What Graphics Card should i get for Christmas?

[Biohazzard56]

Christmas is in about two months my Geforce 4 Ti4200 (64MB) is working for the current games. But recent games like Halo/Call of Duty have been studdering and that means it that time for an upgrade. I decided to wait til christmas instead of 9600XT and got 1GB of RAM instead. With the new set of chipsets comeing out this christmas what card should i look for?

[ZionsFire]

The 9800XT. That is all.

[dscytherulez]

Originally Posted by ZionsFire

The 9800XT. That is all.

Indeed, that seems to be the best buy for christmas.

[Rbstr]

9800 xt is teh uber card! the pro is good to

[Biohazzard56]

My processor isnt powerful to tap the 9800XTs full potential id like to keep the price to $300 at the most.

[Rbstr]

well then a 9800 pro is right for you, or a 9700 pro if you can find one

[Lise]

A 9700 PRO if you can find one. A vanilla 9800 otherwise.

[NoSurrender]

the 9600XT is also good but not as good as those mentioned.

[Daleon]

Your XP2400 can handle a 9800XT just fine. Won't be as fast as a 3200 or P4 3.2, but your not totally cpu bottlenecked with it. If your ram and mb support it and you can clock your multipler down some and jump the FSB to 166-200 range you will be a world of improvement. PC2100 is pretty slow these days.

9800 Pro's are dropping nicely. I heard about a BB deal recently. 9800 Pro for $400, with $50 instant savings and $50 mail in rebate. Prices should continue to drop, especially if XT's start coming into stock.

If you wait another 3 or 4 months, you can prolly wait for the r400. This will be a TOTALLY new chip and new a refresh like the xt's and 5900's, etc. This thing is supposed to turn our world upside down just like the r300 did.

[Sputty]

What should i get for Christmas?

A kitten

[NoSurrender]

yea but kittens make crappy graphics cards.

[Daleon]

I don't know, if I hook my 550watt PS up to a kitten think I can clock the core and memory up to atleast 500/500?

[Zatrais]

for a $300 budget i'd go 3 over and get a 9800 pro, sapphire pwnage .

[FireZ]

If you want a high end...get a 9800xt.

If you want a mid ranged..get either a 9600xt or a Fx 5700. Both perform as well as each other and are at $200.