I just bought an Intel Pentium Duo Core 2.6GHz, 2GB Kingston DDR II, ASRock G31M-S Mobo with onboard 390MB GFX using that until I get my next payday, unable to afford the card.
So my question is, which PCi-E cards are worth getting, this is my first motherboard without AGP my old card was a geforce 7600GS
I did hear that ATI cards with X6XX (x being number) are mid range, X8XX are high range.
As for Nvidia, I do not know. I recently switched to ATI after my 7600Gs silent blew up...
I currently own a 4650 from ATI, with the 1gb hypermemory. Didn't get to play a lot with its settings, but I do run most popular games without hassle (CoD 5, BF2, Crysis (not max settings though), Farcry 2 (Max, cept dx10), Bioshock, Oblivion, Fallout.)
Varyag is correct, the GTS 250 it is inexpensive, and works quite well. i myself have a GTX 260 core 216 which is a step up, also from Nvidia. i absolutely love it. not a single problem so far. both these cards are very reliable and will run most games out without a hitch.
the 9800GTX is getting a little outdated, but still is a good card. erm, dont get the BFG when you get a gforce card, go with EVGA or XFX. they work the best and have the best customer support. XFX also has a double lifetime warrenty
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