I had already looked at those two and dealt them out of the running.
The first one didn't interest me - someone pointed out somewhere else on Tom's Hardware that GDDR3 can work up to 50% faster than GDDR2. So for something that was still within my budget, I elected to go with something with better potential. And the game definitely didn't interest me; as I've said several times, the only reason I'm playing ANY games is DDO, and I have zero plans ever to play another.
The Asus... well, I couldn't find enough reviews to support taking the chance. I eliminated a large number of otherwise-equal products due to insufficient reviews or enough bad reviews. The one I did choose had consistently good reviews everywhere I looked, but I couldn't find enough to make a decision on the second one you indicated, so dropped it. Besides, the numbers aren't THAT much better than the one I did pick.
I dug through Tom's Guides and found a general "tier" listing for video cards, and the one I chose is five full tiers above my old one. Which makes me potentially very happy.
The first one didn't interest me - someone pointed out somewhere else on Tom's Hardware that GDDR3 can work up to 50% faster than GDDR2. So for something that was still within my budget, I elected to go with something with better potential. And the game definitely didn't interest me; as I've said several times, the only reason I'm playing ANY games is DDO, and I have zero plans ever to play another.
The Asus... well, I couldn't find enough reviews to support taking the chance. I eliminated a large number of otherwise-equal products due to insufficient reviews or enough bad reviews. The one I did choose had consistently good reviews everywhere I looked, but I couldn't find enough to make a decision on the second one you indicated, so dropped it. Besides, the numbers aren't THAT much better than the one I did pick.
I dug through Tom's Guides and found a general "tier" listing for video cards, and the one I chose is five full tiers above my old one. Which makes me potentially very happy.