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7/17/12 at 7:38pm

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Ok my budget is 200-250 max what card do you guys think I schould get that I will be able to play microsoft flight simulator x? I don't have a prefernce amd or nvidia just something that won't lag in flight sims.

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7/17/12 at 7:41pm

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Gtx 480 or radeon 7850

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7/17/12 at 7:44pm

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7850

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7/17/12 at 9:21pm

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Amazon has a HIS 7950 for 300 bucks. I know its 50 over, but it might be worth going over cuz 300 is a crazy price.

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7/17/12 at 9:41pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tsm106

Amazon has a HIS 7950 for 300 bucks. I know its 50 over, but it might be worth going over cuz 300 is a crazy price.

Yeah if you can afford USD 310 , you could wait for the MSI HD 7950 OC to come back in stock and grab it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127667

or just get the MSI HD 7850 OC which is available for an amazing price of USD 210 after rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127663

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7/18/12 at 8:17am

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Cool I will look into these cards how reliable is new egg or amazon ?never orderd from either one anyone have any info on them

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corsair vengence BLUE	baracuda seagate 7200 rpm	asus sata 24x drw	thermaltake contac 30 cpu cooler
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7/18/12 at 3:46pm

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i have ordered from both amazon and newegg, dozens of times (if not a hundred) and have never had a single problem-as many, many people here on OCN.

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7/18/12 at 3:49pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nz3777

Cool I will look into these cards how reliable is new egg or amazon ?never orderd from either one anyone have any info on them

I try not to buy from anywhere else, they are both incredibly reliable. They also seem to always have the best prices, second only to used items on ebay and such.

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