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[Nightmar149]

I came across these two models of graphics cards, and i was astonished by the price, and the capabilities of the cards.
This took me a long time to write :P

I'm looking at a HD 3870, and a 8800GTS, all for under $175.
These cards specs are amazing, and they both have extreme overclocking capabilties.
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SAPPHIRE 100225L Radeon HD 3870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported

-320 Stream Processors (!OMGOMGOMGOMG)
-512 gddr4 (!OMG)
-Up to 24x Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing (CFAA) for improved quality

COST:$164.99 without rebate of $15.00 (mail-in)

Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100225L Radeon HD 3870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
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EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

-500MHz core clock (EASILY can be clocked to 750MHz)
-320MB 320Bit RAM, with 1600MHz Clock (EFFECTIVE!)
-Only 400 watt power supply needed
-PCI-E x16, (NOT 2.0)

COST:$144.99 without rebate of $30.00 (mail-in)

Newegg.com - EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
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Trust me, you will NOT GO WRONG with these cards.
I bought an 8600GT a long time ago for the price of that 8800GTS.
Its amazing how much the prices have dropped.
If you are looking for the best budget cards, get one of these!

[phonz]

Just bought my XFX nVidia GeForce 8800 GT AD Edition card the other day, and im simply loving it.
I just upgraded from a EVGA GeForce 7600 GT SuperClock that ran on AGP... but uhhh i fried the CPU for that old mobo and what do you know, AMD only makes Semprons now that run on the old Socket 754, so a total system overhall was in place
Guh
Oh well, in the end, its been a great performance, increase and I got a mobo now thats supports the new quad core phenom cpu's (im not an AMD fan boy or anything, so don't flame me lol)

[Nightmar149]

Oh i love AMD. I'm a true fan. Still running on Athlon 64 3500+ (2.21GHz).
I can play COD4, all hl2 based games, BF2, Softnyx and IJJI games... plus more. Its just so 1337zor.

[howwie]

i would prefer AMD over Intel anyday.
running Athlon 64x2 5200+

those are some good cards btw.

[gamerboi626]

tell you guys the truth, AMD has a reputation just as well as Intel, I got an XFX 8600 GTS, 675mhz version, I really wanna get that 8800 GTS so badly but I can't due to parental provisions, I'm fine with my AMD but man, Intel is calling me!!!