What graphics card would you recommend

[jeffclaw]

Ok so after installing battlefield 2 and playing with some cool hardware lag i realised my radeon 9600SE isn't going to take me into the next generation. I want to be able to play bf2 on highest setting, AA doesnt really matter so i've done abit of browsing and i'm undecided about which card to choose, i have these two in mind

XPERTVISION 256MB GEFORCE 6600GT DDR TV/DVI 8x

or

BFG Tech BFGR6600GT Geforce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X

or if you have a diffrent suggestion please say[/url]

[cashy]

well, graphics cards are the main player but its not the only player. what sort of ram/ processor are you using? my 9800pro does a good job on the demo at least of holding out on 'high'(ish) settings but i also have a 2.1 amd chip and 1gig of ram

[jeffclaw]

AMD Athlon XP 2600+ 1.91 GHz @ 2.2Ghz
1GB DDR400 RAM PC3200 (2 x 512MB)

[TezzRexx]

go for the "XPERTVISION 256MB GEFORCE 6600GT DDR TV/DVI 8x" if I was you.

[deject]

go for the "XPERTVISION 256MB GEFORCE 6600GT DDR TV/DVI 8x" if I was you.

THIS.

[FatherJack]

The first one seems to have twice the memory, yet costs slightly less. Can't see any benefit with the second one.

[jeffclaw]

thanks for helping me make my mind up :D now i just got to save

[deject]

The only potential advantage to the BFG card is that they make cards that overclock fairly well, but any amount of overclocking isn't going to overcome half the memory.

[--LaNiMeL--]

I have a Connect 3D 9800pro, Whats he on about you might think, this thread is for good cards?
Yes, but!
I bought one of these baby's for it,

A Arctic Cooling VGA silencer, yeah it makes it quieter but I flipped it up to high-RPM mode, and BOOSH I was adding Mhz upon Mhz onto the clock I managed to add about about 100Mhz ontop of my default core clock speed and I can't remember how much to my memory, not as dramatic as the core clock.
Now when i benched it along with my friends x800 it was onpar with it, and even beating it on some tests because it was cooler. :D
Runs Source like a dream . . . . 1600x1200 at full settings.
Only downside is, it's a R350 core instead of an R360 otherwise I could soft mod it to a 9800Xt

[Vowles]

I tried to resist but


All your FPS are belong to me

[northernwifeb3ta]

I have a Connect 3D 9800pro, Whats he on about you might think, this thread is for good cards?
Yes, but!
I bought one of these baby's for it,

A Arctic Cooling VGA silencer, yeah it makes it quieter but I flipped it up to high-RPM mode, and BOOSH I was adding Mhz upon Mhz onto the clock I managed to add about about 100Mhz ontop of my default core clock speed and I can't remember how much to my memory, not as dramatic as the core clock.
Now when i benched it along with my friends x800 it was onpar with it, and even beating it on some tests because it was cooler. :D
Runs Source like a dream . . . . 1600x1200 at full settings.
Only downside is, it's a R350 core instead of an R360 otherwise I could soft mod it to a 9800Xt

I have this! with the big fuck off cooler! how on earth do i mess about/overclock it????

what settings do you recommend?

[deject]

I have this! with the big fuck off cooler! how on earth do i mess about/overclock it????

what settings do you recommend?

Radeon Tray Tools is what I'm currently using. You can do pretty much anything with it, short of unlocking pixel pipelines.

as for settings, it depends on what game you're playing. COD should be OK with high everything. Source games should be ok at High settings, as long as you're not running much more than 1280x1024. Doom 3? I'd run at medium quality. BF2 at medium also.

In CODand Source you should be able to run some AA, especially if you're running at lower resolutions. And turn Anisotropic Filtering to about 4x-8x.

[jeffclaw]

I ended up getting a few new bits for my pc, the graphic card being a GF6800 :D