Video Cards

Factual Questions
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What is the best video card for gamming?

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First tell me what “gamming” is. It sounds kind of obscene.

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There are tons of gaming and gearhead sites better equipped to answer this fairly involved question than the SDMB.

3DNews - AGN3D -Blue’s News- News.com- SharkyExtreme- System Optimization Homepage- Techweb Tom’s Hardware Guide -Tweakit- Voodoo Extreme

As a simple answer, assuming cost (to you) is no object, just get either the latest and greatest Nvidia Geoforce 256 based card of the latest Voodoo 5 card. They are between 400 to 280 .
Just as a sample from http://www.necxdirect.com

GLADIAC GEFORCE 2 GTS 64MB AGP DDR
Featuring the NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS, the second generation of GeForce graphics processors, ELSA GLADIAC takes on the muscle work that competitor cards leave to the CPU. The integrated T & L (transform & lighting) unit takes over both polygon and lighting computations for smooth, perfectly lit scenes. And the new NVIDIA Shading Rasterizer incorporates per pixel shading and dual texturing for ultra-fast throughput. Per-pixel shading makes the representation of textures and natural phenomena appear insanely realistic. At the same time, the high-end memory with top-performance Double Data Rate RAM guarantees that ELSA GLADIAC can rapidly transfer the large amounts of data required for critical gaming sessions. - $ 405

VOODOO 5 5500 AGP 64MB
For ultra-high resolution gaming, 3dfx introduces their newest addition to the Voodoo family, the Voodoo5 5500 AGP. Voodoo5 5500 features two dual VSA-100 chips for more 3D horsepower. These processors work together to produce over 667 Megatexels per second to create extraordinary 3D worlds in vivid 32-bit color. With state-of-the-art Real-Time Full-Scene HW Anti-Aliasing, the exclusive T-Buffer Digital Cinematic Effects engine, 64MB of graphics memory for top performance, and support for 2D resolutions as high as 2048x1536, the Voodoo5 5500 AGP gives today’s PC gamers the raw 3D power and premium 2D performance they crave and deserve. Coupling all this power, speed and performance gamers have come to expect from 3dfx, the Voodoo5 5500 AGP is the ultimate 2D/3D solution for every computer user.

  • $ 280
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Depends on your computer & depends on your operating system.

Alright, the best mind readers on the board try to guess what the OP’s are.