building a new pc and obviously im a gamer so i need some advice on a graphics card...

ive been thinking one of these but one is 100$ more and im not sure if the extra preformance will be worth the extra 100$... i want the MAX RESUTLS POSSIBLE and i have a budget of 1600$ and with the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814122228 card im only at around 1200$. 100$ more dosnt really matter, but if i wont notice ANY diffrences in my gameing (now and in future games 3-4 years from now before i upgrade again) why bother?

This is the other card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814122229

ive also heard on nov.7 there will be a new geforce released featureing 512mb ram...

what are your opinions??

also when i plan to upgrade my card in 3-4 years i just plan to buy the same casrd again and put them on the same motheroard cuz itll be alot cheaper then,.. k thanks

Read through the video card threads in this forum, your answer is there. You're not going to find a card to play the latest games for 3-4 years though.

So what is the specification for this new system you are planning on building. If I was you though I'd get an upgrade friendly board, the best card that I can match my other components and worry about 3-4 years gaming in 3-4 years.

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103539 - processor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814122228 - graphics card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811166008 - case (comes with 80mm fan and 120mm fan, no side ventilation)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152047 - dvd drive no software

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106988 - dvd drive software

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145450 X2 - ram

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=Go&DEPA=0&type=&description=Creative+Labs+Sound+Blaster+X-Fi+XtremeMusic+PCI+S&Category=0&minPrice=&maxPrice=&Go.x=0&Go.y=0 - sound card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823175102 - keyboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131540 - motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822145058 - hard drive

you think we're gonna take the time to copy/paste 10 links to find out your system specs???

List them!

ASUS A7N8X-X
Athlon XP 1800+
8.5 x 200MHz
1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP2

Or, copy them to a wish list ad link the wish list!

Anyway, concerning the prospect of adding an identical card in 3-4 years for SLI, that's a pipe dream. That would be like running two GeForce 4800's in SLI vs. a single 7800GTX. There's just no comparison. The older cards - even if they could be SLI'd wouldn't be a match for the speed of the single new card. On top of that, and even more important, the older cards do not have the architecture to support the newer games. So, two 7800GTs or GTXs will most likely not be able to support games 3-4 years from now. If you can't upgrade to the 2nd card in about 6 months it probably won't be worth it.

Michael J

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