Getting close to finally buying a video card

[Shibathedog]

alright well those new cheaper GeForce8800GTS cards came out, They only have 320MB of memory, But they still seem to be decent cards.

 

I most likely wont be using it for DX10 at all, and just DX9. and my previous choice was a X1950XT or an X1950XTX.

 

This is the fastest of the cheap GeForce 8s (300 dollar-ish range ones)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814150173

 

It looks like it will be able to outperform both the X1950XT and X1950XTX, and since it costs about the same, (cheaper than the X1950XTX actually) should i just get this? The only thing im worried about is i think i heard that DX10 cards have some trouble running older versions of DX (like 9, which is what pretty much all the games i play use) Is that true at all? can i finally get a video card and stop worrying about it!?

[GodPigeon]

I also want to buy a Graphic card, but i dont really know much about those things. My Brother recently bought a Nvidia GeForce FX5200. He bought it for Windows Vista(Which he regrets because he says he cant install almost any programs) But is that Graphic card any good?? i want to be able to Play Need for speed in full speed without having to drop the Res to the lowest possible.

[Shibathedog]

nevermind i cant get that video card because A. I dont think its going to work with my motherboard and B. my power supply will explode.

 

anyway to help you out (and what ill end up getting) Ive been researching this almost constantly, and the best cards you are going to get for your money are the following two

 

ATi X1950XT

ATi X1950XTX (if you have the money, but if your system can handle a GeForce 8, get that because its about the same price so theres really no point in getting this)

 

The fastest version of the X1950XT is the ASUS version and the best deal seems to be on zipzoomfly for 300.

 

If you want to get into dual video cards though this changes completely. Personally i just want to play everything maxed out full AA AF at 1280X1024. so i dont really need two.