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Video card recommendations?
Name: wvkeith Date: February 2, 2008 at 04:20:01 Pacific OS: Windows XP SP2 CPU/Ram: 3.0/1GB
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Just trying to get the most bang for my bucks. Considering Ati 3870 and nvidia 8800 gt.
that will give a general overview of most benchmarks. many reviews also talk about the price to performance ratio. i suggest giving google a try. 'hd3870 review' '8800gt review'
Core 2 Quad q6600 2.4GHz@ 2.9GHz 323x9 MSI P6N-FI nforce650i Mb 3GB OCZ RAM DDR2800@645 2x250GB HDD in RAID 0 2xDVD-RW Foxconn 8800GTS 320mb 630/1410/1840 ATI TV 550pro FSP 700w
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Response Number 2
Name: wvkeith Date: February 2, 2008 at 10:19:50 Pacific
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Yes Tomshardware.com is great, I've learned a lot reading through the articles and charts there. I know both cards show similar performance (probably similar enough that you wouldn't know the difference when using them). Just wondering if there's any real advantage to one over the other in real world situations.
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