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If you can wait, I would wait for the nVidia G92 and AMD RV670 and see how they perform. It seems that the RV670 is on par with the R600 performance wise, but it's shrinked to 55nm and so it needs much less power and is cooled better (singleslot from what I've heard). Furthermore, it will cost only around ~ 200€.
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Originally posted by 1c3d0g View PostGood point, d2kx. The GeForce 8800GT (or whetever it's called) might be a better buy for a fraction of the price.
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Malikith: I'm in the same boat as you are. It all depends on UT3 ('cause Quake Wars was a disappointment to me) and how well it's going to play on my current rig (Core 2 Duo E6420, 4GB RAM, 8600GT). If the 8800GT is a much better performer I'll have to consider upgrading my graphics card.
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Now I am going to throw a wrinkly in here. To hold down proce I would suggest looking at the amd processors like the 6000 (dual-core 3ghz) and for linux compatibility I would get the asus m2v k8t890 and either corsair or ocz ram and an asus 8600gts 256 card...the total for that in U.S prices from xpcgear with ocz ram is $519.45 minus shipping
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I didn't think he was going after outright speed but performance vs price and linux compatibility...speed on a via chipset is comparable in linux to nvidia and alot faster than the intel chipsets...now I am not going to get into a intel vs amd war as everyone has an opinion on that but performance vs price was the suggestion and just offering another option as both at this point will do everything most of us need to do farly easily..using amd optimizied kernels also helps in system response.
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Looking at recent reviews of the new 8800GTS 512mb, it is looking like a lot of bang for the buck. The card is currently around $350 at the most popular online places.
HardOCP did a really nice review of the card, with real world benchmarking.
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