I need a new Videocard, which should i get?

**marwan** · 16 Jul 2004, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by Despair

Its all depends on how much money are you willing to spend on this.

If you have high budget, and would want the best, then go with x800 pro or xt or newest Nvidia.

But if you on the lower budget end, 9800 Pro or XT would be more than enough to run Doom 3.

And it will be a wise investment. I wish 9800 Pros were cheaper last year when I was building my current rig (I went with 9700 Pro). Oh well, next year, I will get better one

i think Radeon X800 XT is my choice, the problem is finding one. i'm gonna shop around and see what's available in my area.

**Damian79** · 16 Jul 2004, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by Despair

And it will be a wise investment. I wish 9800 Pros were cheaper last year when I was building my current rig (I went with 9700 Pro). Oh well, next year, I will get better one

I still have my 9700 pro, and it still kicks ass.

**Mzo** · 16 Jul 2004, 04:46 PM

Hell, my 9500 Pro still kicks ass.

**Calliander** · 16 Jul 2004, 04:51 PM

Mizzo, can't you move this to The Circuit Board?

**Diff-chan** · 16 Jul 2004, 04:51 PM

If I had $500 or whatever, Id go with a 6800.

**Shin Johnpv** · 16 Jul 2004, 04:55 PM

If I had the money to spend I would go with the ATI card the X800, personally from my experience through the years with different cards from Nvidia and ATI on the same monitor, ATI just has the overall better image quality. I'm not talking FPS or polygon pushing I mean how nice the image looks on the monitor. Right now I have a 9600 Pro 128mb card so far it's run everything very nicely, we will see how it handles doom 3.

**Dyne** · 16 Jul 2004, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by dave is ok

With either you'll be able to run Doom 3 in it's full glory.

not true. the hardware required for the extreme detail setting isnt even available yet. yes it will run and look great on current cards but in no way will it run in its "full glory".

id get a 6800 non pro (best bang for the buck) but if your strapped for cash get a 9800pro. if money is no object stick with Nvidia (being that the game uses OpenGL) , get a 6800gt and overclock it.

Originally Posted by diffusionx

If I had $500 or whatever, Id go with a 6800.

a 6800 is only $289. the only $500 cards are the 6800ultra ($600) and the x800pro/xt's max out at $480.

Originally Posted by Shin Johnpv

If I had the money to spend I would go with the ATI card the X800, personally from my experience through the years with different cards from Nvidia and ATI on the same monitor, ATI just has the overall better image quality. I'm not talking FPS or polygon pushing I mean how nice the image looks on the monitor. Right now I have a 9600 Pro 128mb card so far it's run everything very nicely, we will see how it handles doom 3.

doom 3 will make it cry if your planning on doing anything over 1024*768.