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vodkajello · 03-19-06, 12:09 AM

I think you should qualify that question with a price range.

The BEST video card setup in the word right now is 2 ATI Radeon 1900XTX PCI-E boards. That setup would cost you something like $1400US just for the graphics cards.

Something more practical but still pretty high end would be an ATI Radeon 1800, or Nvidia 7800. These would be less than $400US.

Good medium range cards are Nvidia 6600GT with 256MB, 6800GT or ATI x800xl or x850pro or x800pro. I've seen the 6600GT 256MB for $150US, the Radeons are a bit more (170?), 6800gt is about $250 last time I looked.

I play on an x800xl AGP at 1280x1024 with 8xAF and 4xAF. No slow downs at all that I can see. (I bought my card for $270US about 6 months ago.

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(OK I was wrong about the BEST setup. Nvidia recently announced Quad SLI Geforce 7900GTX enabled systems. So that would be about $2400US in video cards for your computer! Good Lord! It would take two power supplies just to run the thing.)

03-19-06, 12:09 AM	#4
vodkajello Helmsman Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 109 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I think you should qualify that question with a price range. The BEST video card setup in the word right now is 2 ATI Radeon 1900XTX PCI-E boards. That setup would cost you something like $1400US just for the graphics cards. Something more practical but still pretty high end would be an ATI Radeon 1800, or Nvidia 7800. These would be less than $400US. Good medium range cards are Nvidia 6600GT with 256MB, 6800GT or ATI x800xl or x850pro or x800pro. I've seen the 6600GT 256MB for $150US, the Radeons are a bit more (170?), 6800gt is about $250 last time I looked. I play on an x800xl AGP at 1280x1024 with 8xAF and 4xAF. No slow downs at all that I can see. (I bought my card for $270US about 6 months ago. ) (OK I was wrong about the BEST setup. Nvidia recently announced Quad SLI Geforce 7900GTX enabled systems. So that would be about $2400US in video cards for your computer! Good Lord! It would take two power supplies just to run the thing.)