mourning for x850 xt , cursing about x160 pro - what next..:S

Hey there ,

i had a "sapphire x 850 xt" v. card..

with dual screen setup(desktop game ) and every game was running so smooth in max settings... (Company of heroes , FEAR , NFS MW)

One day , it broke down and the company could not replace it with a new one because it was out of stocks and not being sold anymore so i was given a 1650 pro instead

I am not happy with it at all and i feel scammed!!! anyway ,

Planning to buy a G.card now with a price range of 180-250 $s to play RB6 vegas as it s meant to be...

Currently have amd 3200+ and 2 gb ram

Opinions much apreciated.

For $250, get a geforce 8800gts 320MB (tiny bit over budget, but far superior to any other offerings in that range.) If that's too expensive, wait about a week for the 8600gts to be released, that's supposed to retail for $200ish, and offer performance similar to that of a 7900gtx, with dx10 support.Baselerd

Yeah well I saw the benchies for it. Did not look good. 

For $250, get a geforce 8800gts 320MB (tiny bit over budget, but far superior to any other offerings in that range.) If that's too expensive, wait about a week for the 8600gts to be released, that's supposed to retail for $200ish, and offer performance similar to that of a 7900gtx, with dx10 support.Baselerd

umm.... okay but how does that compare to  x850ish cards(16 pipeline ddr3 , 256 mb ram) , as said before , i bought x1650 pro for a replacement but it came out worse... 

Those were preliminary benchies, but even so, at a $200 price point thats not even as expensive as a 7950gt currently is. Add in dx10 support, and it's a great buy, even if it didn't blow our socks off like we expected.Baselerd

   it looks quite nice idd, well i will be searching for it ,  do you have an alternative model in mind ?  incase its out of stocks.

[QUOTE="Baselerd"]For $250, get a geforce 8800gts 320MB (tiny bit over budget, but far superior to any other offerings in that range.) If that's too expensive, wait about a week for the 8600gts to be released, that's supposed to retail for $200ish, and offer performance similar to that of a 7900gtx, with dx10 support.Crystall3d

umm.... okay but how does that compare to x850ish cards(16 pipeline ddr3 , 256 mb ram) , as said before , i bought x1650 pro for a replacement but it came out worse...

i doesnt compare, it is much better.   

[QUOTE="Baselerd"]Those were preliminary benchies, but even so, at a $200 price point thats not even as expensive as a 7950gt currently is. Add in dx10 support, and it's a great buy, even if it didn't blow our socks off like we expected.Crystall3d

it looks quite nice idd, well i will be searching for it , do you have an alternative model in mind ? incase its out of stocks.

are you saying the 8600gts looks nice when you just got done asking if the 8800gts is better than a x850?  8800gts is much better than the x850 

the 8800GTS is in an entirely different league than the x850.

There are only a handful of DX10 cards out or about to be released. Your going to have to wait a while before we can reccommend alteranatives to the 8600...