Best bang for your buck

[darktrooper]

just curious as to what you guys think. whats a good graphics card that will run most to all new high end games for a while thats a really good price. my price range is around 200 - 250 maybe less. looking to run planetside 2 on high settings

[Rbstr]

New games, High settings for a while, lower-midrange budget (or less!).

Wait for the the 660's release and hope for the best?

[Red Ketchup]

Radeon HD 7850 according to Tom's Hardware latest "Best Graphics Cards For The Money" article:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...ew,3107-4.html
"Excellent 1920x1200 performance, Good 2560x1600 performance in most games with lowered detail"
about 240$

Tom's Hardware review and benchmarks

Anandtech's benchmarks

[Mutant]

Untill the 660Ti is out which may but problebly wont come in under $300

The best card for the money is a 7870 at $255 after rebate.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814103208

Or if you want to keep to the lower end of your range a 7850 for $219 after rebate.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150608


But none of those 3 cards have much of a shot at PS2 in high with a decent resolution.

[Electrofreak]

Originally Posted by Mutant

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But none of those 3 cards have much of a shot at PS2 in high with a decent resolution.

I'm not so sure about that. Those are pretty decent cards and the dev team has said that they are working on optimization at this point.