Need video card advice

[AustinMatherne]

Hay guys I?m putting together a new computer for playing my sport titles (MVP Baseball, NBA Live and Madden) on max settings and I need a recommendation on a new video card. I?m thinking about ether a 6600GT (If I can play on max settings with it) or a X800XL. Basically would I be able to play with maximum settings if I got the 6600GT?

This is what I?m ordering so far.
Motherboard: Chaintech VNF4 Ultra $81.99
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice $146.00
Memory: Corsair ValueSelect 1GB $84.99
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 200GB SATA $109.99
Optical Drive: NEC ND-3540A $41.99
Floppy Drive: NEC Black $8.49
Case: Cooler Master Centurion 5 $54.99
Power Supply: OCZ ModStreem 450W $75.00
Video Card: ??? $???
Speakers: Logitech X-230 $35.00
Mouse: Logitech Cordless Click! Plus $16.99

TOTAL: $655.43

 

[UsandThem]

Get the X800XL.

It will play your games at higher settings, and will last you longer since it performs about the same as a 6800GT.

 

[fishstickz]

Well,

I have the X800XL... I can play MVP Baseball and NBA Live on max settings. I doubt it on the 6600GT- its pretty weak.

-fish

 

[AustinMatherne]

I'm going to go with the X800 XL.

 

[Newfie]

enjoy =)

 

[Rike]

Originally posted by: UsandThem
Get the X800XL.

It will play your games at higher settings, and will last you longer since it performs about the same as a 6800GT.

:thumbsup:

 

[Varun]

Originally posted by: fishstickz
Well,

I have the X800XL... I can play MVP Baseball and NBA Live on max settings. I doubt it on the 6600GT- its pretty weak.

-fish

The 6600GT is far from weak. Until you get to high resolution (over 1280x1024) or add in AA/AF it performs fairly close to an X800XL.

Anyways, why would those two cards be the ones you were looking at? It's obvious that the X800XL is a better card but it costs around double the 6600GT.

Perhaps you meant the 6800GT? Then it is a much closer call.

 

[AustinMatherne]

Originally posted by: Varun

Originally posted by: fishstickz
Well,

I have the X800XL... I can play MVP Baseball and NBA Live on max settings. I doubt it on the 6600GT- its pretty weak.

-fish

The 6600GT is far from weak. Until you get to high resolution (over 1280x1024) or add in AA/AF it performs fairly close to an X800XL.

Anyways, why would those two cards be the ones you were looking at? It's obvious that the X800XL is a better card but it costs around double the 6600GT.

Perhaps you meant the 6800GT? Then it is a much closer call.

No. I wanted to know if I could get by with a 6600GT and still be able to play on all high settings.

 

[Varun]

Well the 6600GT does fine until you start to get up to higher resolutions. If you are fine at 1024x768 or 1280x960 then I would say yes.

I run FarCry on my 6600GT + XP3200+ and I get an average of about 75-100 FPS at 1280x960 with 2xQAA and 2xAF. It never drops under 50FPS.

It's a big price difference to be able to play games at 1600x1200 +AA/AF I think.

 

[Rike]

As I indicated above, if I were buying now on a fairly tight budget, I'd get the X800XL. However, I have a 6600GT and I am very happy with it. I run all my games @ 1280x960 with at least 4xAA and 4xAF and I never have low frame rate stuttering. Granted, I OC it, but it works well none the less. More details are in my sig.

 

[nick1985]

X800XL

 

[AustinMatherne]

I have a 1905FP so dont I have to play 1280x1024?

 

[Rike]

Originally posted by: Fishers Web
I have a 1905FP so dont I have to play 1280x1024?

Well, you don't have to. But yes, you're right. I believe that's the monitor's max rez so you'd need to upgrade your monitor before you bump higher.