Need Video Card Recommendation

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:33 am

Guess it may be awhile before I can upgrade my entire system, so I want to look into upgrading my video card at least, for the time being.

Running on an ASUS A7N8X-Deluxe, AGP. Need a recommendation on a video card for playing BF2.

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:10 am

6800 GT or X800XL/XT if you don't want to totally break the bank

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:13 pm

BFG 6800 GT

thats what I run on my other comp for AGP.

Newegg has it right now for 364$

digitech · Post by **digitech** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:22 pm

I don't have one but the Nvidia 6600GT is getting rave reviews in the video newsgroups. Most say it is the sweet spot. Goes for between $150 and $225 or so.

ub3r_n00b · Post by **ub3r_n00b** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:23 am

I have the 6600GT and it is sweet, however I am totally bottlenecked by CPU / Mobo (2500+ on Abit NF7-s).

the 6600GT is a definite to buy card if you are looking for mainstream - I can say that doom3 and hl2 looks UNREAL on that card.

Preet

KINGoFOOLS · Post by **KINGoFOOLS** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:42 am

For bf2 I would go with a ATI card, 800 or 850xt/xl...from what i've seen they seem play better (go figure). Also cram as much memory that your motherboard will accept. I had 1g and bumped it up another 512 and it made a big differance.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:52 pm

Have you decided what to go with yet?

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:35 pm

Sava700 wrote:Have you decided what to go with yet?

I've decided that I will probably wait, not spending $350-400 for a card that won't work in a new system in 4 months or so. I started putting one together on Newegg, but it's already over $2000, which is more than I really wanted to spend.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:36 pm

Its very possible I'll be selling 3 hardly used BFG 6800GT PCIe cards soon... just depends on when I feel like letting them go to get dual 7800's

I'll keep ya informed.