Video card recommendation?
 

Can someone recommend me a new video card? I want to get something so I can play some video games (mainly skyrim) but I also dont want to spend a fortune. I was trying to keep it under $200

edit: I think I need a pci one. I currently have an 8800 GTS but I think it's time for an upgrade. Also it wont display on my second monitor anymore so it's time to go lol

a 6850 will fit your goals quite nicely

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I've got two GTX460s and would highly recommend one.

about a year ago I got a BLAZING deal on a 5850, and it upgraded my 8800gts. If you read the benchmarks, the 5850 and 6850 are very close, but typically the 5850 comes out just a smidge ahead.

That said, they are damn near neck and neck, and the 6850 is quite a bit cheaper, unless you score something like I did.

The moral of the story is, I started where you were, and my new card makes my nipples hard. Listen to the advice already given. I've yet to play a game that even remotely makes this card sweat.

GTX 560, this exact one. Awesome card. You will not regret.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121446

wow thanks for the quick responses. did you guys have any power supply issues when upgrading? I dont recall what power supply I used in this build

edit: I think I'm good, I double checked my order from newegg and I used a 700w thermaltake. should be good to go. Now it's just deciding between the GTX 560 and 6850, the latter which is significantly cheaper

3 weeks ago I'd tell you to buy ati (amd) and support my company, but now I work for nvidia so you should buy the gtx card.

nvidia discount?? :D

I thought a gtx560 was just an overclocked 460 :-/

The 460 put up better fps results on Just Cause 2 than the 6850. I'll have to find the link to the tests. Just Cause 2 is the closest thing to Skyrim they tested.

+1

GTX560 Ti 448 or 6850 is all there is price/performance-wise imo.

460/560 "beats" the 6850, but not to such an extent that it justifies the price increase.

6950 then bio flash to 6970, best fps per $

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150523

$210 with rebate OP. It's $10 out of your range, but Jeff makes an excellent point if you are willing to put up with BIOS flashing and voided warranties. I personally refuse to consider voiding my warranty anymore, but Jeff's point is a very good one.

Dude, I used to flash video card bios every friggen week. I had a radeon 9800 that at different stages in its life thought it was 3 different cards. Then they started hard locking the cards and that practice kinda died off. Point being, I wouldn't bat an eyelash about flashing video card bios's. Unless you're a dipshit.

If you can successfully build and maintain an overclocked computer (hope I'm not assuming too much here) a bios flash is kid .

anyone see this? It's the 550 but it's only $115 after MIR and $10 off for the weekend. Seems decent for the price

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc..._-14130625-L0A

The 550 is a terrible choice based on benchmarks.

The 6850, in some tests, as much as doubles the 550's FPS and on average displays about ~50% higher performance. For $10 or $20 more.

duly noted

For $33, should I bother upgrading my old Dell desktop from a Radeon HD2400 Pro to a Geforce 8800 GTS?

Since there are video card fags in here...what can I do to get my notebook to use proper 1080p resolution from the VGA cable? I can't use the HDMI cable because my Dell N5010 will not "send sound" through the HDMI cable.

lol wut? Why can't you just use HDMI for video and do audio separate? Your VGA won't send sound either...

Kind of what I was thinking. And your video card is only capable of a certain max resolution, and if it's a notebook i doubt it's 1080p anyways.

Repeating because hustler bumped the thread to a new page.

you be the judge...

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/vi...on+HD+2400+PRO

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/vi...Force+8800+GTS

Although your video card my not be the only bottleneck.

Pretty old desktop, E2180 proc, 4 GB of DDR2, etc.

You would probably see a decent improvement.

This, assuming you play at a high enough resolution to not make your CPU the bottleneck.

What a dope I am.

Bought that 8800GTS 512mb, never bothered to take a look at my mobo.

Whaddya know, not a single PCI-e aux power or molex power sources on the mobo or direct from the power supply.

So...either replace the PS with one that has a PCI-e power source (AND that fits this Inspiron 530 case), or daisy-chain from the SATA --> Molex --> PCI-e.



EDIT:

Found this:

http://www.cpustuff.com/8-inches-sat...le-8494mp.html

Bad idea?

Screw it. Ordered a Cooler Master 500w power supply.

You should give in to temptation, and build a bran new gaming rig.

Then buy my video card. :D

I had this problem...soldering iron fixed it. My issue was not having any PCIEx power cable, only SATA.