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Can a Sub £200 graphics card beat my 8800GTX?

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As title really. Im looking at upgrading from a X2 4400, system to a I5 760, with 4 gig ram and a Vertex 2E SSD however im thinking of dropping the SSD in favor of a faster Graphics card.

I do have TWO 8800gtx 768mb cards, and the MB im planning on getting does support SLI (2x8lanes) would it be worth getting a SLI power supply and using both these cards, or should i just drop the card and get something better? Is this possible for upto £200?

Dont mind if its ATI or Nvidia.

Thanks
 
Would you be willing to push your budget a bit for a 470? That'd be worth the change then. If not, a second hand 5870 or a new oc'd 5850 (if at a good price) would also be worth a look. Less power consumption and better performance than what you've got, but bear in the 6xxx series is out later this year as well.
 
Get a 470 if you can, i also game at your res, and a good card will let you run even demanding games smoothly

A 460 is good, but the 470 is imo in that sweet spot of being near the speed of a 480, but near the price of a 460

I guess it comes down to how much of a gamer you are, if you planning on playing lots of games, then the better frames and smoother play of a 470 will be definately worth it over the quicker loading times of a SSD
 
I went from an 8800GTX SLI setup to a single 480 and it's maybe 10% faster, depends on what measurement you take. I generally run at 1920*1200.

What you'll gain with any 4xx card is Direct X 11.

Andi.
 
I game at 1680x1050 with an oc'd 480 so I wouldn't bother matching a card to res unless it's a low res. Just buy the best you can mate. If I were you I'd try and stretch your budget to a 470 and overclock to near 480 speeds. I don't think you'd have any regrets with that move :)
 
andicole0 said:
I went from an 8800GTX SLI setup to a single 480 and it's maybe 10% faster, depends on what measurement you take. I generally run at 1920*1200.

What you'll gain with any 4xx card is Direct X 11.

Andi.
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That can't be right mate, a 480 smokes 8800GTX SLI in all the benches I've seen unless the GPU wasn't being stressed due to other bottlenecks
 
Btw a 5770 will do well at that res but not if your planning to upgrade to 1080 or above. I would get a 5850 and overclock.
 
andicole0 said:
I went from an 8800GTX SLI setup to a single 480 and it's maybe 10% faster, depends on what measurement you take. I generally run at 1920*1200.

What you'll gain with any 4xx card is Direct X 11.

Andi.
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I'm not so sure about this, i could be wrong but i was under the impression that 8800 GTX's in SLI were about as quick as a single 280GTX, going in recent past, new gen single cards seem to be about as quick as prev gen versions in SLI configuration

The 480 is i think about as fast as two 260/280s in SLI

The 280 has near the same number of processing cores as 2 x 8800's and the 480 has double, i would expect any 4 series card to offer a noticable improvement
 
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