ATI Radeon X1650 PRO 512

[Ligion]

Any bad reviews for this card from anybody?

Thinking about picking it up to starta 5boxer today (already have 4gig of ram incoming). Don't want to waste the cash if somebody already tried it and it failed on them :)

Here are the specs from best buys site. Easiest to read they are.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8211286&type=product&id=1166235562616



Also looking at this one: ATI - RADEON x800 Pro. However it is more expensive and only 256.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6628919&productCategoryId=abcat0507002&type=product&tab=2&id=1082519264724#productdetail



Last but not least. One of the NVIDIA cards. Which is probably the one that is going to be recommended. The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8654262&productCategoryId=abcat0507002&type=product&tab=2&id=1195600207509#productdetail

And finally last. The regular NVIDIA 8800 GT. (I think this is the starter of the series) Anybody know if it is a huge jump in FPS to go the GTS?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8594381&productCategoryId=abcat0507002&type=product&tab=2&id=1190678470708#productdetail

This is just a huge market. i want to get the best I can get without having to spend half a grande because with the 4 gigs of ram I have coming that is not necessary to me. Any more recomendations please shout em.

[Nairi]

8800GT 65nm has 112 Shaders $240-260 going price
8800GTS 65nm has 128 Shaders $299-340+ going price

the x800 is waste of money

not a huge difference in speed, but the gt is mostly a single slot cooler, more chance of overheating and dying over long term heavy use.

edit:

you can see the difference in speed here.

http://images.tomshardware.com/2007/12/12/geforce_8800_gts_512_mb/47.png

http://images.tomshardware.com/2007/12/12/geforce_8800_gts_512_mb/49.png

http://images.tomshardware.com/2007/12/12/geforce_8800_gts_512_mb/09.png

http://images.tomshardware.com/2007/12/12/geforce_8800_gts_512_mb/11.png