Whats the best video card for gaming?

I'm looking for the best new video card for gaming - PCIx - price no object.|||Whether you want a dual or single graphics card setup, your best bet is the 8800 GTX by Nvidia. It's the most feature-rich (DirectX 10 compatible) and highest performing (highest frame rates). Some of the manufacturers for this card are EVGA, BFG, and Foxconn, just to name a few. Physically, all the different brands are nearly identical. However, the GPU cooler, accessories, warranty, included software, and customer service may vary from one to another. Nvidia recently released the ULTRA version, which is basically a manufacturer overclocked version (if you don't want to overclock the GTX yourself). EVGA's ULTRA version uses WATER COOLING, so be sure you have a water cooling setup before purchasing this model. Some other makers have ULTRA versions that use air cooling. I would look at these if that's what you have in your system. IF you have even more money to burn, get a second card (assuming you have 2 PCIx x16 slots) and set them up in SLI mode.



I'd also recommend visiting Toms Hardware for reviews of top video cards on the market at



http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/07/03/t…|||The 8800GTX is a 3 year old card! The others are quite correct. The Radeon 5970 is the current King Kong video card on the market. It will positively SPANK a 8800GTX.

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HD5970 is the best one (it's like 2 HD5850 welded togheter...)



But it's at 650$-700$ CAD...



I think the HD5850 is still the best for the money, it will play any games at max settings for now , at worst when it begins to "lag" you can always buy another one and SLI them... It also has the EyeFinity thing that allow 3 screens.

HD5850 runs around 280$-350$ CAD.



Hope this helps



PS: i don't think you can SLI 2 HD5970...|||I recommend the 2 * Asus Nvidia 8800 GTS 768M



Thats 768 MEG of DDR3 ram on the two of the fastest video cards on the market.



Should cost approx $1600USD :-)|||ATI HD 5970. It is lovely. Three screens with one card, unbeatable high frame rates, dual GPU gaming, decent temperatures, I could go on...



Tad expensive, and needs a good PSU though.