Graphics Card Help

What would you guys suggest, graphics card wise?
My price range being 150-ish.

Excuse me for not putting much effort into my post here, im currently sleep deprived.

Anyway, thanks in advance.

 

Originally Posted by sandiegoskyline
I thought I would compile a list of the best graphics cards per price range. Feel free to post suggestions. Prices will be in USD and the graphics cards will be PCIe and AGP.

I reserve the right to round down whenever I feel that it is reasonable, taking into consideration other cards and relative performance.

PCIe
Under $50- NVidia GeForce 8400GS
Under $75- NVidia GeForce 8500GT or ATI Radeon HD 2600PRO
Under $100- NVidia GeForce 8600GT or ATI Radeon HD 2600XT
Under $125- NVidia GeForce 8600GT or ATI Radeon HD 2600XT
Under $150- ATI Radeon HD 2900PRO
Under $175- ATI Radeon HD 2900PRO or ATI Radeon HD 3850
Under $200- ATI Radeon HD 2900PRO or ATI Radeon HD 3850
Under $250- NVidia GeForce 8800GT or ATI Radeon HD 3870
Under $300- NVidia GeForce 8800GTS G92
Under $350- NVidia GeForce 8800GTS G92
Under $400- NVidia GeForce 8800GTS G92
Under $450-ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Under $500- ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Under $600- ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
AGP
Under $50-ATI Radeon 9600XT
Under $75- NVidia GeForce 6800XT
Under $100- ATI Radeon X1650Pro AGP or Nvidia GeForce 7600GS AGP
Under $125-ATI Radeon X1650Pro AGP
Under $150- ATI Radeon X1950GT AGP
Under $175- ATI Radeon X1950GT AGP
Under $200- ATI Radeon X1950PRO AGP or NVidia GeForce 7900GS AGP
Under $250- ATI Radeon X1950XT AGP or NVidia GeForce 7950GT AGP
Under $300- ATI Radeon X1950XT AGP or NVidia GeForce 7950GT AGP

I hope this acts as a guide for people who are looking for the best graphics cards within a set price range -SDSkyline


BTW, I am NOT including MIRs. It gets too confusing with them.

 

The list seems a bit dated, when was that originally posted?

 

I was contemplating just PMing you specifically Loony, but assumed you would drop by anyway and a thread would provide the opinion of others, also.
What would you personally suggest, Loony?

 

Yeah, $150 or so.
I could expand it a bit further if such is necessary though.
But for now, $150 or so is what i'm aiming for.

 

I can't say i'm very knowledgeable in the field of graphics cards, from what i've seen on new egg, different companies produce the Radeon HD 5750.
Is there one in specific you would recommend?

 

Mind providing a newegg link for such models?
Excuse my technical ineptitude.

Also, I was taking a look at this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127445
It seems decent.
Your thoughts?

 

Is there a large performance gap between Direct X 10 and 11?

 

Well, with a 150 price range you're pretty much limited to 128-bit cards, but I should warn you, DO NOT BY ANY MEANS get anything lower than 128-bits, unless you like watching slideshows instead of playing games. My reccomendation would be something from the 4000 series of cards, with 256-bits such as posted above, but, remember, nothing below 128-bits. x]
(Or for Nvidia, try one of the ?332-bit? cards)

At this time, there isn't much noticeable difference between DX10 and DX11 cards, there are very few games that use DX11 (Arkham Asylum, DiRT 2, AvP, and probably a few others that i'm missing) and by the time you get bunch of decent DX11 games that really show off the features, then the hardware that you buy today will be in need of an upgrade, so for now, I advise sticking to DX10 cards

EDIT: Looking at the 5570's they're pretty cheap, but for that price, see if you can't find a 256-bit 4000 series card, it will be worth the "downgrade"

 

Although, I cannot directly prove it to you that it IS relevant, look at price differences for cards that are 256 compared to 128 and even 64 bits, and also, look on.... youtube, for videos of games running with 256-bit cards, usually MUCH smoother, even when the card is less-than-reputable
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Isn't this guide a bit dated?

EDIT: Sorry, I totally missed everyone else saying that it was dated, my bad xD

 

But, with high Gpu speeds and high mem speeds, it doesn't matter if the card can't pump it through fast enough, imagine a water hose, you can have all the water speed and amount of water you want, but if the hose isn't big enough, less water is going to get through, no?

 

I still disagree with you, but I think we are getting nowheres by arguing this, and also, I have no response to that, i'm just going to end our argument here, is that ok? xD

I wouldn't say that all are 256 or higher, the budget cards are all 128 bits, or even lower, i've seen 3000 series that are 64 bit, which trick people into buying them, because they don't pay attention to the bit depth.
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This card looks awesome