Upgrade advice on 8800gt 256mb

[spleenharvester]

I was thinking about selling my 256mb PNY 8800gt and spending a little extra on another used card, this time a 512mb 8800gt. Would this pose a noticeable performance increase? thanks.

 

[El Jimben]

It's not worth it to be honest, you'd be much better off saving your pennies and investing in something that's going to give you a decent performance increase.

 

[Kennysevenfold]

i highly doubt you would actually notice a difference, a few extra fps, nothing massive

 

[spleenharvester]

Hmm. Problem is, the PC I built for my brother is almost identical, and even at 1440x900 (as opposed to 1024x768 on my scratched 15" tft ) it seems to have a lot higher performance on games like Gmod and L4D. Only different parts in his are the PSU (570w Hiper) and Gfx (PNY 9800GT 512mb).

 

[nightkhaos]

I would recommend saving your pennies and going for a card like a GTX 260 216.

 

[almighty15]

You will see a big difference and depending on how VRAM heavy a game is the difference will be even bigger. Most games these days need 512mb and your 256mb card would be swaping textures into memory left, right and centre.

A 9600GT with 512mb would prolly beat your 256mb 8800GT in the right games

 

[almighty15]

I would recommend saving your pennies and going for a card like a GTX 260 216.

Of which he doesn't have the PSU or the CPU to drive properly, good advice

 

[nightkhaos]

Of which he doesn't have the PSU or the CPU to drive properly, good advice

Yes good point wasn't looking at his specs when I gave that advice. So he'll have to save a LOT of pennies.

 

[Biffa]

Of which he doesn't have the PSU or the CPU to drive properly, good advice

Eh? What you on about?

 

[almighty15]

Yes good point wasn't looking at his specs when I gave that advice. So he'll have to save a LOT of pennies.

I like pennies

 

[spleenharvester]

I was tempted to save for a GTX260. I will be upgrading the PSU soon (shame, it's a great PSU, 5 amps short) as I'm trying to silence my PC.

 

[icey_haj]

Sell your 8800 and get yourself a 4770.

 

[coupe69]

Of which he doesn't have the PSU or the CPU to drive properly, good advice

 

[almighty15]

I was tempted to save for a GTX260. I will be upgrading the PSU soon (shame, it's a great PSU, 5 amps short) as I'm trying to silence my PC.

You dont have the CPU power to run a 260GTX

Heck i bet your 8800GT is CPU bottlenecked in some instances.

 

[spleenharvester]

You dont have the CPU power to run a 260GTX

Heck i bet your 8800GT is CPU bottlenecked in some instances.

I know it'll be a huge bottleneck (my 8800gt isn't CPU bottlenecked, I've done my research ) but I am planning on upgrading to a Phenom II 920 around the same time. They're compatible with my board but with beta BIOS 1102.

 

[El Jimben]

Sell your 8800 and get yourself a 4770.

This.

 

[TheRealDeal]

Agree with the 4770 comments will be more than fast enough for your resolution and a good improvement over your 8800gt.

 

[Dicehunter]

I was thinking about selling my 256mb PNY 8800gt and spending a little extra on another used card, this time a 512mb 8800gt. Would this pose a noticeable performance increase? thanks.

As said, save your money, my advice is to save up for the next year and then buy a power house of a pc.

 

[spleenharvester]

Agree with the 4770 comments will be more than fast enough for your resolution and a good improvement over your 8800gt.

I heard a HD4830 wouldn't be a good upgrade, so why would a HD4770 be
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=544&card2=612

 

[LoadsaMoney]

4770 would show a decent boost over a 256mb GT, as even the extra memory would make a big difference these days, as the days of 256mb cards are long gone.

The 4770 is also faster than the 4830.