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New PC, which card is best?

Corbula

Corbula

Corbula

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I have two questions about all the new graphics cards that have come out.

Firstly, was there an increase in performance on the 8800GTX between now and when it was released, through driver updates and stuff?

Also if i am playing on a 19" monitor (1280x1024) Which will give me best performance? A 8800GTX, 9800GTX, 9600GT SLi, 8800GTS SLi

Which will give best performance on a 22" monitor and 24" monitor?
 
If you are going to be gaming at 1280x1024 for the forseeable future I would just get an 8800GT.

If you're going to be getting a 24" monitor then my choice would be the 8800GTX, they're such a good deal at the moment (I bought one this weekend).
 
Would an 8800GTS max out Crysis for example with everything on highest? Or would i need to SLi it? Also would a 9600 SLi not be better?
 
It's gonna be quad core Q6600, 4GB 800mhz RAM. I just dont know what graphics card to get. I want something thats gonna run every game on pretty much the highest settings for the next 2 to 3 years. Thats why i am hesitant to get an 8 series instead of a 9 series.

Any suggestions?

Also do graphics cards increase in performance with new driver releases and such?
 
Corbula said:
It's gonna be quad core Q6600, 4GB 800mhz RAM. I just dont know what graphics card to get. I want something thats gonna run every game on pretty much the highest settings for the next 2 to 3 years. Thats why i am hesitant to get an 8 series instead of a 9 series.

Any suggestions?

Also do graphics cards increase in performance with new driver releases and such?
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If you want something now that will max out every game for the next 2-3 yrs you need a 360 or a PS3 ;)

For now Id get cheapest 8800GT you can find, then in June/July see what the new cards are like, if they provide a significant hike in performance especially in Crysis then maybe get one of those
 
ten80p said:
If you want something now that will max out every game for the next 2-3 yrs you need a 360 or a PS3 ;)

For now Id get cheapest 8800GT you can find, then in June/July see what the new cards are like, if they provide a significant hike in performance especially in Crysis then maybe get one of those
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What he said, except I got myself a GTS and I'm planning on auctioning it off in a few months when the next gen cards are released (if they're any good that is)
 
Hmm, bought myself an 8800GTX even I only play at 1440x900, it's just that it was as cheap as chips, I coulnd't pass :D Might upgrade to a 24 later but for now, 19 inch is fine. 8800GTX all the way.
 
What IS better? 8800 GTS 512 SLI or 9600 GT SLI? I've seen varying reports on the two at different resolutions. I'd guess the 8800 GTS SLI is actually better at pretty much every res?
 
What you think of this system?

ThermalTake CASE SOPRANO DX VE7000BWS BLK
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4 x 2.40 GHZ) G0 1066FSB - 8 MB
ASUS SKT-775 P5N-E SLI S/L 1066FSB
GEIL 4GB DDR2 800 CL5.0 DUAL CHANNEL BLACK DRAGON RET
ASUS 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 2xDVI PCI-E SLI
HIPER POWER 880W Low Noise/SLI Ready
750 GB SATA HDD UDMA 300 7200 16MB
Samsung 16x DVD-ROM Black (IDE)
Motherboard Integrated 5.1 Sound
Fast 10/100 Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
4 X USB 2.0 Ports
ThermalTake SONIC TOWER R2
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150 Digital TV (XP/VISTA)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-BIT

System Total Ex Vat: £727.50
Delivery Ex Vat: £34.00
Vat: £133.26
Grand Total Inc Vat: £894.76
 
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