So many choises and close to same price? im helping a friend who want to but a 8800GTS.. he wants to use tiger direct but there is like 4 or more diffrent brands all withing a $20 range. some are "superclocked" some look better than others.. how do I know what one to recomend? Thanks
Well I'm not sure which one is the fastest, but you will be good with either an evga, bfg, leadtek or xfx card.
Anymore, most cards just use the nVidia reference design, so the cards at stock speed are going to be the same. Superclocked, or OC edition, or other factory overclocked come with faster core and memory (and with the 8800's, a shader clock as well). Outside of that, the warranty and the goodies that come in the box would be worth the consideration. If you just want a card and the extras don't matter, just go with the cheapest one.