heat and will run almost any game on max settings. I easily run Crysis on all Very High at 4x AA with a steady 35+FPS.
August 24, 200816 yr I'm not personally a fan of ATI cards... nVIDIA GTX260 ( Out performs 2 8800gts cards SLI'd. ) But, it requires a motherboard that has a PCIe 2.0 x16 slot. And, for it to run at optimum speed you want your processor to be running at ~3.6 GHZ. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130374 IF you do NOT have a PCIe 2.0 x16 slot on your mobo, then this is the best you can do: 8800GTS eVGA SSC edition. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130317 I have this card and its nice, it's pretty bottlenecked because of my RAM and CPU though :\ PCI-E 2.0 is backwards compatible.
August 28, 200816 yr I personally use an 8800GT these days, but it seems that AMD has the better cards out at the moment, at a good price/performance ratio, as well. I would recommend an HD 4850, as it's under $200. Or, if you are more budget oriented, you can go for the 8800GT like I did, as you can pick one up for about $150.
