GC Advice

[ozzyDe]

I,m looking at getting a new graphic card got about £100 so what can I get which will be an improvement over the 7900gs, I probably sell on of the 7900gs and the other will go in the kids pc.
I wont be using SLI so either ATI or Nvidia will do.

Cheers
Ozzy

 

[gurusan]

1st choice 8800GS
2nd choice 3850pro 512mb

 

[Lanz]

Are your 7900's in SLI? Because I doubt anything for £100 would be faster.

 

[gurusan]

Are your 7900's in SLI? Because I doubt anything for £100 would be faster.

Both the 3850pro and 8800GS would decimate even 7900GTs in SLI, let alone 7900gses with less shaders.

 

[fraps]

3850pro 512mb (OC version if poss)

 

[fraps]

note I have seen 3870 for 120...

 

[Lanz]

Both the 3850pro and 8800GS would decimate even 7900GTs in SLI, let alone 7900gses with less shaders.

Decimate? Hardly... It'll be about the same in DX9.

 

[gurusan]

Decimate? Hardly... It'll be about the same in DX9.

No, it wouldn't. The 7900GTX cards in SLI can barely keep up with an older 8800GTS 640mb...

 

[Lanz]

Yes and we are talking about a 3850 or 8800GS which are a fair bit behind the 8800GTS.

Anyway, we both have access to tomshardware and we can both see the figures for 7800GT SLI vs 8800GTS, and they arent very far apart. So I doubt it would be a worthy upgrade unless you're wanting to play DX10.

 

[kylew]

They are behind the newer GTS, but he's talking about the older GTS, the GTS 640MB

 

[manic111]

Check out Gecube's 3850 OC, really nice card with dual slot cooling. Unfortunately not sold here, but is only a little over your budget.

 

[ozzyDe]

I have them in SLI at the moe and they do the job plays COD4 with everything maximum and the frame rate is fine I run them at 630core & 1400mem.
res 1440-900
so I think it between these 2
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI £111
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-085-OK
or
Asus GeForce EN8800 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI £135 "at a push"
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-147-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1008

Or am I better off waiting a couple of months my be add a few more £ to the pot and see what's on offer then.