EggXpert

All,

I have narrowed my choices down to  the following, nVidia 260 GTX 896MB or nVidia 9800 GTX 512MB or nVidia 9600 GT 512MB.  However, when I go out to take a look at which card I want, there are many vendors ( EVGA, ASUS, ZOTIAC, Gigabyte, etc.) to choose from and I am not sure which vendor to choose.  I have seen many good posts about the different boards so not sure how to futher diferrentiate them other than price.  Any recommendations?  I am placing this video card into a GigabyteGA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard or GigabyteGA-EP45T-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard.

Tim

9600GT---->9800GTX----->GTX 260

For a P45 Motherboard, it is better to go with HD 4850 HD 4870 

if you have no intention of crossfire, I think GTX 260 should be fine.

as for brands, it is a matter of taste. but evga and xfx does make good video cards.

The HD 4850, is that ATI that you are referencing?  The reason I selected the previous once was due to research and what others have said about them.  Here is the list of certified video cards from Adobe for PS4.  Based on the list below, what would you recommend?

nVidia geForce

nVidia 260 GTX 896MB
nVidia 9800 GTX 512MB
nVidia 9600 GT 512MB
nVidia 8800 GTX 768MB
nVidia 8800 GT 512MB
nVidia 8600M 256MB
nVidia 7900 GTX 512MB
nVidia 7900 GS 256MB
nVidia 7800 GTX 256MB
nVidia 7600 256MB
nVidia 6800 256MB

nVidia Quadro

Quadro FX 4600 768 MB
Quadro FX 4500 512MB
Quadro FX 4400 512MB
Quadro FX 3700 512MB
Quadro FX 3500 256MB
Quadro FX 1700 512MB
Quadro FX 1500 256MB
Quadro FX 1400 -128MB
Quadro FX 570 -256MB
Quadro FX 370 256MB

ATI Radeon

ATI Radeon 4850 512 MB
Radeon x3870 x2 512MB
Radeon x2900HD 512MB
ATI Radeon HD 2400 256MB
Radeon x1900XT 512MB
ATI Radeon x1800 - 512MB
Radeon x1800 256MB

ATI Fire GL