Best Video Card?

[JoeFaheyx]

hi, i am building a new computer and was wondering what is one of the best video cards out there that i could get for under $300.00......it would be with a K8N NEO platinum and an AMD athlon 64 3000.....i would like the new card to be able to handle DOOM3 also, THANKS

 

[CidHighwind]

I would suggest a Radeon 9800 Pro or XT. At the making of this card, Radeon was doing a lot better than NVIDIA, and the card shows. Also, some Pro cards can be easily converted to XT performance with no extra parts, because some manufacturers (MSI) use the same parts for both. A 9800 Pro is $200-250 and I forget just how much an XT costs.

Tests have shown that anything but the $400+ cards wont handle Doom 3, at high res and quality, if thats what you are looking for!

 

[Frew]

Originally posted by: CidHighwind
I would suggest a Radeon 9800 Pro or XT. At the making of this card, Radeon was doing a lot better than NVIDIA, and the card shows. Also, some Pro cards can be easily converted to XT performance with no extra parts, because some manufacturers (MSI) use the same parts for both. A 9800 Pro is $200-250 and I forget just how much an XT costs.

Tests have shown that anything but the $400+ cards wont handle Doom 3, at high res and quality, if thats what you are looking for!

Buying an XT would be stupid... its more than the 6800 Vanilla and the 6800 owns it.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Get a nvidia Geforce 6800, See the benchmarks here for why.

 

[Holyhandgren]

My 9800 pro is playable with doom 3 at 1280x1024/high quality... Only lags occasionally. Dunno who this wouldnt be satisfactory for.

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: Holyhandgren
My 9800 pro is playable with doom 3 at 1280x1024/high quality... Only lags occasionally. Dunno who this wouldnt be satisfactory for.

Because you can get a much better card for not much more, especially for Doom 3.

 

[jpeyton]

6800 regular.

 

[SilentRunning]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Get a nvidia Geforce 68000, See the benchmarks here for why.

Wow the 68000 must be 10 times faster than a 6800.

 

[caz67]

I agree, go with the 6800

 

[wraith3k]

Is the jump from the 6800 to the 6800 GT worth the extra $100?

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: Holyhandgren
My 9800 pro is playable with doom 3 at 1280x1024/high quality... Only lags occasionally. Dunno who this wouldnt be satisfactory for.

LOL- I seriously doubt this.
You must have the magic 9800 Pro that isn't always dropping below 30fps even at lowly 10X7 medium quality, even with a p4 3GHz pushing it.
The truth about Doom3 on 9800P

The OP would have to be nuts to buy a 9800anything to play Doom3, it's like shooting yourself in the foot before the race begins?

Don't take my word for it though, here's what AT says:
http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=2156&p=10

Before you scream that we call a $278 video card a bargain, consider the alternatives. There frankly are none at this point ,if you want comparable performance for the dollar. ATI does not have a top-line variant at the $300 price point and the 6800 certainly blows away the older Video cards that can cost even more. For example , at plain old 1024X768 the 6800 is 75% faster in Doom 3 than either the ATI 9800 XT or the nVidia 5950, both of which cost about $50-$100 more than the 6800.

I think if it's 75% faster than a 9800XT, we can guess it's close to twice as fast as a lowly 9800P?

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: theslug
Is the jump from the 6800 to the 6800 GT worth the extra $100?

Depends what $100 means to you, in general, yes.

 

[nick1985]

6800