getting the right video card
 

I'm preparing to get either g3 or fsone. Right now I have the X300 128mb vid card. I don't think it will be enough, I want the sim to run well. I'm trying to decide between 2 different cards, and I want y'alls input.

this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814142052

and this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143049

I'm leaning towards the second one.

I'm not set on these, so if you have experience with a different card I'd like to know.

Thanks,

Darrin

RE: getting the right video card
 

The GeForce card you picked wins in almost all benchmarks against the ATI card you picked.

For a real education... set aside a couple of hours and go to:

[link=http://www.tomshardware.com]Tom's Hardware[/link]

specifically:

[link=http://www.tomshardware.com/graphics/index.html]Graphics Cards[/link]


I'm a fan of ATI as I have found the support (the few times I needed it) to be superb. Of course, you have to buy an ATI retail product to get this support. (not a clone card using an ATI chipset). A lot of hardcore gamers swear by the Nvidia products. I have no experience with Nvidia except that one of my laptops has a GeForce2Go chipset and it works great. (even with games like Dungeon Siege)

Hope this helps a little.

RE: getting the right video card
 

Also, make sure you check out the VGA charts section on Tom's Hardware as it will let you pick 2 cards and do benchmark comparisons.