OK - so the geforce 7900 video cards right now seem to be the best bang for the buck. For around $150 you can get one. I know they are direct x 9 but next year when direct x 10 goes into full action ...the $400 video cards out now will be $200.

So - I have narrowed down my search but do not know which to pick:

1.) XFX Geforce 7900 GS Extreme
2.) EVGA Geforce 7900 KO
3.) XFX 7900 GS
4.) PNY Verto Geforce 7900 GS

Eventhough im a comp sci guy - that does not mean I know the most about gaming. If a few people can help me make a decision that would be great. Im looking to get the card asap.[/code]

you goto neoseeker.com?
they do card vs. card manufacturer for the same cards.

Does it rate older cards? Im just seeing the 8000 series cards.

While going to:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/compare.asp?CatId=1839

I was able to narrow it down to either option 1 or 2. Its clear that the 7900 extreme or KO is the way to go out of those 4. Number 3 or 4 are slower and almost the exact same price.

Does it rate older cards? Im just seeing the 8000 series cards.

it rates oldOLD cards

http://www.neoseeker.com/seeker.php?keywords=7900&searchgroup=all

or goto

http://www.neoseeker.com/Hardware/Video/Video_Cards/Game_Accelerators/

and type in 7900 into All Chipsets

get the 7900 KO double lifetime warranty, overclock it as much and if it blows up get a brand new one for free if im not mistaken by evga

EVGA Geforce 7900 KO

get the 7900 KO double lifetime warranty, overclock it as much and if it blows up get a brand new one for free if im not mistaken by evga

Good find - I went to their homepage and it also statest that overclocking does not void the warranty. As long as the product is not damaged physically - they will warranty it.

..and the xfs webpage isnt working - i guess evga is the brand i want. I was going to get the other card last night but went to bed.
www.xfxforce.com <---isnt working as of this post.

check out tomshardware

Just up your anti a few bucks and get a 7900GT, a few bucks more and much more powerful GPU

oh and its xfx, not sfx, www.xfxforce.com :)

^ i was going to but i dont want this card that im getting - im just getting it because i want a a directX10 card next year. I wanted to spend as little as possible because im not spending $400 on a vid card. Next year I can buy it for $250 and the $150 i just spent on this card ....will be my $400 ....but with 2 video cards.

Well, the 7900gt can be bought for as little as $215.00 now...

prices already dropping. :-)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?DEPA=0&type=&Description=7900gt&Submit=ENE&N=0&Ntk=all&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

^ i already bought the KO - I hate when my own pcs break because I spend all day working out problems at work. But ...i just bought the KO board because my comp wont even turn on. I think either my video card blew out or some kind of motherboard problem because the comp is starting up but nothing visual.

I just bought a barebones setup because i was getting a case and power supply for $40 more then what the cpu i wanted was selling for .... now last night i ran into this wondering problem where it wont turn on ...so i just bought the video card to hold me off till next year.

that FX-60 cpu just came down to $300 ....great cpu. I should be able to overclock it atleast a few hundrew mhz.

Well, the 7900gt can be bought for as little as $215.00 now...

prices already dropping. :-)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?DEPA=0&type=&Description=7900gt&Submit=ENE&N=0&Ntk=all&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

I stopped buying from newegg because of sales tax. I strictly use tigerdirect unless the product is real cheap and there is free shipping. It bothers me spending an additional 7% when I can shop at tigerdirect and either get no sales tax - or spend extra to get express shipping for the price i would have spent on tax.

Hey that works too then, good luck with that. :-) make sure you have a decent power supply, and you should be good to boot

^ yea it came with a 500power supply - i dont know how good it is because just the watts doesnt mean jack under full load. This is one of the first times i have posted somethign on SL about a non scion problem..... and im shocked how people helped me brainstorm. thanks.

Of course, were not ALL about cars, just mostly, lol, me personally, cars, tattoos, computer...and.....girlfriend haha (of course shes #1, so not in that order)