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Advice in buying a gcard for $100 us

yanicyanic Member Posts: 2
in Hardware

Hey guys i need advice on what card to get for $100 us, thats all i can afford to spend right now, i see the ati 3650 cards for within that price and im thinking of getting one but there are also the nvidia 7900 gt's. 

My current specs : AMD x2 3800, 2gig gskill, Gigabyte 690gm motherboard

can someone give me some advice.

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  • daylight01daylight01 Member Posts: 2,250

    If your board supports pci express save maybe another $30-$50 and get yourself a 8800gt 512mb,you will be glad you did.

    Though it wouldnt hurt to give somemore spec's like psu and os etc but to buy a 7900 card now is just wasting cash.

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  • ArndurArndur Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 2,202

    if you dont need high end gaming then a 8500 GT ~$70 will work very well.

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  • CleffyIICleffyII Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 3,440

    The 7900 GT is 3 generations old.  The 3650 will outperform it.  However, remember to get tyhe 512MB GDDR3 version.  If you can afford it though, go with the 3850.  Its $99 after mail-in rebate.

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  • BluezeerBluezeer Member Posts: 30
    Originally posted by yanic


    Hey guys i need advice on what card to get for $100 us, thats all i can afford to spend right now, i see the ati 3650 cards for within that price and im thinking of getting one but there are also the nvidia 7900 gt's. 
    My current specs : AMD x2 3800, 2gig gskill, Gigabyte 690gm motherboard
    can someone give me some advice.

     

    My Advice is this one , wait for the end of the month ! why? Nvidia and Ati are both releasing new cards ! So the price of the older model will go down ... for 100$ in 2-3 weeks you will be able to get a ati 3870 or maybe even a 8800gt . So for god sake be patient ! hehe

    nvidia release on the 17th

    Ati on the 24th

  • AznmaskAznmask Member Posts: 178

    8600GT $59.99 after rebate

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130085



    BTW i own this one... but i upgrade it to 8800GT 512mb ( and no regret) i should have get the 8800Gt at first..

  • yanicyanic Member Posts: 2

    Thanks soo much for the advice guys

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