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Gfx Card Advice

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Bore da :)

As with my CPU post in another thread, I think it's time to take a look at maybe upgrading my graphics card.

I'm pretty much lost with the sheer amount of them out there so could use some simple advice on what's what at the moment.

I do quite a lot of gaming and video editing so something top end that would have no problem doing the business would be good.

I'm currently running:
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - OEM

On this motherboard:
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Can anyone recommend me a beast of a card that would have no bother playing all the high end games currently available? And if possibly let me know if it's compatible with my current motherboard or not?

Cheers :rolleyes:
 
go for whatever you can afford budget wise

the gtx is the outright performanc king but in games with good crossfire support the x2 wins hands down - so its a toss up

personally - i would stick with your gtx and see what comes out next few months
 
Ack, there are quite a few different GTX280's out there. Any recommendations on which would be the best? Assuming money was no object...

Are there some big changes in graphics cards expected in the next few months? I don't want to make the same mistake I did in the past where I spent £300+ on a AGP graphics card only to find out about PCI-E a week later :eek:
 
Ack, there are quite a few different GTX280's out there. Any recommendations on which would be the best? Assuming money was no object...

Are there some big changes in graphics cards expected in the next few months? I don't want to make the same mistake I did in the past where I spent £300+ on a AGP graphics card only to find out about PCI-E a week later :eek:

Buy the cheapest and overclock it yourself IMHO.
 
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