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Just give me a sure thing.

The nVIDIA GeForce FX5950 ULTRA looks nice, but with these things you can't be sure unless you ask someone with experience, knowledge & power.

I'm not looking to spend a fortune on the newest & bestest card (like the FX5950 ULTRA), I'm looking for the "best bang for my buck" I'd guess you would say.

But if the $385(Newegg.com) for the GeForce FX5950 ULTRA really is worth the money than I'll get that.

What do you guys think?

Here's my system as of the now:
- Abit IS7
- P4 2.4C
- nVidia GeForce TI4200 (POS that's dying out)

- 1GB RAM
- Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
- Thrustmaster Top Gun Afterburner II

Thanks.

what do you do / anticipate doing on your computer?

nVidia 6600gt is a lot of card for the money from what I've read and it now out in AGP form, originally it was PCI-Express only. I think it goes for around $200 and out performs a lot of higher priced cards.
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yeah.

if you want faster than what you have now, get a 6600gt.

its faster than an 9800pro.

GeForce FX 5950 Ultra for $385? Did this thread pop out of december 2003 or something? You can practicly get the 256MB version of the 6800 GT for that much.

Faster then a 5950U, $220.

Much faster then a 5950U, $270.

Completely destroys the 5950U, $388

If ur going to put anything much over a 6600GT in there with the 2.4ghz Intel ur going to be CPU limited

I would say the 6600GT would suit u good, better then a 5950U and a lot cheaper

u have a half way decent MB and a C chip so u could always OC, dont know what kind of ram u have tho

I beleive the RAM is PC3200 DDR but I'm not sure which Brand.

And yeah, I'm not OCing my CPU at all as of the now.

Thanks for the replys though, I had no idea.......................