Planning to buy a new Graphic card...need advise..

[uNdEr.GroUNd]

hey guyz m planning to buy a new graphics card like NX8800 GTX or 9800 type u kno...for gaming...please advise me something about this...which one should i get?...and im not saying advise only from these two...any graphic card...which is best for hardcore gaming...and also planning to get 2 gb ram is it enough? or i should get 4gb?

[Affan]

Buy Nvidia 9800GX2. Two of them, thats Rs. 45000 each. Configure them in SLi and buy Maximum amount of RAM u can afford. Happy Fraggin!

[uNdEr.GroUNd]

well thats too much...i cant afford 2 of them...but yeah i can afford one of them....and wat about NX8800 GTX i heard its better than the 9800...is it so?

[Affan]

Obviously the current 'top-of-the-list' card title is held by 9800GX2. Go for it. And abt 8800GTX, yes, its a high end card, but its nothing compared to 9800GX2. No one would recommend 8800GTX over 9800GX2 provided if a person can afford it.

[uNdEr.GroUNd]

Thnx m8.....i surely will be getting a 9800 GX2...i have read many reviews about it and it rocks!!!...can u tell of which brand should i get...like MSI or ASUS or XFX or watever there are....and can u tell me about the power supply and cooling of it...i mean should i get an extra cooler for it...and which power supply should i get....600W or 700W or watever...?

[PaPa B[oO]ty]

with a 9800gx2 u need a 800w onwards power supply with a 8 prong plug
mine came with a converter so that wasnt that problem
but with a 9800gx2 u need to make sure ur processor and ram can handle the amount of info its going to throw at them
and ofcourse the amount of heat generated

for brand names..either get a bfgtech or a evga..if not then go for xfx...no msi and shit is worth that amount of money

i'm using 2 of these and they produce as much heat as a regular summer day in lahore

[uNdEr.GroUNd]

Well m goin to upgrade my RAM to 2gb...rite now i have 512mb...and my processor is Pentium D 3.0GHz...i think it wont create any problem...rite?and m not gona configure them as SLI and only goin to get 1 card...so it wont need Power of 800W...i read its 630W for one...For SLI its more...and can u tell me for how much u bought it?

[PaPa B[oO]ty]

i paid 579 dollars per card
and i'm running them on a 1000w power supply
even now i feel that it might be underpowering them

[alibhai]

buy a bfg model. either buy a 9800gx2 or 9800gtx in dual sli.

[farhan_ds]

for god sake,
dont buy 9800gx2, buy the 9800gtx and save some money to upgrade you god-dam P4D to C2D in the E 8xxx series.. its totally waste of money to get a VGA thats 5 times faster than your cpu.... its like putting a ferrai engine in an alto...