video card upgrade dilema

[UUD-40]

Try www.newegg.com

I'm pretty sure they ship to "Canada" 

I've seen a few GeForce 6800's in the $200 USD range @ newegg.

[ĄƦçɧąɳɠҾԼ]

Neweggs faq says:

# Does Newegg.com ship internationally?
Newegg.com does not currently ship internationally; we only deliver to locations within the United States and to Puerto Rico.

[UUD-40]

 

Grrrr....

Do you know anyone that lives in the US? 

[X'tyfe]

welp, i looked at the radeon card you suggested corn
and i figured out why its so much cheaper :p

memory clock is 600mhz
and it uses normal ddr memory
and supports opengl 1.5

now the geforce 6600 uses a 1000mhz clock
and has gddr3 memory
and supports opengl 2.0

this is a major difference
so i think ill stick with my geforce 6600gt even if it is $100 more

5950 is still slightly better as far as clock speeds go
and even my 4600 has one thing that makes it faster
but those were top end models then, and

6600 beats the shit outa my 4600 still ill certinly see a big diff between them
and not just for speed either. games that use directx9 will look much better

i would certinly get the 6800 ultra if i could tho, but its like a $250 more for  a slightly better card
not worth it

[themuffinman]

Yeah i suppose there are some features that GeForce is better for, but the next Radeon would be just out of your budget, so I gave you that one. Radeon prices are going up, unfortunately  but they still have good value for money. The best Radeon > the best Geforce tho. 

[X'tyfe]

ya they are catching up a bit, nvidia is still in the lead atm
ati has yet to release a new card to compete with that
but im sure they will soon

its true that they are much cheaper, but im wondering if its even worth it
i want something that better then what i have atm, and looking at the specs
of the radeon, i dont think it would be worth it 

thanks for showing me that radeon cards are a cheap alternitive :p tho