PC Video card

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  1. cdc

    cdc Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Looking for others recommendations on what video card to look at getting.

    I had 2 8800gtx graphics cards but on has just failed and putting them in the oven in getting tiring. My computer is old now but my specs are:

    Q6600 quad core
    EVGA 680i Sli motherboard
    Raptor X HD
    4gb G skill ram
    750w power supply

    Here's my problem I only have $100-150 the spend, I was looking at a 550Ti or a used 460 and try and use my remaining 8800 for physx.
     
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  3. malac0da13

    malac0da13 Torch Coral

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    Any reason you wanna stick with nvidia? No saying amd is better but if your strapped for cash or have a budget nvidia is generally more expensive...well is more expensive. I run dual xfx 6870s. When I had just one every game I played ran very well. I have heard of ways you could still run an nvidia as a physics card with and ati/amd but I forget where I saw it.

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  4. billielewis3

    billielewis3 Gigas Clam

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    he needs nvidia unless he wants to swap mobos. your not gonna be able to run anything worth a damn in sli with only 150
     
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    You can run ati just not dual atis in crossfire. I just read a little and you can make the nvidia a physics card but you'll have to do a little research on getting it to work.

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    nedim Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I have 2 GTX 560ti's in SLI. Loving them so far
     
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  8. billielewis3

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    im running crossfire 6970's, trying to find somthing that can slow me down.
     
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  9. cdc

    cdc Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Yeah my system is old now, the card does not have to be Nvidia but I was going to use the 8800 I have left for physx. However I have been told if I add a 460 and the 8800 My cpu will bottleneck my system.

    I was looking at the Radeon 6850 seem like a decent card. I will buy used if I have to, BF3 runs ok at about 30fps but that's on low and the game just doesn't look good.
     
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  10. Bustopher

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    Best Video Card for Battlefield 3 | GameFront

    I am in a similar predicament. My GFX card is better but still DX10. My Mobo is of similar vintage. I don't know if I want to upgrade to a i-Series CPU and DDR3 or just upgrade the GFX for now. Can only afford one right now.
     
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