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Hi All,

I was wondering if I could get some recommendations on a decent PCI-E x16 card. I'm looking for something decent (not great) for about $200. I'm going to use it on Vista-64 so it needs 64 bit drivers. I don't care about being able to OC.

Thanks much
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One post, never two, I've moved this to General Computing, OP is looking for Recommendations for both AMD and Nvidia
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Asus 8800GT 512MB

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I second that, I love my 8800GT, I love it for atleast an hour a night, and it loves me back.
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vicaphit wrote:I second that, I love my 8800GT, I love it for atleast an hour a night, and it loves me back.
mine is getting jelous. its lucky if i love it for an hour once a week :shock: but i second the 8800gt recomendation
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I too luvs my 8800GT it drives the 24" Gateway just peachy for my needs. That said, if I were shopping again I would definitely get this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814127325

EDIT - And I just noticed if you look at the bundle info you get a free copy of "The Witcher" with this card.
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Yeah, I got a copy of "The Witcher" with my card, and I hate the game. Looks like they have to give it away!
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814150304

9600gt, for around $130 is a bargain and you can play everything out there maxxed. you can save the extra money and do something nice for yourself this summer :) these are coming down in price awfully quick too so in a couple months you might even be able to double up for some sli action for around or under $100. Awesome deal.
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i like evga cuz of the lifetime warranty. xfx also has it i think.

definitely get the 8800gt. you can find it for $150 ish after rebates.

if you want even better you can get a 8800gts 512, but thats not too much improvement over the 8800gt, and it will cost you closer to $200 after rebate.
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