which Vid card?

[JensenPark]

this comment came from a geek friend of mine when I showed him Sulky's new computer recommendation...(he loved everything else but said go ATI)

any feedback?

thanks,

"Because I am an ATI fan, I have to recommend that you take a look at the Radeon4870/4890 cards as an alternative.

[Rattler]

They are.

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

It comes down to your preference, and what you've heard from others. I would've gone with a GTX

[Pooka]

Good luck deciding, there is always lots of information out there.

[JensenPark]

sounds like 6 of one, 1/2 dozen of the other - and that both are good choices...

thanks for your input guys...

[Perfesser]

I just ordered a

[Sulky]

as others have said, there isnt mich too choose, i only went with the 260 in your set up because you had a 9800 b4, but both cards are good

[T_O_A_D]

I picked up the 260GTX OC last week from Dell, after rebates, and a 25% coupon I got it for $137.00

If you get one make usre it a 216 SP and not a 192 SP

GPU processor: GeForce GTX 260

Driver version: 190.38

Stream processors: 216

Core clock: 626 MHz

Shader clock: 1349 MHz

Memory clock: 1053 MHz (2106 MHz data rate)

Memory interface: 448-bit

Memory: 896 MB

Video BIOS version: 62.00.4C.00.50

IRQ: 25

Bus: PCI Express x16

Only quirk I have is I can't get water in IL2 to look like my ATI card unless I run it in a off sized window mode.

I'll get some screen shots real quick to show ya. And post them in the other thread I have on it. http://www.dangerdogz.com/forums/index.php/topic,7819.new.html#new

[JensenPark]

as others have said, there isnt mich too choose, i only went with the 260 in your set up because you had a 9800 b4, but both cards are good

Thanks Sulky...by the way, my engineering computer-geek associate gave big thumbs up to what you sent me.

[DD_Brando]

I'm loving my 4890. It's fast and quiet - needing only 40% fan speed to keep the GPU at sub-48C throughout long sessions of IL2. Overclocking has been easy too, with it now at 960/1050MHz for GPU and memory, and perfectly steady.

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