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I'm upgrading my old athlon system. What I have fixed until now is:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8200
2 Gb Ram

I'll probably pick an Asus mobo (no idea which though... Very difficult to get a mobo of choice here)

The major question I have is what graphic card to pick. My budget for the graphic card is about 200$. Will be buying that over in the US and get a relative to bring it here.

I'm currently split between the 8800GT, 9600GT and the 3870. What do you people think is the best buy at sub 200$ prices (preferably sub 180$... operating on a small budget here). And what brand of card should I get (as in asus/xfx/sapphire etc)

Many thanks

YenkeeNY : "And everyone knows the true meaning of MMORPG - Many Men Online Role Playing Girls"

8800gt evga

Intel e6750 / Asus p5k / 2GB Patriot / 8800 gts 640 / 250GB / Antec 900 Case / Corsair hx520 PSU

QUOTE:
8800gt evga

er that's a little expensive... anything else?

YenkeeNY : "And everyone knows the true meaning of MMORPG - Many Men Online Role Playing Girls"

9600gt would be cheaper sir

Intel e6750 / Asus p5k / 2GB Patriot / 8800 gts 640 / 250GB / Antec 900 Case / Corsair hx520 PSU

And a comparison between the 3870 and 9600gt? what about the cheaper 8800GTs? You can get some 8800GTs for less than 200$, such as Gigabyte.

This comment was edited at 03/29/2008 3:39 AM

YenkeeNY : "And everyone knows the true meaning of MMORPG - Many Men Online Role Playing Girls"

The 9600GT is better than the 3870 overall, especially when considering price.

If you find a cheaper 8800GT, make sure it is 512MB. The 256MB versions aren't worth it.

I have a 9600GT, it does well. It was a bit cheaper than a 8800GT - a price I couldn't justify paying. The 8800GT is better though, but not by much.

This comment was edited at 03/29/2008 5:21 PM

e2160@2.7ghz | GA-P35-DS3L | 2GB XMS2 800 | XFX 9600GT | CM690

Check out the MSI 9600GT, has a dual slot cooler for great cooling and high clock speeds.

Poor Man's Rig | Opteron 180 @ 2.8ghz Air | Evga 8800GTS | 2GB G.SKill DDR

if theres any way you could pay just a little more cash get the EVGA 8800GT OC, runs at 700/2000(or 720/2000 if you get the "akimbo" edition)

http://picsend.net/viewer.php?id=541209fo..

with the price on a lot of 8800 512 GTs at 200$ the price per performance far outweighs the 9600 GT. Prior that was the only reason to even consider a 9600 but now that the price is much closer the 8800 wins hands down.

#9 if he cant get the 8800gt he cant get the ssc.. so prolly the 9600 is the best choise

Intel e6750 / Asus p5k / 2GB Patriot / 8800 gts 640 / 250GB / Antec 900 Case / Corsair hx520 PSU

PNY XLR8 8800 GT

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IF you don't want to break the bank but want solid performance check out this card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

Poor Man's Rig | Opteron 180 @ 2.8ghz Air | Evga 8800GTS | 2GB G.SKill DDR

thank you #14... I think I'll settle for the 9600GT

Thanks to everybody for having helped!

YenkeeNY : "And everyone knows the true meaning of MMORPG - Many Men Online Role Playing Girls"

iKrana is settling for less of a card..

8800 GT handles double the bandwidth stream than an 9600 GT

Deviant Sports ..::✰::.. | e6850 | 2 x 8800 GTX | 2 GB Patriot Viper |

divide the difference in price by how many days/hours per week you game, and you will easily see its worth upgrading to 8800 gt.
9600 is basically a turbo 7600!

gotfrag makes my trigger finger itchy!

Thats pretty bad comp.

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#16 yet it doesn't have much of an effect on benchmarks. If the 9600GT is considerably cheaper then it's worth going for it. I got it for a good price, don't care that it's slower than the 8800GT.

e2160@2.7ghz | GA-P35-DS3L | 2GB XMS2 800 | XFX 9600GT | CM690

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