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Old 09-19-2008, 12:20 AM   #1
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What card should i get

Im stuck on what card to get i was looking at ether

this http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&Sku=P450-9826 9800 gt Or 2 of them

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814129113 one of them

im not looking to spend over 280 i mean ill goto 300 but what do you think the best card i can get for under 300? any ideas.

another question is can your SLI 2 4870 or do they have to Crossfire same as can you crossfire 2 9800's? can someone explain thanks!!
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Old 09-19-2008, 11:23 AM   #2
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What card to get really depends on what games you play.

And also, what power supply do you have.

The 4870 would be the better of those cards.

You can only sli nvidea cards, and only crossfire ati cards. The mother board will say which it can handle, if it can handle that at all.
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Old 09-19-2008, 12:02 PM   #3
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What about the GeForce GTX 260? That's under $300:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130370
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Old 09-19-2008, 09:29 PM   #4
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What about the GeForce GTX 260? That's under $300:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130370
would that be better then 4870? though? im going to play crysis, the whicther, wow, bf2142 , css i play alot of diffrent things.
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Old 09-19-2008, 09:56 PM   #5
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I believe the two cards are pretty comparable. I think it depends on the games. One card does better in some games and settings, while the other card does better in different games and settings.

You can't really lose either way.
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