320 or 640?

[mikka84]

I was going to get myself 640MB gts edition by bfg and then went to check sum reviews of 320 gts on anandtech. The way I see it performs as good as 640 on resolution up to 1200*1600 (and in some games better, probably due it being overclocked). Now I don't play higher than that resolution cause I have 19" CRT and i don't plan to invest into a bigger monitor for quite some time. Can any1 tell me if the 320 gts will be able to run crysis-like (by that i mean new generation) games games on mid-high setting? Or **** i opt for 640 mb and spend an extra 100 quid for double ram?

BTW I am not planning to keep this card for too long, probably for 6-8 months till 8800/8900 gtx drop in prices.

thanx

 

[Nitram]

I think you have already answered your own question.........
the 320mb will do the job fine if you intend to move up within a year, next generation games should work fine, otherwise most of us are in trouble !

 

[furnace]

BTW I am not planning to keep this card for too long, probably for 6-8 months till 8800/8900 gtx drop in prices.

Going by that, I would say just get the 320mb.

However if you didn't add that last sentance in, I would've said get the 640mb IMO it'll last longer, I rekon we're gonna see in-game textures get a lot more detailed and take up more graphics card memory when Cyrsis, etc, are out.

 

[Doppleganger]

If you want to run high levels of AA in-game you'll need the 640mb card. Enabling 8q and 16qAA with supersampling brings even a GTX to its knees with its 768mb.

 

[Lonewolf]

If your intention is to buy for next gen games such as Crysis and you are only intending to keep the card for a short period of time. Would it not be far wiser to wait until the next generation of games hit the shelf before buying a new card?

The next best graphics card from both Nvidia and ATI could be released before the next gen game.

 

[nef-kryten]

sorry to change the subject a bit just didnt want to start new topic but is 338 quid cheap for a asus 8800gtx?

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Thats a cracking price for a GTX, but id remove it quick as competitor pricing is not allowed.

 

[mikka84]

Thanks guys, took a while to get any answers to my post. As for waiting for the latest gfx cards to get released (8900 r600) and get them well i wont do it for 2 reasons:
1. I am stuck with a x800 gfx card and i really don't like its performance, the rest of my rig is E6400 w/c @ 3.2Ghz, EVGA 680i and team xtreem 6400 2 gig ram. So you can see why I want a new gfx card asap.
2. I never buy the latest when it gets released, too expensive. I was considering gtx card but not for the sum the want for it. Call me cheap but i never thought that investing 400 quid into a gfx card thats gonna be old hat in a half a year is feasable.

Still not sure whether I **** got for 320 or 640. I would like to max AA and AF on games I play and I will probably run crysis on it unless it gets delayed again so im thinking I will get 640 megs one (considering it lost 10 quid off its price in the past 3 days). Thanx for your help anyways guys