Throwing some video cards at yah, want to know if they'll run Fall

[Achiro]

My price range won't exceed 150$. Here are my specs.

 

Processor : AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ (2 CPUs), ~2.6GHz

Installed memory (RAM) : 2.00 GB

System type : 64-but Operating system

Current Video Card : Radeon X300/X550/X1050 Series

Heres the cards I've been looking at

 

I got my eyes set on the HIS Radeon, but I know some video cards no matter how good can cause a certain game to turn into a trainwreck, take STALKER for an instance, it's a very picky game.

Here's a few of the cards I've been looking at.

HIS Radeon HD 5770 1 GB GDDR5 Eyefinity DisplayPort HDMI 2x DL-DVI (HDCP) PCI Express 2.1 X16

SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP

GIGABYTE GV-NX96T512H GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI

 

I've found them all within reasonable prices and I'm wondering which would perform the best with my system and run Fallout 3 at the best of quality out of the three.

[Jagermh]

I notice that there are a lot of radeon cards there, yucky! :yucky:

Hehe, I dont realy like radeon but they're fine. I would recommend a 9800gt or an ECS 260gt.

Why do I specify the manufacturer you ask, because the box is better (HOT AS!) and you always keep your GPU box.

[Achiro]

I notice that there are a lot of radeon cards there, yucky! :yucky:

Hehe, I dont realy like radeon but they're fine. I would recommend a 9800gt or an ECS 260gt.

Why do I specify the manufacturer you ask, because the box is better (HOT AS!) and you always keep your GPU box.

The lowest price I could find a GeForce 9800GTX was around 200$. As for the ECS, couldn't find it.

[Illiad86]

Out of the bunch you put there, the 5770 would be the best. 9600GT is very slow compared to that. The 4850 is way faster than the 9600GT, but still slower than the 5770. I have the 5770, not a bad card :) Runs Oblivion like a champ (modded to heck with high resolution textures, 1920x1200, 4xAA, 8xAF), but my system is a bit faster than yours (processor is at 3.2GHz, 4GB RAM). I haven't played FO3 since I had my 7950GT, so I don't know how that would run. But it does have similar graphics/requirements to Oblivion so it would run fine I think.

 

Sheesh, Nvidia cards are way too expensive still lol. They have a GTX 260 here:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150398&cm_re=260-_-14-150-398-_-Product

 

if you wanna drop another $20, you could get that. It's about the same as the 5770. Nvidia's cards are a little better than ATi, but ya do pay for them.

[Achiro]

Out of the bunch you put there, the 5770 would be the best. 9600GT is very slow compared to that. The 4850 is way faster than the 9600GT, but still slower than the 5770. I have the 5770, not a bad card :) Runs Oblivion like a champ (modded to heck with high resolution textures, 1920x1200, 4xAA, 8xAF), but my system is a bit faster than yours (processor is at 3.2GHz, 4GB RAM). I haven't played FO3 since I had my 7950GT, so I don't know how that would run. But it does have similar graphics/requirements to Oblivion so it would run fine I think.

 

Sheesh, Nvidia cards are way too expensive still lol. They have a GTX 260 here:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150398&cm_re=260-_-14-150-398-_-Product

 

if you wanna drop another $20, you could get that. It's about the same as the 5770. Nvidia's cards are a little better than ATi, but ya do pay for them.

 

 

Thanks, I'll look into buying it.

[Jagermh]

I notice that there are a lot of radeon cards there, yucky! :yucky:

Hehe, I dont realy like radeon but they're fine. I would recommend a 9800gt or an ECS 260gt.

Why do I specify the manufacturer you ask, because the box is better (HOT AS!) and you always keep your GPU box.

The lowest price I could find a GeForce 9800GTX was around 200$. As for the ECS, couldn't find it.

 

I can easily pick each of those up for $130-150AUD

[Achiro]

I notice that there are a lot of radeon cards there, yucky! :yucky:

Hehe, I dont realy like radeon but they're fine. I would recommend a 9800gt or an ECS 260gt.

Why do I specify the manufacturer you ask, because the box is better (HOT AS!) and you always keep your GPU box.

The lowest price I could find a GeForce 9800GTX was around 200$. As for the ECS, couldn't find it.

 

I can easily pick each of those up for $130-150AUD

 

That's Australia. The price probably varies around there from here.

[Jagermh]

I notice that there are a lot of radeon cards there, yucky! :yucky:

Hehe, I dont realy like radeon but they're fine. I would recommend a 9800gt or an ECS 260gt.

Why do I specify the manufacturer you ask, because the box is better (HOT AS!) and you always keep your GPU box.

The lowest price I could find a GeForce 9800GTX was around 200$. As for the ECS, couldn't find it.

 

I can easily pick each of those up for $130-150AUD

 

That's Australia. The price probably varies around there from here.

 

The exchange rate is almost equal right now, all you need is to find the stock which isn't too old since newer stock will be cheaper.

[Achiro]

I notice that there are a lot of radeon cards there, yucky! :yucky:

Hehe, I dont realy like radeon but they're fine. I would recommend a 9800gt or an ECS 260gt.

Why do I specify the manufacturer you ask, because the box is better (HOT AS!) and you always keep your GPU box.

The lowest price I could find a GeForce 9800GTX was around 200$. As for the ECS, couldn't find it.

 

I can easily pick each of those up for $130-150AUD

 

That's Australia. The price probably varies around there from here.

 

The exchange rate is almost equal right now, all you need is to find the stock which isn't too old since newer stock will be cheaper.

 

That...doesn't make sense.

[urbex]

I notice that there are a lot of radeon cards there, yucky! :yucky:

Hehe, I dont realy like radeon but they're fine. I would recommend a 9800gt or an ECS 260gt.

Why do I specify the manufacturer you ask, because the box is better (HOT AS!) and you always keep your GPU box.

The lowest price I could find a GeForce 9800GTX was around 200$. As for the ECS, couldn't find it.

 

I can easily pick each of those up for $130-150AUD

 

That's Australia. The price probably varies around there from here.

 

The exchange rate is almost equal right now, all you need is to find the stock which isn't too old since newer stock will be cheaper.

 

That...doesn't make sense.

Erm, yes it does.

AUD is generally higher regardless.

Your 9800GT http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125282&cm_re=9800-_-14-125-282-_-Product

and a 260 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127464&cm_re=260_gtx-_-14-127-464-_-Product