Comparing graphics cards

[CheesePlant]

Hi all,

Its been at least 5 years since I've built a PC and around that time I was constantly rebuilding my rig. After spending a fortune I had to stop.

I was wondering if anyone knows of a site which shows comparison charts of graphics cards. I have no idea what is better than what anymore.

Thanks in advance.

 

[95thrifles]

This is a review of the latest releases, 275 and 4890, if you read through to the pages on game performance theres some decent tables comparing each card from last 2/3 years

 

[CheesePlant]

Thanks, something else that would be good is a site which allowed you to search per game and show the FPS you get with different cards on a static system.

 

[pendy]

Have a look on techpowerup and overclockers club, some good info there.

 

[95thrifles]

It wouldnt be possible to bench EVERY game with EVERY card using multiple resolutions/systems etc, thats why with things like this they tend to pick half a dozen games that represent system demands quite well and bench them

 

[CheesePlant]

Yeah I would be asking too much there. Ideally I want something to replace my Geforce 6660gt and would play WoW and Empire: Total War in full settings. Price is the main factor, I don't want to spend too much cash right now. The rest of the PC is 2ghz AMD processor, 2gb ram, 21" monitor.

 

[Leeroy123]

if they are the only games yo uwant to play you dont need anything special.

 

[CheesePlant]

I've looked around for Empires specs and I can't find it on their website, Steam don't tell me much either except I need a direct x 9 card.

If I could spend £30 for a cheap card and play both them games then that would be excellent. I tend to only play WoW and Ultima Online at the moment and I've always wanted Empire: Total War, im not too bothered getting something thats amazing and will allow me to play the games coming out later this year (this is not a future investment, I have an Xbox 360 for that). However if I found a card for £30 and it had SLI I could always buy another in a few months if needed? My motherboard supports SLI.

 

[95thrifles]

I got ETW, and it requires 256mb gfx with DX9.0c shader2.0, any modern card exceeds this

 

[fross]

I upgraded from an 8800GS to a 4870, and saw no improvement in WoW, so I figure the 8800GS maxed it out. You should be able to find one cheap these days.

I would throw more RAM at your system though, it's cheap these days so go up to 4Gb.

 

[CheesePlant]

Thank you, the **B Grade** OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI card Overclockers sell for £35 seems fine. I am going to have to check my PSU and mobo to see if its x8 or x16.

 

[ray liotta]

This what you need mate, reviews most games and compares the performance of the game with each card. Should help you in what card you want for which type of games.

http://www.guru3d.com/category/gamereviews/

 

[CheesePlant]

Ah great thats going to help

and to think there was once a time when I was heavily into this stuff... how time changes

 

[Phage]

The Best review

The comparison is at Tom's Hardware. See this.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/gaming-graphics-cards-charts-2009-high-quality/benchmarks,58.html

 

[mel d]

hi, now i have a 8800gs 380 alpha dog and was wondering if i could sli with 1 of theise **B Grade** OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI ?
link is few post's up

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Everything on full in ETW? Depends on the resolution, but it is a lot more GPU hungry than its predecessors! Best to ask in fansite forums.

 

[CheesePlant]

Are the geforce cards dropped now?

I can't find any cards when searching on overclockers for 8800, I just want to see how much the 1gb version is.

 

[jigger]

hi, now i have a 8800gs 380 alpha dog and was wondering if i could sli with 1 of theise **B Grade** OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI ?
link is few post's up

No you cant.