Vista - What GPU's run Crysis in the highest detail?

So its my 18th birthday soon and the budget is possibly around the region of £100 - £200.

I've always pushed my GPU's to the limit in gaming, simply because im a sucker for high graphics... However. My GPU at the moment is the Radeon HD 2600 XT 512MB GDDR4 Diamond edition, and sadly - it cant run Crysis extremely well. It can manage Medium graphics... just about...

Yes yes, I know, its a Radeon, quite an old one it seems. Suprisingly, I managed to run Fallout 3 on the highest graphics without sweat - but its a vastly open landscape with grass and tress that dont move... yes - im referring to Oblivion, which I could run on the highest detail, but struggled very badly in nature infested landscape.

SO! this aside...

the specs of my computer are

6gig of Corsair DDR3 RAM
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 clocked at 3.2ghz (yes I will be clocking it to 3.6)
Antec 900 gaming case (if thats any cooling consolation)
ASUS P5K3 Deluxe motherboard
750W Power Socket of some sort
Artic Freezer fan

Now - ive been looking at the 9800 GX2. It is atleast twice as good as the:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

etc.
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Although I may sound as if im not asking for a lot (which I am xD) - any opinions about GPU's, links etc to graphcis cards that can run Crysis in Very high with 1280 x 1024 resolution, fire away!

im deeply considering the 9800 GX2.

Cerussatus out.

thanks in advance!

P.s. http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/graph...uy_now_uk.html - look at the 9800 GX2 in comparison to others, its quite a lot.

have you looked at the 3870X2? or the 4870? both are really good cards

here are a few.......

Visiontek Radeon HD 3870 X2 Video Card - Overclocked Edition, 1GB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, CrossFireX Ready, (Dual Link) Quad DVI, HDTV, HDMI Support 900228 at TigerDirect.com

XFX Radeon HD 4870 Video Card - 1024MB GDDR5, PCI Express 2.0 x16, CrossFireX Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV HD487AZDFC at TigerDirect.com

I would SLi two of this Newegg.com - GeForce GTX 260, GeForce GTX 200 Series, Desktop Graphics / Video Cards, Video Cards & Video Devices Check out the incredible prices.

Then you can max out any game including Crysis on any resolution and your CPU will become the bottle neck.

Cheers,

Bruce

but that is way over his price range
he only has $150 to $300

no where close to being able to get two on sli

Cerussatus, I have no idea where you managed to find a 9800GX2 for under 200 pounds... Seems to me like the best you can afford, is a GTX260 or maybe GTX 280.. Correct me if I'm wrong

Amplid

FX-260V-ADEF - 896MB XFX GTX 260, 2000MHz GDDR3, GPU 621MHz, 216 Cores, 2xDL DVI-I/ HDTV + Far Cry 2 + FREE Voucher - Scan.co.uk GTX260 216core, mine runs crysis @ 30-40fps on very high, no hacks, and its not even the 216core version.

isn't the 4870 about the same as the as the gtx 260? seeing as how he is already using ati......

Lol, I can see where this is going with the nvidia and ati thing..

Nono just joking It's really what you feel more comfortable with, I think in the ATI vs NVIDIA, red or green... The 1 gig version of the 4870: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E - Aria Technology, the gtx 260: nVidia GeForce GTX 260 896MB PCI-E - Aria Technology. As you can see, the 260 is SLIGHTLY cheaper, so it's up to your preferences really...

Amplid