Which card to get.

[aznstriker92]

Well the 3850 gets anywhere from 9000-10000 depending on the cpu.
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/sapphire_hd3850/11.htm
The X1950pro gets around 5000-6000 depending on the cpu.
http://guru3d.com/article/content/386/8

Yeah I know that... but it's 9000-10000 if you are doing HD 3850 "PCI-Express" 3DMark06 on

# Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Processor
# Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6

Those previous scores that I have posted are the AGP card on Intel single core 2.8GHz socket 478 P4 Northwood so 4131 is a great score.... same goes for x1950pro

Oh nowonder, you should have told me eariler.

[lobsta21]

I have 3 different video cards in different rigs. For the money the Sapphire 1950xtx , Newegg Item=N82E16814102045, has to be the best buy of the world. It has ddr4 and runs Forged Alliance, my personal benchmark at 1920x1200 in high on a 6000AMD, EVGA590,4 gigs Ballistic ddr2800, Zalman 9700, thermaltake NB cooler.I also have the 3870 in crossfire and a XTX GTS 8800 (G92) in Intel rigs. Please consider this DX9, formerly top of the line card, for around a Hundred bucks American. I have used it for a year and am running it now, for whatever reason for me ATI cards work better.
disclaimer: I usually do Skirmish up to six players, 8 player games will bog. And I have  a Zalman cooler and 8 case fans. Happy Hunting