What's the best video card currently available?

[?]

I'm wondering cause i'll be getting a new computer soon.

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[Sirrus]

Either the Radeon 5970 or GTX 480.

[DracoSoul]

Diamond Viper II

go ahead, buy it.

[Sirrus]

Diamond Viper II

go ahead, buy it.

Oh man.

Quake 3 results
(frames per second, Demo001)

Quality   Viper II   GeForce SDR
Normal   72.5    75.1
High           65.1    61.8

1024 by 768, high geometric detail, maximum texture quality   45.9   34.2

That's a loving riot. I want to remove the frame cap and bench Quake 3. Yes.

[?]

Note that I know nothing about the internals of a computer, So you have to tell me what everything means.

That's a loving riot. I want to remove the frame cap and bench Quake 3. Yes.

Thats good right?

[DracoSoul]

Note that I know nothing about the internals of a computer, So you have to tell me what everything means.

Just get a Diamond Viper and have it installed, you'll love it!

[Sirrus]

Note that I know nothing about the internals of a computer, So you have to tell me what everything means. Thats good right?

No, he's yanking your chain. The Diamond Viper II is a tremendously outdated card from back when Quake III was the Crysis of our time, 11 years ago.

If you want the best performance just go SLI GTX 480's. Be prepared to drop a pretty penny, and don't skimp on the PSU or tower cooling for that matter.

[DracoSoul]

Yeah I just google'd 'worst video card' and picked the first one I found

[?]

I don't care about price. I just want to know so I can know.

[SkullCandy]

Yeah I just google'd 'worst video card' and picked the first one I found

Olol.

[General Nick]

Three GTX480s in SLI, with a big case to cool them efficiently, a PSU to be able to provide power to them and of course a great CPU and RAM combo to match with it so you don't get bottlenecked performance.

[?]

So best is gtx 480?
What one should I get? I searched and found so many.

[?]

Somebody answer meeeee.

[shafin25]

The best one at your local computer store.

[General Nick]

The best one at your local computer store.

Uh, no.

They're incredibly overpriced at retail stores and usually only sell boring brands, and mid-range cards. The highest you'll probably find in a retail store is like a 460.

Since you have an endless budget I'd buy two of these (which are $520 each).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500166