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GTX or not to GTX

Benny

Benny

Benny

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HI,

Now I have been in the market for a new GPU for a while. I have seen various posts with people saying hold off until june July for the true next gen cards. The thing is I will be going for a complete rebuild probably early next year. Hopefully by then the next gen prices will have dropped. I think the G80 GTX's are at a decent price. I would like a card that will allow me to run games on at 1920x1200. With pretty much all settings on high. I play Mainly ARMA, BF2142, COH:OF, S.T.A.L.K.E.R, COD4 etc

this is my current system:

Thermaltake Kandalf Super Tower Case
ASUS P5B Deluxe WiFi AP
Hiper 730 Watt Type M ATX v2.2
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.67mhz 1066 FSB
Powercolor x1950xtx 520mb
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5
Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24"
1 x Zalman 1v2 Reserator GPU Zalman VGA + VGA RAM
1 x Zalman 1v2 Reserator CPU Zalman CPU Block
Win XP Home (yup but it's free and legal)

the card I have my eye on is the:

BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC2 768MB GDDR3

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-042-BG&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=877


Do you think my system will handle this card ok? I have heard the various horror stories with regards to my PSU brand. So far it seems to be doing ok.
Any GTX owners out there with a Hyper PSU? I heard it was the Type-R Series that had a habit of going pop or is it any Hyper PSU? I have my eye on an enermax galaxy but that will have to wait for a few months.

Cheers

B
 
why not the OCUK version way cheaper! You would have to be a fool IMO to pay that much extra for basically nothing?

ps I had a hyper 580 with the GTX and it was fine
 
True next gen isn't June/July, its way off yet, Nvidia's got some more 2006 8800's to release in July, but they calling them the 9900's this time, and sticking them on 55nm processs instead of what they now on today, the 65nm.

Id get this GTX, absolute bargain at only £179, and they still one of the top cards today, and your PSU will handle it all fine. :)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-099-XF
 
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When I'm looking at the prices mate the Ocuk version is more expensive...at £234 the BFG is actually cheaper at £211. Thanks for the info on the PSU.

B
 
Your system will handle that fine.

My main concern would be will 2 gig be enough to run games at 1920x1200? Although with the game syou listed above they should be ok as they are not overly memory intensive, so yes, go for it :)

But like Hayley said, if you want cheap then go for the cheapest card, if you want the warranty then the BFG cant be beat.
 
I would like 4gig of RAM but as I understand it on a 32bit system I wouldn't utilise 4gb is that a correct assumption?

Yeah my sway would be toward the BFG for the warranty to be honest, although the cash I save by getting the XFX I could put it towards the zalman GTX block.
The XFX is indeed a steal how do these overclock? is there a utility with the card? or would I need to use RIVA tuner?

Cheers

B
 
I think 32bit would see about 3.5GB of the ram and I am not sure how the XFX clocks because I am waiting for mine to arrive.

BTW OcUK are giving a direct 2 year warranty on the card
 
I think the XFX is becoming more of a tempting offer. I think the final check is to measure the inside of my Thermaltake Kandlaf, to be 100% sure it will fit.


thanks for the input guys....and in the style of the infamous columbo.....just one more question. Is the performance boost from the ATI x1950XTX going to be significant?
 
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