Graphics card, which one?

You probably already know i am building my own pc, well im trying to plan out all the parts im going to buy and the next one on the list is a graphics card.

Here's the mobo im getting, recommendations?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Asus-P5K-E-WIF...QQcmdZViewItem

Good morning MX.

Resolution of your monitor?

Morning, i dont have a monitor yet!Im going to be using the pc for gaming so im guessing i will need a good graphics card.

Okay, I'll rephrase it; The resolution of the monitor you're going to be getting? (please try to provide all relevent info)

Budget?

DX10 or DX9?

Needs answers to these questions before we can give you a decent answer.

Emm well i havent decided yet. Budget would be around 65max, is this enough? Sorry im not really helping here as i dont really know what directx is, I know that when i install one of my games it installs DX9. I will have a look at monitors just now

are you running vista or xp, if its vista go with dx10, i just upgraded my gfx card as i had a dx9 card on vista, got the 8600gt cuz it was only about £80, having dx10 with vista is alot better, plus yourll be sorted for newer game releases

Is it better to get a dx10 card for xp anyway? Just incase?

Oh and alex i will be getting one with a resolution of 1280x1024 or about that.

im not too sure but im sure ive read somewhere that ...hang on ...wait im having a memory struggle..... one sec ill google


aha, taken from bill gates himself -

No. Windows Vista, which has DirectX 10, includes an updated DirectX runtime based on the runtime in Windows XP SP2 (DirectX 9.0c) with changes to work with the new Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) and the new audio driver stack, and with other updates in the operating system. In addition to Direct3D 9, Windows Vista supports two new interfaces when the correct video hardware and drivers are present: Direct3D9Ex and Direct3D10.
Since these new interfaces rely on the WDDM technology, they will never be available on earlier versions of Windows. All the other changes made to DirectX technologies for Windows Vista are also specific to the new version of Windows. The name DirectX 10 is misleading in that many technologies shipping in the DirectX SDK (XACT, XINPUT, D3DX) are not encompassed by this version number. So, referring to the version number of the DirectX runtime as a whole has lost much of its meaning, even for 9.0c. The DirectX Diagnostic Tool (DXdiag.exe) on Windows Vista does report DirectX 10, but this really only refers to Direct3D 10.

i highlighted the answer to save reading all that :)

just clarify though you can have a DX10 card in XP but you won't be able to use any of the DX10 features and optimization.

Right ok, so its pointless having a DX10 card with xp?

not really i mean you could still get the 8800 ultr etc for amazing graphics but i wouldnt bother unless your a fanatic, the 7900gt has some good reviews, dx9

Is the 7900gt good for gaming? What resolution would be best for it?

well ive used to have a 7600gs which apparently is abit pants and i can run most top games... bioshock i struggle abit with but the 8600gt cleared all my problems up

http://www.techpowerup.com/?9589

heres a review comparing the 7600gt and 7900gt, remember i had the 7600GS not the GT and theres a big difference between them i blieve the GT's are better basically, and also it will handle the 1280 res easily, but your fps may drop depending on the rest of ur specs etc etc but i mean your desktop could be set at 1280 res and ur games at 1024 res thats what i do if i want super high detail, i gotta shoot to work now, catch up laters!

p.s on that review, those prices are old, ebuyer.com for prices mate