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Graphics card recommendations anyone?

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I'm speccing up a PC for my brother, everything is sorted other than the video card, I'm torn between the following for him

640mb 8800 GTS

or

HD2900 (1gb)

in general which could he expect better performance from?
 
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Cuchulain said:
I'm speccing up a PC for my brother, everything is sorted other than the video card, I'm torn between the following for him

640mb 8800 GTS

or

HD2900 (512mb)


in general which could he expect better performance from?

Fixed. :p

Anyway what res will he be playing at?
 
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8800 GTS 640MB, it's much better.

:D

Can open, worms everywhere.

In all seriousness, they're about the same. Have a look at the games your brother will be playing, and the benchmarks* for each card, to help you decide.

*Beware of lying benchmarks
 
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1gb 2900!!! its only 2-3fps faster than the 512mb, not worth an extra £60+ at all, and for the price of it you can get the much faster 8800 GTX. :eek:

Either 640mb GTS, 512mb 2900, or if you can afford the 1gb 2900, don't, get the much faster GTX. :p
 
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