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Help with choice of Graphic Card

italoc

Charter Member
Hi everybody,
just few hours ago my Invidia 8600 GTS gave up:isadizzy: (fan stopped, burning smell, no more screen ....) :banghead:

Any compassionate friend (I know so many of you are very knowledgeble on this matters) would advise me on which model I should invest my money into ?????:wiggle:

I am running FSX Accel DX10
on a
Intel Core 2 CPU 6700 at 2.67 Go
2.0 Go memory
Windows Vista 32 Bits

Thank you all
Italo
 
ATI Radeon 4870X@ is hot....Costs 550 or so




ATI 3870 or 4870 are great ...way less..


good luck
 
I'd go with the ATi HD4850........best bang per buck. If your budget is higher go for the HD4870 or top of the line 4870X2.
If you want to stick with Nvidia have a look at the GTX260 or GTX280.
 
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