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Originally Posted by magus113
I think 300 for a good card is steep.
Maybe if you're doing nVidia rigs. nVidia cards are really expensive in my experience. I mean, I have an 8800 now since I haven't upgraded in about 2-3 years, but when I build my new rig, I'm going ATi. I just looked yesterday and an XFX 6750 with 1GB of GDDR5 256-bit RAM and Eyefinity for 170. That's a pretty damn good card, and if you're concerned about a little bit of future proofing a second one is pretty cheap so you can do CrossfireX with it.
CrosssfireX works a lot better for me too because SLi actually doesn't support dual monitors. I kinda need that, my PC doubles as a media center in my bedroom as well.
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I'm currently an ATI user. I am thinking of going with Nvidia because I always hear that their drivers are better and that they manage to mantain better FPS with higher Anti-aliasing. The 6950 (as far as I've heard) is where it's at. But at least up there, the competition is pretty close. I've heard that the 6850 is the best bang for your buck if you don't want to spend too much and that's $200 or less. I'm doing my research on Nvidia's cards but I haven't had much time. I know that Ati has problems in games like Dirt 3 where the drivers made the sun and the lighting be pink or something like that. But when Crysis 2 runs the way it should on Nvidia but had a significant performance problem on Ati cards, I really started believing what some dedicated PC builders were telling my about Nvidia and how it did some things better.
Overall it seems both companies have their strengths and weaknesses. I might change my mind back but I want to try the Nvidia cards next time. I'm buying a new card at the end of the year ( I hope) since i need a card that's DX11 ready and my 4890 is holding me back on that matter.