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I'm looking at the HD4890  or the GTX 275, according to my budget.

Rest of the system is a C2D E6750 @ 3.1 ghz IIRC. Seems like nvidia is the consensus on the better card to go with... doing some searching, but can't find much about the 4890. Any suggestions?

That sucks. My 8800 Ultra died on me last January. Replaced it with the GTX 285

What are you mainly playing, if you are playing FSX go with GTX 275.

Tell me.How can you kill a 8800 Ultra????  :o

I remember reading somewhere there was a high rate of failure on the 8800 series, because of manufacturing defects. The few months after they came out there was a huge hulabaloo over it. I'm assuming that's what happened to mine - it died after 2 years. I have other graphics cards which still work after 10+ years (I have a few old desktops lying around...)

I'm mostly running FSX, so I went with the GTX. A play a few other games too, but won't make a difference with those, really (team fortress 2, steam engine).

I <3 newegg, ordered yesterday, should get it tomorrow

Thanks guys

Nvidia

[quote]Tell me.How can you kill a 8800 Ultra????

I run the dogsqueezium out of mine. My machine is on twelve to fourteen hours a day when I am home to fool around with it. Never had any problems. Been doing this since March 2008. I have two of the same in reserve should a failure occur...

Well, got the 275. A few FPS boost, but the IQ is much, much better. I was surprised at that. Jacked some of the scenery settings too, so I'm happy