Buying a DX10 vid card tomorrow

[WaltzInBlack]

Any suggestions, recommendations?

thx

[Theboz]

Without a price range, then I recommend a Nvidia GTX260 core216, 270.00 and a very good card.

[BGP]

What is your price range? Something like this works for me.

Nvidia 9600 gt 512mb for about $110. $80 after rebate. (About $140 at Best Buy)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130360

Also, remember that you need Vista.

[WaltzInBlack]

the 8800 GT was the best card in the shop, it is DX 10 ready, hope it does the trick

[Theboz]

the 8800 GT was the best card in the shop, it is DX 10 ready, hope it does the trick

Nice card, for the price

[Caustic]

I have the 8800 GT in my system, it's a very good card for the money.

[Reverand]

the 8800 GT was the best card in the shop, it is DX 10 ready, hope it does the trick

I hope it works out for you. I have that card and when i enabled DX 10... Fatal Error. I couldnt even get back in to turn it off. I'm at work now, but Freeman, told me how to fix the code if that happens. Good luck and Please post if it works for you!

[Deadz]

HD3870 is nice and cheap.. but.. never buy a card at a "shop" online they are usually cheaper..

Personally, i avoid nvidia at all costs, the 8800 and up series have flawed gpu's and high failure rates.
I build these things(gaming rigs) for people as a part time job..and see alot of issues currently with the 8800 and up nvidia cards.

[Deadz]

What is your price range? Something like this works for me.

Nvidia 9600 gt 512mb for about $110. $80 after rebate. (About $140 at Best Buy)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130360

Also, remember that you need Vista.

remoddelled 8800gs that is a horrible card, i actually owned it at one point.

The HD3870 is alot faster and the same price.

[silverraven]

I got a 8500 and it works great bout $100 Canadian. 8800 should be that much better.

[WaltzInBlack]

the DX10 graphics look good but I am crawling with sinfge digit fps in the shroud on ultra high :O(. My RAD 1950XTX was better, though was not DX10 before the SOAB overheated!!

thanks for advise so far but pls help, money is not an issue , I will pay 500-600 to get an ultra high performing card for my 24". And a tip as to where to get the best deal - online someone said? Yeah the shop ripped me off $260 for that 8800GT.

thanks folks.

[Lundivar]

the 260 seems like the sweet spot card right now...

I'm using an overclocked 9600GT I bought for cheap and it run 24/7, either folding or playing DDO... keep it nice & warm, so less hot/cold cycles.

I would check to see if the card is manufactured after the nvidia production issues in any case (I went ahead and bought one that's affected anyways... go figure)

Question to anybody who's using the DX10, I've heard 512meg cards are having a lot of trouble running DX10 games (choppy loading times) compared to 700meg & 1gig cards due to added memory requirements for effects, is this the case for DDO, or is the game less demanding on hardware? (Always talking Ultra High details & everything enabled, else what's the point?)

[WaltzInBlack]

so I presume you mean this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130372

that should be able to run DDO on ultra high 24" with a decent frame rate?

thx for your help, anyone else like this card?

cheers all

[Hahr_Jinn]

www.tomshardware.com

They offer a monthly video card roundup to compare various cards at various price points. To be sure, there's more info on individual cards, but that'll help narrow down your search to 1-2 at a given price and which has the slight edge.

The most recent article is here

[Stormanne]

so I presume you mean this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130372

that should be able to run DDO on ultra high 24" with a decent frame rate?

thx for your help, anyone else like this card?

cheers all

Good card, but if you like the ATi, go with the HD4870 X2.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...7&Sku=D10-4876

More expensive, but a lot more under the hood right now compared to anything Nvidia has out...

[Lundivar]

The Core 216 edition can be seen here. Just a slightly revised core to the card, but might as well get the newer one.

24"? What's the resolution your looking at exactly? Regardless, it should chew through DDO just fine...

[WaltzInBlack]

1920X1200 Lund, I am gong for the card in your link, really apprecaite the time bud

thx all