Need advice re grafix card

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I'm about to order a new rig and I'm deliberating between ATI 4850 and Nvidia 9800GTX.

Please bear in mind that the main function is our field of interest-flight sims with an occasional foray into FPS- COD etc.

Sims played most are Il2 series and of course SFP1

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NVIDIA OF COURSE!!!!!

I'm waiting in 2 days the n280 gtx 1gb

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How much is cost a factor? I saw on tigerdirect a nice geforce 9600 for less than $100.

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How much is cost a factor? I saw on tigerdirect a nice geforce 9600 for less than $100.

 

Price range is approximately $200-230 tops

But the main concern is the performance differences regarding especially the games mentioned and mainly display issues or distortions that may rise in using a respective graphics cards.