You could most likely have made your post much shorter, and through proper wording avoided misconceptions. curiously though, your posting is actually longer than mine was. ironic, isn't it? Example. I am looking for a new video card that runs smoothly on AoC in it's current beta state. I know this is a fairly stupid request but I'm a douchebag and wish to run a top of the line machine built solely around AoC -beta just at the slim change I get one of the May 01, 2008 beta keys. while I commend you for your intent to give a proper example, you are actually showing off poor text comprehension. Plus, you amazingly think it puts you in a better position to mock my wording if you call me a douchebag but let's continue to your astonishing capability of failing to understand even very basic, terse sentences written in your native tongue A) I do not and never planned on joining beta I am not and never have planned to build a top of the line machine around anything. I already have a top of the line machine, built for non-game applications. C) I just want a new, preferably cheap, graphics card. I know it sounds crazy but I actually mean what I say D) I am not buying a card for beta. I buy it for the main game, which I want to join at day 1. But if it worked in beta, it would surely work in the final game. E) I may be a douchebag, but calling me one makes you one for sure. You wrote three lines that included only misconceptions and resorted to name calling. Is that your idea of good style? The cards I'm currently looking at are the:
Nvidia 9600 gt Nvidia 8800 gt Nvidia 8800 gts 512
I require information on these cards. I wish to know which resolutions they will run AoC on and their overall performance on the maxed out and lowest game settings. not bad *End post* at this point, you should have listened to your own advice
There we go! Not so hard, now instead of being a douche because you fail at English composition, people will clearly see what your question is and how they can properly help you. This will save you much time posting in red and repeating yourself, while frothing at the mouth with nerd rage at the fact people do not understand your need to (actually it would be "for" here) the best and shiniest hardware and performance. and it seems I have to repeat myself again, because some people are not willing to read my postings and like to listen to their own typing: I do not want the best and shiniest hardware or performance. I wanted advice on the best of those things for the least money, which is quite the opposite. As for helpful advice. I will give you only this. you already gave me "douche" and "douchebag". as long as you won't give me another derivation of this theme, I am happy. AoC is a Vista / DX10 showcase game, I would assume you know this. It has been building around the 8 series cards. Now if you have been reading about the cards, you must have stumbled over complaints about the 9's drivers and slow patch response from Nvidia. Couple that knowledge with the fact that you are currently wishing to build a computer around specs from a Beta client and you will have your answer as to what is most likely going to be the most fluid and stable card. Incase you didn't catch it, I mean the 8's. If a card runs beta almost ok, it will probably run the final version even better. That's it. Give it some time, let the patches go out and the 9's will preform better. But you seem to have money to waste, and an ego to please. Do what you will with that little bit of hand-me-down common sense. Just don't come on here bitting at people because you have a shitty grasp of this language and are to lazy to find resources yourself on this information. I certainly have a different "grasp" of this language, but shitty it is not. I am not boot-licking and a bit short. So sue me. Also, it might be lazy to ask people here what they think, but isn't this the best place to ask?
Alas, I guess this won't keep you from completely reinterpreting what I said and then criticize your version of my words with a sprinkle of name calling.
Buy any of the three cards you mentioned and you are going to run the game fine. If money is the issue buy the 9600GT because it is the cheapest of the three.
Thats about as good of an answer as you can get. Those who arent playing dont really know and those who are cant say.
There, now be nice or we wont listen to any more Rush and stop buying your beer.
"The reality of the poor in America isn't the difference between The Haves and The Have Nots, it is the difference between The Haves and The Have Lots."
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Alas, I guess this won't keep you from completely reinterpreting what I said and then criticize your version of my words with a sprinkle of name calling.
I'll stick too my 9800 GX2 w/1GB DDR3
Wow, you are no fun to help at all.
Buy any of the three cards you mentioned and you are going to run the game fine. If money is the issue buy the 9600GT because it is the cheapest of the three.
Thats about as good of an answer as you can get. Those who arent playing dont really know and those who are cant say.
Wow, this guy is a real jerk
And here I thought the parasites living north of me were all fuzzy and harmless.
Buy which ever GPU makes you happy... but based on your vile rants against people trying to help you, I am guessing nothing will make you happy.
I guess that is why you can't afford to buy a new card; you are too angry to keep a job.
My suggestion would be this card http://www.pcmicrostore.com/PartDetail.aspx?q=p:629288;c:100158
There, now be nice or we wont listen to any more Rush and stop buying your beer.
"The reality of the poor in America isn't the difference between The Haves and The Have Nots, it is the difference between The Haves and The Have Lots."
Wow, the OP is a real forum nazi. No soup for you!
OP is either a
or a 
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You've obviously already made up your mind. Why don't you just tell us the answer you want to hear?