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1920x1200 gaming - new GTS or old GTX?

Jed Shields

Jed Shields

Jed Shields

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Hi guys,

I know there are numerous threads on the new v old, but I'm looking for a answer based on high resolution with bells and whistles. I'll be getting a 24" monitor soon, probably the Dell 2407HC, so need something with a bit of oomph. Currently I've got an Athlon 4400 X2 with 2Gb RAM. I'll be looking at getting maybe an Intel Core 2 6850 with 4Gb RAM in within the first quarter next year as well.

I'm not going to hang on for the 9800 as the days of spending 350+ on a graphics card are well behind me :)

Will nVidia be releasing a new 8800GTX, following the rest of the revamped series before they churn out the new 9800?

Cheers.

Jed.
 
Jed Shields said:
Will nVidia be releasing a new 8800GTX, following the rest of the revamped series before they churn out the new 9800?
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Hi Jed

Unfortunately they are not refreshing the GTX/Ultra and we won't see sucessors to those cards until the 9 series comes, probably not see any new types of cards other than 1GB models of the GT/GTS from Nvidia. I would personally opt for a GTX considering the prices of the GTS, however if you can get a GTS for £200 or under then I would get that instead. But really it's very hard to overlook the current price of the OcUK GTX which is insanely low (also when refering to GTS I mean the new 512MB model, not the old 640/320's). The GTX will help with higher resolutions, but only really when using AA and not using it will give a FPS result of something either just above or just below the 8800 GTS 512.

Also just a tip on the CPU - ignore the E6850 and get the Quad 6600, it's £15 - £20 cheaper and will give you better performance in the future when more things start using quad cores. Or at least this is what I would do considering the price of that E6850 at the moment. If it was something like the E6750 you were planning on getting then I would have just got that as it's much cheaper.
 
Thanks guys.

Will there be a 768 / 1Gb version of the new GTS cards out soon then? If so, would it be worth holding out for those? I've read that it's the bus speed of the GTX that gives it the performance boost at higher resolution rather than the extra RAM, so the 1Gb GTS might still not have the boost I'd need ...

CPU - I'll be shopping in a few months, so I'll come back for more advice then ... :)
 
It's the bus speed that helps really, I'd go for the GTX because it's cheap as chips and worth the extra £20 on top of the GTS.
 
While there could well be a 1GB 8800 GTS (they have one for the 8800 GT), I doubt it's gonna be able to read that memory fast enough to make good use of it.
 
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