Search being borked is NOT helping any. I just about had my mind made up, but now I'm not certain since I can't find my reference threads :/
Anyway, I currently have a MSI P43NeoF mobo, Q6600@stock speed (overclocking didn't work, but I'm willing to give it another shot, particularly since I have it watercooled and that was part of my intention) w/ 4 gigs of RAM, 600W OCZ PSU and a 9800GT video card. Well, ok, I *had* a 9800GT - along with countless others, I'm pretty sure my card got borked by nVidia's drivers. Anyway, that's what brings me here - I'm looking at replacement cards, and can't seem to decide on a solid answer. Most of what I do is FSX and only 1280*1024, so I concede really don't need much - and what I see in a lot of benchmarks is that the newer cards are essentially downgrades as far as performance besides. So, my question is whether I should get another 9800GT, go with a GTS450/GTX550 ($20 price difference between the two) or try something from ATI? I looked through my boxes and realized every card I've ever gotten has been from EVGA, but that's merely a coincidence, not intentional.
Thanks!
Anyway, I currently have a MSI P43NeoF mobo, Q6600@stock speed (overclocking didn't work, but I'm willing to give it another shot, particularly since I have it watercooled and that was part of my intention) w/ 4 gigs of RAM, 600W OCZ PSU and a 9800GT video card. Well, ok, I *had* a 9800GT - along with countless others, I'm pretty sure my card got borked by nVidia's drivers. Anyway, that's what brings me here - I'm looking at replacement cards, and can't seem to decide on a solid answer. Most of what I do is FSX and only 1280*1024, so I concede really don't need much - and what I see in a lot of benchmarks is that the newer cards are essentially downgrades as far as performance besides. So, my question is whether I should get another 9800GT, go with a GTS450/GTX550 ($20 price difference between the two) or try something from ATI? I looked through my boxes and realized every card I've ever gotten has been from EVGA, but that's merely a coincidence, not intentional.
Thanks!