$130 will match or beat any console in terms of graphical fidelity.

[Squilliam]

Shadow)OS said:

Uhh... The original post is a tad misleading.

If you're going to get ANY (good) card that low, it would be the Radeon HD3850 256. I don't think it's gotten that low yet without deals, either.

I wouldn't purchase a card from Nvidia's 9000 series yet, because they all tend to crumble when you try to apply filters.

It's wonderful that they can render so much and at high resolutions, but if I can't have AA and AF on I really don't care.

 

 That being said, console gaming has been really turning me off lately. Why play a 360/PS3 shooter when I can play them on my PC with higher settings and frame rates? Not only that, but with more precision and speed (since developers tend to slow things down a tad for console play).

Thats CODIV with 8xAA and 16xAF @1280/1024 @ 60 FPS vs 1024/600 @ 60FPS With 2xAA. 1.3 megapixels with 8xAA and 16xAF vs 614,000 pixels with 2xAA THATS HUGE. Wow, I didn't realize the difference was that great! Pushing just over 2x the pixels with 8xAA and 16xAF! it doesn't match the consoles @ $130 - its just significantly faster. Over 2x the performance in this example!