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Need a New Graphic's Card.

Lol, Well I'm past 250 post's and nothing has happened...

-Matt

P.S,

Do you think a 8800GTS, will ok in a Thermaltake Soprano?
 
Matt7613 said:
Lol, Well I'm past 250 post's and nothing has happened...

-Matt

P.S,

Do you think a 8800GTS, will ok in a Thermaltake Soprano?
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Thats a nice case, ive got one currently. I think it will probably fit. Just measure the case and then look at the card length, just to make sure.
 
Matt7613 said:
Can someone kind of describe how good the 8800 is?

In terms of garphic's quality in games e.g. BF2 etc.

-Matt
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As good as it gets basically. It has DX10, unified architecture (plays vertex-type games and shader-type games equally well), and has great IQ.
 
I strongly disagree that paying £170-£180+ for an 8800 gts
is a smart thing to do after all in 6 months it will be struggling
with a lot of dx10 games in full details i'm quite confident it will
be chugging with crysis at max details if spending in the £200+ area
i want a card that can eat crysis for breakfast and come back for seconds.
Now an 8800 gts for £120 ish that's a different story.
 
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From Crysis online:-

Crysis will no doubt be a fairly demanding game. It will require a good system to perform well. However, CryEngine2 is very scalable so lower end machines will still stand a chance.

Here is a list of confirmed information...
• Crysis will run on both DX9 & DX10 as well as Windows XP and Windows Vista.
• A graphics card that supports Shader Model 2 or higher is required.
• CryEngine2 is estimated to scale back 2 years, and scale ahead 1.5 years.
• A single 7800GTX will run the game quite well on fairly high settings according to Crysis Art Director, Michael Khaimzon.
• Jack Mamais of Crytek said in an exclusive Crysis-Online interview that his X1900XT runs the game very well at reasonably high settings ( still unoptmized ).
• Crysis will dynamically utilize all processing threads available. Meaning quad-core processors will be supported.
The following specs are estimates made by myself based on the above mentioned information and other sources. These estimates are NOT official - but are based on official information.

Minimum Requirements
CPU: Athlon 64 3000+/Intel 2.8ghz
Graphics: Nvidia 6200 or ATI X1300 - Shader Model 2.0
RAM: 768MB on Windows XP or 1GB on Windows Vista
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 256k+
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX9.0c with Windows XP

Recommended Requirements
CPU: Dual-core CPU (Athlon X2/Pentium D)
Graphics: Nvidia 7600 or ATI X1600 Pro (SM 3.0) or DX10 equivalent
RAM: 1.5GB+
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX9.0c with Windows XP
 
C64 said:
I strongly disagree that paying £170-£180+ for an 8800 gts
is a smart thing to do after all in 6 months it will be struggling
with a lot of dx10 games in full details i'm quite confident it will
be chugging with crysis at max details if spending in the £200+ area
i want a card that can eat crysis for breakfast and come back for seconds.
Now an 8800 gts for £120 ish that's a different story.
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No it won't be struggling in 6 months at lower resolutions, don't be silly. :p

As the post above shows it will likely run Crysis like a demon at 1280*1024.
 
Both cards they mentioned were DX9 class cards. DX10 cards will likely come under their 1.5 years future scaling implying that DX10 will have somewhat higher requirements.

Lost Planet runs rather well in DX9, but much slower in DX10. Thats probably a driver / API thing, but certainly something to think about.

Having said that, the 8800GTS 320MB is exceedingly good value, much like the GeForce 4 Ti4200 used to be. It would most certainly not be a poor investment.
 
Matt7613 said:
Hey Guys,

I need to get a cheapy Graphics Card, My budget is around £165. It needs to be PCI-E obviously, Good for gaming and an overall excellent card.

I've seen some I like, but I have no idea whether it's what I need etc. Because you can find a card with a 525MHZ core for maybe £130 and then find a card with 675MHZ core for £135. But I will leave it for the reader's to battle it out and decide what is the best Graphic's card for under £140.

-Matt
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Matt, I would be considering tapping someone for a loan or hanging it out for a week or 2 so I could get this 8800 GTS 320MB for £40 more and while you are waiting it might even appear in the One week only offers for even less ;)
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Jleo said:
Matt, I would be considering tapping someone for a loan or hanging it out for a week or 2 so I could get this 8800 GTS 320MB for £40 more and while you are waiting it might even appear in the One week only offers for even less ;)
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Why on earth would you pay £200 for a 320MB GTS, may as well but a 640MB version then. If the OP has a budget of 165 then the cheapest 8800 is what he needs. :)
 
MM sounds like a nice idea, i have a 7300 and want a 7900 to tide me out untill 9 series is released. but dont want to waste over £50 because the 9 series will probably drop a bombshell in my account =D
 
Boogle said:
Having said that, the 8800GTS 320MB is exceedingly good value, much like the GeForce 4 Ti4200 used to be. It would most certainly not be a poor investment.
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Yeah, but the Ti4200 launched just short of US$200. It's a shame we don't get that kind of price-performance structure anymore. I remember when my local LAN café 'upgraded' some of the machines from Ti4200s to Fx5200s. Urgh!
 
Think is though do I ditch my Dual screen, and go to 1 screen. Spend the extra money on the Graphic's card so I can get better?

-Matt
 
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