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I Have Everything but Gfx Card...But which one?

BoB3rt

BoB3rt

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ok heres my setup...it all arrived this morning :)

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The MoBo is acctully a "Asus P5KC Combo Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard"
...yes i have heatsink btw :cool:

To start am not a fan of ATi at all... but with possable persuasion who knows.

I was leaning towards getting a 8800gts 640Mb (BFG)
but really the price is a bit steep and get hold ov a second hard one is a bit hard.... so i was finking bout getting much lower model then upgrade in about a year but i need opinions.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-048-BG
I noticed this? but like i sed its hell of a step lower... and i dunno if it just me but cheap for the Chip.

I have at VERY max just under 200 to play with but would be better to wait a lil for price fall ...?

Cheers
 
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All depends on how much you like to game...

October 29th is when the 8800GT's arrive.

Performance is supposedly a little bit faster than a current 8800GTS - though nothing concrete is known yet. Price will be below £200.

In order to game at 1680*1050 you're going to need an 8600GTS minimum, an 8500GT is not going to cut it i'm afraid.
 
yeah i see... well i can play in 1280 x 1024 would that make it any better, i don't mind dropping my res... Al have alook round for sum info on the GT's now unless u have a link?

sorry i fort it sed 8800GTS not 8600 minimum...so the 8800GT should be able t handle it? :)
May aswell wait if reviews are ok.
 
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if your getting an 8800 don't go any lower than 640mb. i have a 320mb version and i feel they have a lack of performance power when it comes to higher resolution, just because of the memory limit.
 
badbob said:
What's the point in buy a new rig, a high resolution display and playing at a low res???
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2nd'd - 2900 Pro/XT, or 8800 GTS 640 MB / 8800 GTX are the only cards you should be looking at for now.

You could wait for the next nvidia card, but frankly you have all that kit waiting so I would one of those cards next day delivered to your place pronto. Just get whichever you can afford.
 
richolmes72 said:
October 29th is when the 8800GT's arrive.

Performance is supposedly a little bit faster than a current 8800GTS - though nothing concrete is known yet. Price will be below £200.
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Well, if this is true, that's it for me then.
Better than GTS performance, and less than £200... and almost here?
Assuming at least 512mb on that card, sounds great, and should allow me to play current (and Crysis/UT3 etc) until the GeForce 9 series show their head.

Perfect!

Thanks,
V1N.
 
2900Pro 512MB is the card to go for. Sapphire is on special which saves you a bit & itll clock to XT speeds. Best value card in the highend at the moment.
 
i am now thinks about getting the saphire 9200pro only thing that puts me off is it dnt state a warrenty. i like them specially the bfg life ones ya see !
 
V1N said:
Well, if this is true, that's it for me then.
Better than GTS performance, and less than £200... and almost here?
Assuming at least 512mb on that card, sounds great, and should allow me to play current (and Crysis/UT3 etc) until the GeForce 9 series show their head.

Perfect!

Thanks,
V1N.
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Will be a 256mb and a 512mb version, both below £200 at least. The 8800GT should be as fast or a tiny bit faster than a current 8800GTS as the current 320mb GTS is being canceled and the 640mb is being improved. Still nothing concrete yet - but its looking good.
 
I'd take the 2900 Pro at that price mate. It's the same as the XT card so will clock and/or flash to those speeds and beyond (the XT is a £230 card); it will match or beat the GTS in most benchmarks, especially with the latest performance-boosting 7.10 drivers. :)
 
Aye, Pointless playing 4:3 on a monitor that can do 16:10, my 7300gt can do 1440x900 with a high setting so i think the 2900pro will be plenty for 1680x1050.
 
Another vote for the 8800 GT, can handle AA, wont need a power plant to run it, doesn't sound like a ******* boeing 747 taking off, and won't give out as much heat, and it'll be faster, or wait for the much faster 640mb GTS thats coming with 112 streams. :p
 
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