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Should i upgrade my EVGA 8800GT?

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Hi All,

New to forum so go easy on me :D

I am looking at upgrading my gpu. Currently have an overclocked 8800GT, looking at whats the best option or just stay with what i have?

Current system spec:

E8400 @ 3.6GHz Artic Freezer 7 Pro cooler
P5N-D Mobo SLI
Acer 24" monitor 1900x1200
EVGA 8800GT Overclocked (cant remember by how much as at work)
2 500GB Hitiachi HDD 16mb cache
PC power and cooling Silencer 750w psu.

with this spec would you put another 8800GT in, or go for another option?

Play many different games, crysis, Stalker, CSS, Age of Conan etc.

Any help would be great :)
 
I have an 8800GT, and it plays games great at the moment. I am not going to upgrade until the DX11 cards come out. Can't see the point, unless you have disposable income, which I don't unfortunately!
 
4870 seconded
you could proably get away with a 4850/9800gtx at that res on most of the games you mentioned
but the increase would not be worth swapping out the 8800gt for
and crysis would still struggle on the 4850/9800gtx at that res

any of the above cards will run crysis better at that res than an 8800gt

there are some good deals to be had at the moment

it sounds like it makes sense to have 2 cards in sli - but sli only works well in certain games - and never scales that well in my opinion

i think the fastest single card you can afford would be the best option for you
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i have to agree with KelticDaz here, keep the 8800gt for now, unless you really want to upgrade..

personally i get a new graphics card every 2 years or so, then catch up on any games that I've missed

your current card will play all the great multiplayer games as it is (Crysis Wars being one it'll struggle with at high res)

i bought my 8800gt in may i think, won't be upgrading until at least next may -unless i get a burst of cash :)
 
Just upgraded my 8800GT to a 4870 (not received it yet). The 8800 is a great card for the price, but I was looking for a card I could play Crysis comfortably with and one that would see my through the best part of 2009. Admitably, the 8800 handled most my games at 1680x1050 but was showing signs of age.

My advice, if you are content with the performance you have and unless you can sell your 8800GT, i'd keep it. I sold mine for £55 and bought a Sapphire HD4870 for £162 inc delivery, so it worked out little over £100 which was totally reasonable for such a card.
 
As you have an SLI board... source another 8800GT cheap (shouldn't be hard) and you will be way ahead of a single 4870 for a lot less money.
 
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Another vote for another 8800gt nice and cheap at the moment around £80-£85 and when you do upgrade you to have two cards to sell :)
 
I may sell my 8800GT with an acellero cooler attached. its the pre overclocked Inno3D variant.

e-mail/msn addy in profile. Puting it on the market place tommorrow.
 
Adrianr said:
Put another 8800gt in. It's faster than 1 4870, it will be cheaper than a 4870, and it will use less power at load too!
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Its not gonna be much faster and where SLi isn't compatible you're screwed. Also micro stutter would be an issue. I'd take a single GPU over multiple if I could help it any day.

8800GT in SLi would be like a slow 9800GX2

4870 often beats the GX2

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Source: http://www.guru3d.com/news/ati-radeon-hd-4870-vs-geforce-9800-gx2-benchmark-results/
 
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Id get a 4870 rather than another GT to, GT's are already peanuts, so why bother getting another one, as by the time you do come to sell them, your gona get even less for them than they are going for now.
 
(A) Those benchmarks are old and before release of the 4870 and aren't actually valid...
(B) Crysis works fine in SLI (cases where it doesn't are usually down to user incompetance)
(C) Microstutter really really isn't an issue unless your trying to crossfireX with mis-matched cards
(D) SLI works great in almost every title out today - the cases where your back on just the 1 card is very very rare.
 
I just don't see the point of the OP selling his card and buying a 4870... when he can stick with the current card and for less than half the price of a 4870 get another 8800GT and get overall better performance... if you look across the benchmarks sites 8800GT SLI is only slower in half-life 2 than a 4870 in all other cases its as fast or in quite a few cases considerably faster.

It might be a slightly different case if he had a crossfire compatible board.

And by the time he comes to selling them... neither card(s) will be worth all that much, the 4870 is going to depreciate pretty quickly.
 
Rroff said:
I just don't see the point of the OP selling his card and buying a 4870... when he can stick with the current card and for less than half the price of a 4870 get another 8800GT and get overall better performance... if you look across the benchmarks sites 8800GT SLI is only slower in half-life 2 than a 4870 in all other cases its as fast or in quite a few cases considerably faster.

It might be a slightly different case if he had a crossfire compatible board.

And by the time he comes to selling them... neither card(s) will be worth all that much, the 4870 is going to depreciate pretty quickly.
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Exactly. The 8800GT being peanuts argument if anything makes it more of a reason to get one.. He could spend £40/£50 on another 8800GT, or sell his current 8800GT for £40/50 and spend £120 odd upgrading to a 4870, £80 more than another 8800GT. So he's spending more, for less performance (Bar one or two exceptions). In a years time SLI scaling will have only improved, and he will be lucky to get £50 for his 4870 just like people are lucky to get £50 for their 8800GT now, only he MAY be able to pawn them both off to someone for £25 a pop and still end up even. Cmon Loadsa, even you can't argue the 4870 angle on this one.. 8XAA performance or not :D
 
Another 8800GT is the way to go here.

If the OP didn't have a SLI mobo then I would say get a 4870 and sell the GT

As the OP already has an SLI mobo 2x 8800GT is the correct upgrade path in his situation.End of :D
 
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