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8800GTS 320mb?

So, I buy a 320mb 8800GTS and only need to pay like £60 to upgrade to an 8800GTS 640mb?

Do I need to buy an EVGA 8800GTS 320mb then?
 
Im sure you can't upgrade to the same card even though its got 320mb more memory, its still a GTS, and yes EVGA are the only ones who do the step-up programme, you can send your card back to them and they will give you back what you paid for it, so you only need to pay the difference for the next card up, but you have to do it within 90 days. :)
 
dante6491 said:
get an evga 8800gts and upgrade it within 90days if you have the money
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Lol very amusing reply :cool: Tbh i would suggest the 8800GTS 640 rather than 320 versions, just my humble opinion.
 
What you need to ask yourself is how many games do i play that require an upgrade.Look at my old dinosaur rig barton 2800 1 gig 3200 ram and a
7600 gs 256mb i can play most games at perfectly acceptable levels
around 1024-768 yes i don't put aa and all that on but the games still look decent the only 2 i have trouble with are supreme commander and fear.
I think fear is more of a ram issue though tbh.
Personally i think waiting a bit longer is sage advice and maybe get an 8800 at a far cheaper level until a proper dx10 card one that will last you a year or 2 arrives.Good news is i think that new games might become more cpu reliant and less gpu intensive.There just are'nt that many games around that require an 8800 unless you have a big screen of course.
 
Well I thought it would be best to buy something new than old stuff like 7900 or X1950 series.


Anyway my budget has jumped to £220 - £240 now :)

Anywere I can get an 8800GTS 640mb for £240?
 
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If its not from here then we cant say as it would be a competitor, only place we can mention is OcUK (here). :p

EDIT: OcUK one here is £246 :)
 
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Aye that will do, anything bad about it just been an overclockers uk no name brand?

Will it be a good overclocker?
 
willhub said:
Yea, I was wanting to good card because at the moment I have an X800XT PE, and its like lagging like hell in Everquest 2 and I cant even play games like Rainbow Six - Vegas because my card dont even have SM3.0.

So what card should I get to play most games at maximum settings?

Also, whats the best card I could get for around £150 - £200?
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Get a HIS 1950XT i can run anything only thing that lags a tiny bit is oblivion on full settings and then only at certain parts of the game.
 
But the X1950XT has less memory than the lowest 320mb GTS and costs as much as a 640mb GTS if it has 512mb of ram.

That cant be good if your getting bits of lag on Oblivion, I run it at 1440x900, all settings maxxed, no HDR, and the AA in game or w/e it is turn full, Sure its like 15-20fps I guess, but I find it playable.
 
willhub said:
Hi, today I am thinking of buying a Nvidia 8800GTS 320mb, but will I actually have problems running DX10 games due to the low memory?
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You'll likely have problems running DX10 games regardless of how much memory you have on a GTS.

First generation DX cards are never that good - people bought the r9700 for the DX8 performance, not DX9. Likewise GF3 excelled at DX7 not DX8.

I always think buying cards based on potential future performance is a bit of a false economy... you are dealing with unknowns and the best thing to do is buy whatever you consider to be best value NOW. And at the moment, the 320meg 8800GTS fits that bill. I've seen countless people spend extra to try and 'future proof' their systems by spending extra, but by the time the games come out they were future proofing for, they need to upgrade again anyway.
 
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willhub said:
But the X1950XT has less memory than the lowest 320mb GTS and costs as much as a 640mb GTS if it has 512mb of ram.

That cant be good if your getting bits of lag on Oblivion, I run it at 1440x900, all settings maxxed, no HDR, and the AA in game or w/e it is turn full, Sure its like 15-20fps I guess, but I find it playable.
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Not everything is about memory, all the games out at the moment dont need more than 256mb ram unless you go for really high resolutions.

And in oblivion i had HDR on aswell as AA on full.
 
I heard there are texture mods for Oblivion that can use up to 512mb of graphics memory? On some benchmarks though I have noticed that the 640mb actually beats the 320mb in quite a few benchmarks and the only difference is memory right?

Surely the 640mb 8800GTS wont have problems running all DX10 games at say medium to high depending on the game, I mean Nvidia are releasing DX10 cards that aint as good as the 8800GTS..


Anyway a game I am waiting for the most is Unreal Tournament 3, I rekon the 8800GTS will run that at maximum at like 1280x1024 res.
 
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Isn't one of the deals with DX10 is that it will be much better optimised than DX9, meaning aslong as you have a DX10 card you will be getting pretty decent perfomance.
I'm sure i heard something mentioned about DX10 turning every computer into a games capable rig.
So why are we scaremongering about requiring a mega monster graphics card, when the 8800 is still pretty monsterish already.
 
willhub said:
But the X1950XT has less memory than the lowest 320mb GTS and costs as much as a 640mb GTS if it has 512mb of ram.

That cant be good if your getting bits of lag on Oblivion, I run it at 1440x900, all settings maxxed, no HDR, and the AA in game or w/e it is turn full, Sure its like 15-20fps I guess, but I find it playable.
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Plus the x1950 XT is worthless as its old tech, the GTS destroys it, if your buying new Nvidia is the only way to go, you dont waste your money on old tech. :)

I play Oblivion on my GTS at 1280x1024 everything maxed with 2xAA/16xAF + HDR, and supersampling on so the iq is awesome as well, and outdoors with v-sync on im getting between 44-60fps, on my x1800 XT 512mb same settings, but without the supersampling as they don't have it, the maximum framerate wasn't even hitting my GTS's minimum, these cards are amazing, ATi have just been totally blown away in Dx9, they just can't compete in it, a single 8800 GTX is faster than 2x of ATi's top cards (x1950 XTX's) in Crossfire, that says it all, that shows you just how far ATi are behind in performance, Nvidia are just destroying them at the moment. :D
 
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For sure I am getting an 8800GTS 640mb :D

But I think my CPU will be a bottleneck but anyway I think I will be happy with it, wont be planning on upgrading the graphics untill at least next year, next will be the CPU and ram coz what I currently have is old and rubbish.
 
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