Which video card company?

[Crisb92]

So, which do you use, Nvidia or ATi and why do you use them?

 

Now, for my rant:

 

I have gotten to the point where I am no longer satisfied with having to make concessions and search for performance enhancers for games. (Read: Oblivion)

 

It is time for me to upgrade from the vice of AGP8x and move into the 'exciting frontier' that is pci-e.

 

So, as the question states at the top, which company should I use?

[Dark0ne]

Ever since AMD took over ATi, in my opinion, they have been second best. NVidia are definately my first choice at this time.

[Crisb92]

Thanks for that Dark0ne, will take it into consideration.

 

EDIT:

 

Here is the system I would be considering, note that it is in AUD. Roughly 92 US cents to 1 AUD.

 

GPU--------------XpertVisionGeForce GF 8800GT PCI-E 2.0 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 600/1800MHz------------------$394.00

 

CPU--------------IntelCore 2 Duo E6750 CPU, 2.66Ghz, 4Mb Cache, 1333FSB, LGA775-----------------------------$242.00

 

RAM--------------CorsairTWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB (2x XMS2 1GB) Twin2X PC-6400 4-4-4-12 DDR2 RAM--------$137.00

 

Motherboard----ASUS P5K-V QuadCore G33 FSB1333 VGA 2xPCIEx16 RAID GbELAN 1394a ATX-----------------$218.00

 

PSU--------------Corsair 520W HX-520 ATX Power Supply, 120mm fan------------------------------------------------$157.00

 

Hard Drive------Samsung 250GB HD250HJ SATA II 3Gb/s NCQ HDD - 7200rpm, 8MB Cache-----------------------$93.00

 

Monitor----------LG L194WT-SF 19 inch LCD Monitor Silver 5ms--------------------------------------------------------$274.00

 

Case-------------Lian-Li PC-A09B Aluminium Black Midi Tower Case----------------------------------------------------$129.50

 

TOTAL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$1644.50

 

USD: $1517.70

CAD: $1418.67

EURO: E1047.64

GBP: P726.45

 

Any opinions, comments of whether I'm being totally ripped off etc. are very welcome.

 

And big thanks to Dark0ne for getting me to look into the GPU more, seems I would have been braindead to go with the HD2900XT as opposed to the Geforce 8800GT.

[Mihael47]

I would suggest a P35 or X38 based motherboard. there are some really good performers for a good price.

(the p35's anyway, X38 based are expensive but offer two 16x Pci-express 2.0 lanes [crossfire only, no SLI])

[Crisb92]

Thanks for the advice Mihael, have changed my configuration. It now stands as this:

 

GPU--------------XpertVisionGeForce GF 8800GT PCI-E 2.0 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 600/1800MHz------------------$394.00

 

CPU--------------IntelCore 2 Duo E6750 CPU, 2.66Ghz, 4Mb Cache, 1333FSB, LGA775-----------------------------$242.00

 

RAM--------------CorsairTWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB (2x XMS2 1GB) Twin2X PC-6400 4-4-4-12 DDR2 RAM--------$137.00

 

Motherboard----Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L S775 P35 FSB1333 DDR2 PCIEx16 SATA2----------------------------------$143.00

 

PSU--------------450W VX-450 ATX Power Supply, 120mm fan --------------------------------------------------------$110.00

 

Hard Drive------Samsung 250GB HD250HJ SATA II 3Gb/s NCQ HDD - 7200rpm, 8MB Cache-----------------------$93.00

 

Monitor----------Samsung 19 inch 940N LCD Monitor - Silver, Max. Resolution 1280 x 1024, 5ms ---------------- $282.00

 

Case-------------Lian-Li PC-A09B Aluminium Black Midi Tower Case----------------------------------------------------$129.50

 

TOTAL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$1530.50

[Crisb92]

Now, to go off-topic (slightly) in my own thread!

 

What size of monitor and what brand or type of monitor do you think is the best, it is the only thing that I am still undecided upon.

 

By the way, the previous post with the specs in has changed slightly, so best to disregard it, I don't have the time at the moment to update it, sorry.

 

Cris.

[TheTerminator2004]

If it was me, I'd just decide what the biggest size monitor you could fit on your desk is, see if you can find a cheap one, and if not, get a slightly smaller size which you can afford.

 

As for brand, it doesn't really matter- I still use the 17 inch monitor that came with my DELL PC, and that works fine. It can only do 75fps, but as most of the games I have normally play at much less than that, it doesn't really matter.