this is what ive come down to so far.

mother board i already have with its specs
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4244473&CatId=13

two potential video cards:

PNY GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Video Card - 896MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0 x16, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4588151

BFG GeForce GTS 250 OC Video Card - 1024MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, (2) Dual Link DVI, SLI Ready
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4683604

I am trying to make sure both match up with the mother board and then just kind of pick one. anyone see anything wrong with either one?

9/17/2009 6:03:38 PM

Yea, I see something wrong with the second: it sucks dick compared to the first.

9/17/2009 7:17:18 PM

i dont know about the hardware

but i see something wrong with all three of those links

9/17/2009 9:16:13 PM

Get the GTX260. Dont even try to compair the gtS250 to it.

I would go intel for the processor but it would cost more. You didnt say why you went amd other then the obvious that its cheaper.

If you can wait 3 days for shipping then http://www.newegg.com is better in terms of price and customer service over tigerdirect.

Dont forget to use coupon codes and bing.com cashback to make the purchase even cheaper.

9/18/2009 7:55:00 AM

^the coupons from bing.com? ive never heard of it

9/18/2009 10:20:24 AM

I would definitely wait until the 23rd to buy a videocard. ATI's new series comes out and I'm sure something will happen to the price.

9/18/2009 10:23:33 AM

^^you've never heard of bing.com?

9/18/2009 10:24:32 AM

^ FWIW, i had never heard of bing.com until i was browsing a slickdeals forum...and only after that did i bother to use it, if only for the purpose of cashback...as a search engine, it's better than most, but still not better than google, so i ignore it unless it has to do with cashback

i guess my point is that since i don't watch tv (when the shows are actually on, anyway), i wouldn't have known about bing.com until someone told me about it on teh intarwebs

9/18/2009 10:54:09 AM

I got this guy from newegg a few weeks ago and it kicks ass
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127426&Tpk=ocv3

9/19/2009 4:00:07 AM