Video Card

I'm looking to build my own computer.(a budget gamer)
what card would you suggest
a Geforce 6800 series such as
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130261
or a radeon x1600 series
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102652
or an x800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814125213
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102648

any other cards in this price range you might suggest please post

edit: consider this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102574

 

(just going on specs here) the 6800 is generic, the X1600 is okayish but not as good as the X800GT and the X800... well i wouldnt bother with it.

out of those id defo get the bottom 1

 

COrrect me if im wrong, i swear ive heard somewere that the XFX GEFORECE 6600GT 256MB, runs faster than the 6800Gt?, i heard it runs at 500/1024Mhz at stock speeds, and 6800gt is only 420/700Mhz, or summik like that??

 

I added a little to my budget
how about this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814125218

How much better for the price is it??

any you want to suggest????

 

Nope. 6800Gt's come at 1000Mhz stock. XFX 6600GT's usually come at 1000Mhz stock as well, but memory isnt everything and the 6800GT totally ownz the 6600GT period.

The X800PRO, X800XT, and X800XL are the better cards out of the ones you listed in your first post. (X800XT and X800XL especially)

 

What would you guys get an ATI or an nvidia GPU

 

i prefer nvidia i have an ati myself right now a budget card performs pretty good. I prefer nvidia though

 

Ati and NVidia are pretty equal right now. It really comes down to personal preference.

 

what would be the second best gpu from ati?

 

The X850XT PE. The X1600XT's are very fast, but not as good as the X850XT's still.

 

Personally id choose nvidia as im used to them and prefer the driver control panel layout as its easier to use but really its down to what you like. nvidias memory clock speeds tend to be higher than ati but if your looking at a mid range card theres not a lot of difference between the 2 brands

 

Thanks guys

Any good brands youd like to suggest??

 

444..

...ATI... or NVIDIA... lol

XFX are possibly the best youll get out of nvidia for speeds but MSI and Gigabyte make pretty good cards too

not sure about ati as i dont use them

 

naa its all about the BFG cards, they come already overclocked,

 

I purchased the 6800 a month ago on sale and used riva tuner to unlock it to 6800GT. Same exact thing for half the price.

 

please can you tell me how did you do that, im hearing loads about ''riva tuner'', but i read in a pc magazine that it can easily damage your card, but anyhow, how did you overclock it to a GT, so that means that i can overclock my 6600LE to a 6600, or a 6600GT,?? possible??, please reply i really wana no what options you did what diid you do with the cooling, blah blah, k, please thanks again.

 

I put "unlock 6800" into Google.
http://firingsquad.com/hardware/geforce_6800_unlocking/page2.asp
This has pictures and good descriptions.
I dont think that you can unlock the 6600's you speak of. I'm no expert, but I can follow directions pretty well.

 

Hey
My friends got this card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102543
he selling it to me for 190 bucks

 

Very Nice... thats a saving on 90 dollards :O

if you know the card works go for it