Building intel core 2 duo mac ~ best video card to get?

[MacOSMatt]

Hi guys, im on my soon to be mac and im wondering what graphics card to get.

 

i want something that will run core graphics, and play mediocre games (rise of nations etc)

 

whats a good graphics card?

 

under the price range of $250 aud ~ off trademe.co.nz preferably

 

NVIDIA or ATI? i just dunno what to get? any help appreciated =)

 

 

 

 

Running so far:, with compatible network and sound cards.

 

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz LGA775

Gigabyte GA-8I945GZME-RH Motherboard

Lakeport 945GZ Chipset

300Gb Seagate SATA2 Hard Drive

512Mb DDR2 667Mhz Ram

[gotoh]

I think GeForce 7800GTX 256Mb would be perfect if you can find one. Or even a GeForce 7800GT.

7900GS 256Mb should also work.

Even 7600GT gives nice FPS in modern games and would be much cheaper.

These NVIDIA cards should work fine with 10.4.8 8.8.1 kernel and titan or natit kexts.

 

you should consider getting more ram too. 512Mb is the very minimum for Tiger. 1Gb will give you a much smoother overall feeling.

[MacOSMatt]

thanks for that =] i took your advice and got the 7600GT.. it was cheap, and very effective, can play doom3 and quake4 nearly maxed on windows, however the login for MACVIDA wont confirm through my email adresses (ive tried 2)

 

i was wondering if i could have somebodys login to download;

http://www.macvidia.com/index.php?option=c...einfo&id=17

 

just its looking pretty ugly on my widescreen right now, im desperate =p

 

cheers