What is the best video card to get for a high performance gaming system?

Needs to have PCI Xpress X16 with 512 or more

I am building a new pc within the next few months. Im thinkin

AMD Athlon 64X2

1GB of DDR 800

2x DVD Burner

MSI Motherboard with onboard USB 2.0

10/100MBS Ethernet

SATA RAID

250 GB SATA 3.0 HDD

TV Turner

Any other sugestions would be great, thanks!



A+ Certified PC Tech|||The best card on the market is a Geforce 8800GTX so... they're expensive, they're power hungry so you'd better have yourself a 450W or greater power supply (emphasis on the greater....). If I had very deep pockets, this is the card I would get, course you'd still need to get the actual water cooler, http://www.bfgtech.com/8800GTX_768_PCIe_… or you could just get a standard one with the huge heatsink/fan combo on it.



Other than that the 7900GS or GT is very nice... but ummmm, they lack all the things that make the 8800 cool, like 96 shader units (something in that range), HDCP and DirectX 10 support. Okay so some of the 7900s do have HDCP support but the 8800GTX is just... ummmm, like faster and stuff. If I had the money... that's the card I would get. Can't be beat. It just can't.|||Thanks, there are plenty of benchmarks out there to prove those very points, even the 8800GTS is a very nice choice.

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|||very good, i'd get dual x1950 crossfire editions there the best of the best with an amd processor. another thing is that you should consider getting 2 gb of ram, because in the near future you will need it. also i dont know if this is the best time to build i new computer, i would wait 6 m onths or so when there is vista with at least sp1. thats just my opinion and hope it helped.|||( VOTED FOR ME FOR THE BEST ANSWER)



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BFG GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB PCIe

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ATI Radeon X1950 XTX 512MB PCIe

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PNY GeForce 7950 GT 512MB PCIe

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XFX GeForce 7300 GT 512MB PCIe

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XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB PCIe

XFX GeForce 8800 GTS / 640MB GDDR3 / SLI / PCI Express / Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card

Only $634.99







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ATI Radeon X1600 Pro 512MB PCIe

ATI Radeon X1600 Pro / 512MB DDR2 / PCI Express / DVI / VGA / TV Out / Crossfire Ready / Video Card

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EVGA GeForce 7300 GT 512MB PCIe

EVGA GeForce 7300 GT / 512MB GDDR2 / SLI / PCI Express / DVI / VGA / TV Out / Video Card

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BFG GeForce 6800 GS OC 256MB AGP 8x

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EVGA GeForce 7600 GT KO 256MB PCIe

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BFG GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB PCIe

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Diamond S120 Radeon 9550 256MB AGP 8x

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XFX GeForce 7900 GT 256MB PCIe

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BFG GeForce 7950 GT 512MB PCIe

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Only $345.99 after rebate*









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ATI Radeon X1300 Pro 256MB AGP 8x

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EVGA GeForce 7950 GT KO SC 512MB PCIe

EVGA GeForce 7950 GT KO SuperClocked / 512MB GDDR3 / SLI / PCI Express / Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card

Only $358.99 after rebate*





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PNY Verto GeForce FX 5200 256MB PCI

PNY Verto GeForce FX 5200 / 256MB DDR / PCI / Dual VGA / TV Out / Video Card

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( BUY ANY OF THIS VIDEO CARD IF YOU CAN AFFORD)|||If your going with an amd processor go with a crossfire setup and if your going to be running vista get another gig of ram and a couple of 160 gig raid 0 HDD's would probably give better access times|||The GeForce 8800GTX are the best out right now, but of course expensive. I could go on forever with suggestions, but I won't do it on here. If you wanna discuss parts, send me an email, its in my profile. I am building one myself in the near future so I have done a lot of research, so I might be of some help.