Looking for the best possible video card for AV8 3rd eye

vulcanorion · Sep 10, 2005, 06:00 AM

[color=dimgray]I will be purchasing a new card soon. (see my specs in my sig to see what I have now - my current vid card is made by SAPPHIRE). I am looking for the best possible card that will run on this board (**socket 393** ABIT AV8 3rd eye). [/color]

[color=dimgray]I would like a card that has at least 256MB on-board memory. Obviously, the card will be used for high intense gaming. Also, I would like the card to be below $450 US dollars).[/color]

[color=dimgray]I have owned nVidia cards before so if there is any nVidia card that is better than ATI at the moment, let me know. However, I have been VERY

happy with ATI so far.[/color]

[color=dimgray]The one card I was looking into getting was[/color] [color=red]VisionTek XTASY VTKX850XTPEA Radeon X850XT PE 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO AGP 4X/8X Video Card. [/color][color=silver][color=dimgray]This is priced at $376 at Newegg. Here is the link[/color] [color=blue]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814129048[/color].[/color]

[color=#c0c0c0][color=dimgray]The other card was a[/color] [color=red]SAPPHIRE 100111SR-RD Radeon X850XT PE 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO AGP 4X/8X Video Card. [/color][/color][color=silver][color=dimgray]It appears to be the same type of card as the VisionTek but about $45 more dollars. The link for the SAPPHIRE is here; [/color][color=blue]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102519[/color]. [/color]

[color=dimgray]Now since these two cards are the X850XT PE model, I wonder why the money is more for the SAPPHIRE.

Is VisionTek a bad manufacturer.[/color]

[color=dimgray]OK, so this is what I have found that looks within my range and appears to have what I need but I am not sure how big of a performance boost I will get from going to either of these two cards vs my ATI 9800np. [/color]

[color=#c0c0c0][color=dimgray]Any other ideas and/or recommendations is greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.[/color]

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H3X4D3C1M4L · Sep 10, 2005, 06:17 AM

Either one of those cards will be at least double if not 2.5 - 3x the performance of your current card especially at higher resolutions.

And FWIW VisionTek is a fine manufacturer and if its cheaper then by all means go for it.

Sep 10, 2005, 06:00 AM	#1
vulcanorion DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: USA Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	Looking for the best possible video card for AV8 3rd eye [color=dimgray]I will be purchasing a new card soon. (see my specs in my sig to see what I have now - my current vid card is made by SAPPHIRE). I am looking for the best possible card that will run on this board (socket 393 ABIT AV8 3rd eye). [/color] [color=dimgray]I would like a card that has at least 256MB on-board memory. Obviously, the card will be used for high intense gaming. Also, I would like the card to be below $450 US dollars).[/color] [color=dimgray]I have owned nVidia cards before so if there is any nVidia card that is better than ATI at the moment, let me know. However, I have been *VERY* happy with ATI so far.[/color] [color=dimgray]The one card I was looking into getting was[/color] [color=red]VisionTek XTASY VTKX850XTPEA Radeon X850XT PE 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO AGP 4X/8X Video Card. [/color][color=silver][color=dimgray]This is priced at $376 at Newegg. Here is the link[/color] [color=blue]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814129048[/color].[/color] [color=#c0c0c0][color=dimgray]The other card was a[/color] [color=red]SAPPHIRE 100111SR-RD Radeon X850XT PE 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO AGP 4X/8X Video Card. [/color][/color][color=silver][color=dimgray]It appears to be the same type of card as the VisionTek but about $45 more dollars. The link for the SAPPHIRE is here; [/color][color=blue]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102519[/color]. [/color] [color=dimgray]Now since these two cards are the X850XT PE model, I wonder why the money is more for the SAPPHIRE. Is VisionTek a bad manufacturer.[/color] [color=dimgray]OK, so this is what I have found that looks within my range and appears to have what I need but I am not sure how big of a performance boost I will get from going to either of these two cards vs my ATI 9800np. [/color] [color=#c0c0c0][color=dimgray]Any other ideas and/or recommendations is greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.[/color] [/color] __________________ System Specs: AMD64 3800+ Abit AV8-3rd Eye TwinX Corsair 1gig PC3200LL DDR400 Win XP Pro SP2 ATI Radeon 9800np Audigy 2 Platinum Western Digital 120gig HD ( 8MB cache) Enermax 550 Watt PSU Cable ISP NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive Pioneer DVD

Sep 10, 2005, 06:17 AM	#2
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Either one of those cards will be at least double if not 2.5 - 3x the performance of your current card especially at higher resolutions. And FWIW VisionTek is a fine manufacturer and if its cheaper then by all means go for it.