Video card question....


 

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Hey guys I'm running a BFG 9800 gtc OC that just fried out. Fried out so bad my screen looks like its an old TV with rabbit ears on it and a pile of snow on the screen.

I just got off the phone with BFG and they said do the regular RMA deal for a replacement, but I'm thinking of upgrading to a new card, and keeping the RMA-ed one for backup. The guy on the line couldn't tell me what the next step up would be...

any ideas?


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If you're sticking with nVidia, the next step up would be something in the GTX 200 series.


 

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Originally Posted by Gamma_Guardian View Post
If you're sticking with nVidia, the next step up would be something in the GTX 200 series.
Seems about right: http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=88&pgno=7

The 9800 was, on paper, about the same as a currently shipping GTS 250, so the GTX series should be a step beyond.


 

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Originally Posted by je_saist View Post
Seems about right: http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=88&pgno=7

The 9800 was, on paper, about the same as a currently shipping GTS 250, so the GTX series should be a step beyond.



Thanks for the answer... I knew what I would be getting was in the 200 series but I didn't know where the 9800 fell into it. I ended up getting a GTX 260 maxcore....


Any opinions on that card?


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