What is the best $$ saver?

[N2K]

What is the best but cheapest nvidia card to get to play BF2 on high? I have another friend who wants to play BF2 in the near future, but i dont want her spending an arm to get a top card, though she can, but na

She was thinking of a 7900gt?

[Blak_Phoenix]

Re: What is the best $$ saver?

7600GT i would say.. maybe a 6800... but that would be pushing it i think.

[LoD]

Re: What is the best $$ saver?

buy a second hand video card off a forum

[QuikSilv3r47]

Re: What is the best $$ saver?

7600GT i would say.. maybe a 6800... but that would be pushing it i think.

7600 GT KO

[N2K]

Re: What is the best $$ saver?

I wouldnt trust second hand hardware...

[LoD]

Re: What is the best $$ saver?

I wouldnt trust second hand hardware...

Why not? There are plenty of reputable FS/T forums in the "enthusiast" community. Just this week I have seen a dozen 7800GT's going for $190-$230 give or take some haggling, just as an example.

I sell all my old parts online, before they are totally obsolete, much easier to justify buying high end parts if your getting a chunk of change back from each old part.

[N2K]

Re: What is the best $$ saver?

Also it has to be PCI-e

[dindysport81]

Re: What is the best $$ saver?

Is the 512 video card worth it??????how do you get your cpu to run dual 256 video cards......

[N2K]

Re: What is the best $$ saver?

Dual cards are only worth it when running 30+in monitors...as i herd

[Dan]

Re: What is the best $$ saver?

Dual cards are only worth it when running 30+in monitors...as i herd

Or dual monitors, such as 2x19" monitors.

A friend of mine has dual ASUS 6800 (256mb) ultras. He also has dual monitors though, so it kind of balances out.

He runs everything on high, damn does it look good.

My poor 9700PRO runs everything on Medium - no AA either :cry:

[LoD]

Re: What is the best $$ saver?

512Mb Cards are starting to become useful.... but only on highend models. The ONLY 512MB cards people should consider buying are the x1800XT, x1900xt and XTX and 7900GTX.

Any low end card with 512MB is a gimick and will not be able to take advantage of the extra memory. You would have to be running an exessively high amount of AA and AF on a high resolution to take advantage of the memory, and with a low end card that will net you a whopping 10-20FPS for example.

As for SLI/Crossfire, you dont need a 30", a 20 or higher can benefit, but only at high resolutions with AA and AF. If your gaming at 1280x1024 you probably shouldnt get SLI/Crossfire.

[N2K]

Re: What is the best $$ saver?

I usto go have a 5500 256...after my 7800 i will never play any game on low...