8800gts 512 upgrade

joedeath332 · 7 Mar 2009 at 10:19

I currently have a 8800gts 512 gfx card and my monitor is a 24" @1920x1200
atm i mostly just play wow so the card runs the game fine ofc,, but now that i am trying multiboxing while playing with wow i am running 5 verisons of wow at once and i feel the gfx card is the weak point as the cpu is never over 50% on a core and got 4gb mem in system as well.
What would be a good choice of an upgrade gfx wise probby would want to spend anything from £150-250 max
My current psu is a thermaltake toughpower 600w

95thrifles · 7 Mar 2009 at 11:00

That sort of price range Id have a look at the 4870 on TWO, here, if you prefer to stick to NVidia then this is similar performance but costing more

straxusii · 7 Mar 2009 at 11:26

Nvidia GTS250 surely, that's 2 generations on from the 8800GTS

Rybo89 · 7 Mar 2009 at 11:34

260 or a 280, check out the MM

or the 4870 if you want to save a bit of money, its just a bit behind the 260 for performance

95thrifles · 7 Mar 2009 at 11:36

Rybo89 said:
260 or a 280, check out the MM

or the 4870 if you want to save a bit of money, its just a bit behind the 260 for performance

no its not, its generally ahead, the 4870 1 gig is actually better than the 280 in some situations too, though it is situation dependent. Its pretty much agreed that 280>4870>260

gurusan · 7 Mar 2009 at 11:38

purchase this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-120-XF&groupid=701&catid=701&subcat=

philip j fry · 7 Mar 2009 at 12:09

+1 for the link from gurusan will be the best bang for buck

BigBruiserAl · 7 Mar 2009 at 12:18

philip j fry said:
+1 for the link from gurusan will be the best bang for buck

Agree cant go wrong for that money good offer from ocuk

michaelmk86 · 7 Mar 2009 at 12:28

My opinion is to wait for the next generation Cards because the 4870 or GTX260 is not going to make a big difference in performance from the 8800GTS512. A good upgrade from the 8800GTS 512 is (GTX285, GTX295, 4850x2, 4870x2).

Xplo · 7 Mar 2009 at 12:39

Another vote here for XFX 4870, or if you want to wait for next generation etc just turn some settings down temporarily

widdyst · 7 Mar 2009 at 12:53

michaelmk86 said:
My opinion is to wait for the next generation Cards because the 4870 or GTX260 is not going to make a big difference in performance from the 8800GTS512. A good upgrade from the 8800GTS 512 is (GTX285, GTX295, 4850x2, 4870x2).

I gotta disagree there really I've just upgraded from 8800gts to GTX260 and have seen a BIG improvment.

joedeath332 · 7 Mar 2009 at 13:04

Thanks all for the fast replies , i think i will go with the following as sugested

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-120-XF&groupid=701&catid=701&subcat=

i was pretty sure i would see a differance in performance , but was unsure how much, but to read it is 2 gens ahead of my 8800gts i think i will give it a try ,, the only negative thing for me is i prefer nvidia

EDIT BTW why do ocuk not list the 280 anymore they just have 285 is it discontinued ?

michaelmk86 · 7 Mar 2009 at 13:24

widdyst said:
I gotta disagree there really I've just upgraded from 8800gts to GTX260 and have seen a BIG improvment.

The GTX260 is about 40% faster than the 8800GTS 512. 40% performance increase is not considered big improvement. My opinion is when you upgrade the graphics card must have minimum 100% performance increase from the old one.

widdyst · 7 Mar 2009 at 16:08

40 % improvment is a massive increase mate for instance if a game was running at say 50 fps and you then got a 40 % improvment that game would then run at 70 fps . Now that is a worthwhile improvment in my book. There is no way upgrading equipment regularly will yield a 100% improvment Just no way

boosfuk · 7 Mar 2009 at 16:31

Another vote for waiting. I replaced my 8800GTS(512) by a GTX260(216) last month but found it not as big an upgrade as I expected. The 260 failed and I decided to get a refund, stick with the 8800 and wait for the next refresh. Also not found a game I play at moment that actually needs an upgrade.

Devlish · 7 Mar 2009 at 16:45

Just bought an xfx to replace my 8800gts 320. Installing this evening, fingers crossed.

joedeath332 · 7 Mar 2009 at 16:48

boosfuk said:
Another vote for waiting. I replaced my 8800GTS(512) by a GTX260(216) last month but found it not as big an upgrade as I expected. The 260 failed and I decided to get a refund, stick with the 8800 and wait for the next refresh. Also not found a game I play at moment that actually needs an upgrade.

I to never really had a problem untill i started multiboxing in wow . so running multiple coppies of the game at once can sure test a gfx card

michaelmk86 · 7 Mar 2009 at 17:13

widdyst said:
40 % improvment is a massive increase mate for instance if a game was running at say 50 fps and you then got a 40 % improvment that game would then run at 70 fps . Now that is a worthwhile improvment in my book. There is no way upgrading equipment regularly will yield a 100% improvment Just no way

I upgrade from a 8800GTS 512 to GTX295 and performance incise was 100% with no AA and with AA up to 3 times faster

pby · 7 Mar 2009 at 23:26

boosfuk said:
Another vote for waiting. I replaced my 8800GTS(512) by a GTX260(216) last month but found it not as big an upgrade as I expected. The 260 failed and I decided to get a refund, stick with the 8800 and wait for the next refresh. Also not found a game I play at moment that actually needs an upgrade.

wotlk isn't actually that graphic intensive, its the cpu and internet bottlenecking usually. i double box myself and the 9800gtx+ (which is pretty much the same card as yours) and copes really well at 1920x1200.

herr_brush · 7 Mar 2009 at 23:44

I just bought that xfx card and it flys. Plus for that price I can always get a second one for crossfire if newer games need it. At the moment I can run Assassin's Creed at 1920x1080 with no stutter and all the visuals turned up.