3d Accelerator Cards

[Torres]

ok, so i'm rebuilding a computer and all...gonna be an intel quad core, 3 gigs ram, yadda yadda yadda. what i wanna know, is what's a pretty good 3d card to match this setup for about $200? or $300 MAX. or is there no such thing in this price range? i dno if i can justify spending 500 dollars on an accelerator card. i'm sure there's others that'll give me some pretty close results. i hope anyways. the ones i've looked at are

nVIDIA 8800GTX and

nVIDIA 8600GT.

i've seen some people talk about others but have been mixed reviews. like the GTS cards i think? so i'd just like to narrow it down now since i can focus on my PC build till i add more woofers. i'd like a 768MB card if i can, but a 512 one will suffice.

[EricM9104]

8800GTS (G92)

Runs around $360 for an eVGA one on Newegg.

[AI James]

anythign in the 8k family should be fine for moderate gaming

[kbreudi]

anythign in the 8k family should be fine for moderate gaming

X2, just not so much the 8500

[AI James]

even the 8500 is fine for regular gaming. i have one in my kids lil beater pc and i can play crysis on it with low settings

[Torres]

i wanna play crysis with medium-high settings and bioshock. and others. so anything 8k-ish should tickle my fancy? ok thanks.

[Torres]

hmmm...how difficult is it to run dual cards? thinkin maybe two 512 mb cards?