What is the best video card for the money?

[chris99]

What is the best video card for the money? Looking to spend $3-500, more towards $300 if possible/not much difference.

Also I need one that will work with Ubuntu.

[Bitweasil]

Find a 7970 with a decent rebate. Best overall card, hands down.

I can get them all day long for about $400, and you can find cheaper.

[chris99]

Thanks!

How about this one:
XFX Double D FX-797A-TDBC Radeon HD 7970 Black Edition 3GB 384-bit

It will work with Ubuntu and JTR, yes?

[Bitweasil]

Ubuntu, yes.

JTR... yeah, most likely. Depends on the current state of their OpenCL support.

Cryptohaze? Definitely.

[chris99]

Yes, I meant with Cryptohaze

[chris99]

How bout CentOS, does it have the drivers already installed for the 7970?

[Bitweasil]

How bout CentOS, does it have the drivers already installed for the 7970?

No. In any distro, you'll have to install the binary drivers from the AMD website to get OpenCL working.

[Picch]

What kind of speeds do you get with the 7970?

[Bitweasil]

What kind of speeds do you get with the 7970?

What algorithm? I can try to do some benchmarking, just very busy with other stuff right now.

[Picch]

NTLM, no rush, whenever you're not busy.

Thanks!