Best video card for the buck in 3 different price ranges...

Kabob983 · Nov 19, 2004, 01:49 AM

I was wondering what you all thought the best video card for the buck is in the low, medium, and high price ranges. High = $300+, Medium = $150 - $299, Low = Cards < $150. What do you all think??

Dave · Nov 19, 2004, 02:14 AM

High: X800 XT
Medium: 9800 Pro
Low: 9600 Pro or 9700 Non Pro (If you can find one)

swimtech · Nov 19, 2004, 02:14 AM

Overall in the high end, I think the X800XT is the one - for speed and IQ.

Mid-range (today - until ATI comes out with an AGP version of the X700) an Nvidia 6600GT.

Can't comment on the low range, haven't studied up...

CrapolaJola · Nov 19, 2004, 03:10 AM

Highend definatly X800XT or the SLI 6800s (altho those cost soooo much money), midrange, mid I's say 6800NU (if u go for go for the asus versions) can softmod/oc and get all the features of 6800Gt/Ultras cept they'll have lower ram clocks and 128mb of ram, if you get the asus version though you'll get the full 256mb of high speed ram

or a 9800pro if you won't spend the max on your midrange limit, for lowend i'd say a 9700NP/P or 9800 used (not technically lowend, but you can find for that cheap)

riles9262 · Nov 20, 2004, 12:35 AM

high: x800xt or 6800gt (good value)
medium: 9800pro (cheaper) or 6800 (more expensive)
low: 9600pro/xt

MiDKnYtE · Nov 20, 2004, 12:48 AM

high: x800pro vivo (mod to XT) or 6800GT (OC to Ultra+)

mid: 6600GT

low: don't care.

Prime2515102 · Nov 21, 2004, 02:58 PM

High: X800XT
Mid: 6800GT (ok, over budget $40, but close enough)
Low: 9800SE modded to a Pro

Prime

ReV smokey255 · Nov 21, 2004, 10:11 PM

i say what range are you wanting flag ship high end

for flagship me say

best:X800XT
good:6800GT
low 6600GT but still really really good this is a card like 4 months ago to b buy a 9600XT cost 200 this is 200 dolllars and is amazing same structure as 6800

Nov 19, 2004, 01:49 AM	#1
Kabob983 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Best video card for the buck in 3 different price ranges... I was wondering what you all thought the best video card for the buck is in the low, medium, and high price ranges. High = $300+, Medium = $150 - $299, Low = Cards < $150. What do you all think?? __________________ Athlon 64 3200+ Winchester \| Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 \| 2x512MB Kingmax Hardcore PC4000 RAM \| PNY GeForce FX 5200 128MB \| 80GB WD Caviar SE HD \| MGE Soho H2 Case (BEAST!)

Nov 19, 2004, 02:14 AM	#2
Dave DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Strongsville, Ohio Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	High: X800 XT Medium: 9800 Pro Low: 9600 Pro or 9700 Non Pro (If you can find one) __________________ Abit AT8 Crossfire \| AMD Opteron 144 2.6GHz \| 1GB PC2700 RAM \| OCZ PowerStream 520Watt \| eVGA GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB 450MHZ Core 1200MHZ RAM \| Western Digital 120GB 8MB Cache 7200 RPM \| 2 Samsung 250GB SATAII RAID 0 \| Athenatech A602 Case \|

Nov 19, 2004, 02:14 AM	#3
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Overall in the high end, I think the X800XT is the one - for speed and IQ. Mid-range (today - until ATI comes out with an AGP version of the X700) an Nvidia 6600GT. Can't comment on the low range, haven't studied up... __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Nov 19, 2004, 03:10 AM	#4
CrapolaJola The Great DaK Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 317 Rep Power: 0	Highend definatly X800XT or the SLI 6800s (altho those cost soooo much money), midrange, mid I's say 6800NU (if u go for go for the asus versions) can softmod/oc and get all the features of 6800Gt/Ultras cept they'll have lower ram clocks and 128mb of ram, if you get the asus version though you'll get the full 256mb of high speed ram or a 9800pro if you won't spend the max on your midrange limit, for lowend i'd say a 9700NP/P or 9800 used (not technically lowend, but you can find for that cheap) __________________ P2 X4 @ 3.6ghz, 4gb ddr3, SSD, 5870 @ 950/1250 + a 3ghz i5 lappy

Nov 20, 2004, 12:35 AM	#5
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	high: x800xt or 6800gt (good value) medium: 9800pro (cheaper) or 6800 (more expensive) low: 9600pro/xt __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

Nov 20, 2004, 12:48 AM	#6
MiDKnYtE Caffeine Machine Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hell is empty. All the devils are here. Posts: 670 Rep Power: 0	high: x800pro vivo (mod to XT) or 6800GT (OC to Ultra+) mid: 6600GT low: don't care.

Nov 21, 2004, 02:58 PM	#7
Prime2515102 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	High: X800XT Mid: 6800GT (ok, over budget $40, but close enough) Low: 9800SE modded to a Pro Prime Last edited by Prime2515102; Nov 21, 2004 at 11:12 PM.

Nov 21, 2004, 10:11 PM	#8
ReV smokey255 John Kerry of video cards Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 574 Rep Power: 0	i say what range are you wanting flag ship high end for flagship me say best:X800XT good:6800GT low 6600GT but still really really good this is a card like 4 months ago to b buy a 9600XT cost 200 this is 200 dolllars and is amazing same structure as 6800