Which video card should I get?

[Wii]

8800GT 256mb fantastic price NO TAX!
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10007473
HD3850 512mb tax=alot
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102715
HD3850 512mb better fan but bigger and cheaper same tax about.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103051

My system specs.
I wanna run FSX on a high resolution same with FS9.

[Wii]

Hmmm....if the HD3850 they had there was a 512mb it would score higher than the 8600GTS in FSX. Strange... :-?

[Mermaid Man]

What resolution are you running at? The fastest, reasonbly priced cards are the 880GT 512MB. But I'm not sure if FS-X sway towards a certain brand, ie Half-Life was faster on ATI, Doom engine on Nvidia.

"it would score higher than the 8600GTS in FSX"

That's a budget card.

[Wii]

What resolution are you running at? The fastest, reasonbly priced cards are the 880GT 512MB. But I'm not sure if FS-X sway towards a certain brand, ie Half-Life was faster on ATI, Doom engine on Nvidia.

"it would score higher than the 8600GTS in FSX"

That's a budget card.

The 8800GT 512mb is out of my price range...I didn't want to go over $170 but now I'm at $220. The Diamond HD3850 512mb is just right for me.
The difference between the 8600GTS and the HD3850 512 is 1 frame btw.

[Wii]

AH! The Newegg 8800GT 512mb is ONLY $240 USD! But I have to pay tax on that (about $24 for a 9.75% sales tax...stupid tennessee.)

[Wii]

I found an evga 8800GTS 320mb for $220 after the mail in rebate and taxes! It's mine. Though not 512mb of memory it is $40 cheaper and it's framerate is the same if not more than the 8800gt 512mb.

[ThatOnePerson]

I would stay away from the 320mb, the 8800gt is a really nice card, (which I'm a fan of, so much so I have two ) so obviously you know which one I'm leaning toward.The g92 core of the nvidia has proven to be quite nice. I cant say much for the ati, but it does alright in benchmarks. I haven't seen many though with it beating the gt. If your will ing on the $240 price tag I would say go for it and enjoy it If not, the 3870 would be my second choice, but whatever you do, get 512mb.

[markag]

STAY AWAY from the 320/640 MB 8800GTS Cards.  They don't perform anywhere near the 8800GT or GTS 512MB Version.  Wii gave you information that may lead to disappointment if you follow it.

[HugoCampos]

Don't go for the 320 GTS... the 512Mb 8800GT is WAY better!

[Wii]

Thanks guys! I finally have the $262.76 needed to purchase the 8800GT 512mb.
Took me this long sheesh.

[Slotback]

Good luck running most new games maxed out. Mine sure can.

[Mermaid Man]

It's amazing my rig can handle my new monitor -1920x1080, everything except Crysis  has a good framerate. tbh won't upgrade until it's totally necassary (rig is 4400x2 @ 2.7ghz, 1900XTX @ 788)

[Wii]

I will be able to run crysis (demo) on high settings with this rig right?
AMD Athlon x2 2.5ghz
320gb HD
3gbs ram
Vista Home premium
8800GT 512mb.
I don't know much about it but medium yes, high? (1680x1080x32 I think) Maybe at 1200 instead.

[Mermaid Man]

Medium/High..jungle bits will be fine, ice area probably slideshow though