great video card

[Lkr]

well, pilot's been helping me find a new mobo and video cards, but i want to know what one of the best one out is and if someone could tell me how it is for them. i really need a good one, seeing as my current one isnt that great.
Thanks!

256MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 7800 GTX

[Lkr]

do you have one? and is it good?

its the best alienware offers so im assuming its got mad skillz.

[fischju]

this is a laptop? because the go series is. if its a full atx destop i reccomend getting an nividia sli mobo and 1 sli compatible card now and save up for another one later down the road

GeForce Go? I thought that was a mobile card.

Top-tier would be a card with the 7800GT(X) chipset (or 7900GT[X] if you have loads of cash to spare). Those would be nVidia chipsets. From ATi, I'd say the X1900XT(X) chipset would be your best bet (again, if you have the money). Don't really have much experience with the other cards.

Of course, this is all if you want top-of-the-line. If you just want better graphics for an affordable price, the 6800 line is still very good (have a 6800GS (PCIe) myself). Also, many people will tell you to go SLi. I've tried it out, and the benefits do not outweigh the cost enough, and do not raise performance as much if you put two highend cards together. It works better for 6800s from my experience. Still not worth spending the money for it.

[Pilot_51]

Heck Lkr, why didn't you ask me? Here's "the best one": http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150134

[Lkr]

i dont want the best one. i want the best one that is affordable ;)

Technically, this is the best "video card":

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814124115

But it's not actually for gaming. It's for heavy 3D rendering.

[Pilot_51]

Then say so... It's not so easy to find that without knowing how affordable you want it. You said $200 before, and I found the best one under that (which came to $199) and you didn't like it.