I would like to buy a new video card, please advice

[fatcat3359]

Guys,
i would like to buy a new video card, simply because i saw some of
full details screenshosts, and they are AMAZING.
If i compare my screenshots it looks like different game.

Currently I have nVidia GeForce 6200 TC running on LOW details at the moment.

My question is what would be best to buy that i could run PR on full details
with 60-80FPS

Please advise.
Thanks.

PS:i have PCI express ASUS K8N-DL with dual core opteron italy + 4Gig RAM

[Deadfast]

Depending on how much you wanna spend either Radeon HD4850 or HD4870.

[fatcat3359]

ty, PM sent

[SocketMan]

Generally speaking 4850 is the best bang for the buck,
in your case however (dual socket,NV chipset and BF2/PR beeing an "Nvidia optimised" game get a Gforce 9800GX2 if you have the $$$ that will give you SLI)

[[R-CON]MrD]

you most likely will need to get a new power supply at the same time to run the new proper gaming graphics card. A complete off the shelf build coming with a 6200 will not have the PSU to do the job!

[Cronyx]

I'm building a new rig right now and I'm putting two of these in SLI.
BFG Tech - BFG NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 H2OC? 1GB PCIe 2.0 with ThermoIntelligence? Water Cooling Solution

Also check out "Maxishine" on youtube for great video reviews. Some people collect stamps, some people go skydiving, some people masturbate to 4chan way too much. This guy builds Gods. He seriously buys a new video card at least once a month, sells the old ones on eBay, and reviews them on video. http://www.maxishine.com.au is his website.

[Spinkyone]

One word of warning though if you a using a 6200 you probably need to check what additional power connectors or if your PSU big enough to run some of the recommended cards above, please check and budget for it first!

Looking for about 500-600W of power (minimum) and two 6 pin PCIe connectors to run some of the above if not the newer 8 pin PCIe connectors for the 280's recommend. Check that first before you decide to buy. Quick guideline of my Nvidia purchases/ when looking for my own card in rough order of performance:

GTX 280 - like I can afford this, lol
9800 GT2 - ditto
GTX 260 - Would consider...
9800 GTX - only just ahead of the 8800 GTS 512 by about 1%, lol.
8800 GTS 512MB - Decent but noisy and hot!
8800 GT - Good value and dropping in price would fly through BF2 tbh just if you want long term buy a better one.
9600 GT - New but somewhat disappointing and about the same price as 8800 GT?
8800 GTS 640/320MB - AVOID AT ALL COST!