What card is for me?

[Ethan62]

I am currently building a new system. My X1950 pro iceq is starting play up a lot and i'm considering an 8800 but unsure which is for me i do not want to spend more than £250 and 512mb atleast.

Thanks Ethan

 

[reflux]

One of these:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-059-BG&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=927

 

[Ethan62]

how do these compare to the other 8800's performance wise?

 

[reflux]

At the moment it goes

8800GTS 320mb->8800GTS 640mb->8800GT->8800GTS 512mb->8800GTX->8800 Ultra

There's not that much performance difference between the GT and the GTS 512mb but it depends how much you want to spend. You can get a 512mb GT for about £170 and a 512mb GTS for about £200. Or since you said £250 max....you go for a GTX...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-051-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=877

Depends what resolution you game at and what games you play really.

 

[Ethan62]

i play at 1024x1280 on 2 monitors currently. But i like to play First person shooters and mmorpgs. so i'd like good fps. Also does the GXT use pci-e 2.0 or 1.0. and also whats the bonuses of the 2.0 version?

 

[reflux]

The GT and GTS 512 use PCI-E 2.0, which means more available bandwidth, although this isn't really necessary. Regardless, you need a PCI-E 2.0 motherboard to take advantage of this feature, such as Intel's X38. However, PCI-E 2.0 cards will work fine in PCI-E 1.0 slots.

 

[DevilBoy916]

Is that right that you need a X38 Mobo for 2.0 graphics cards to be at their full potential?!

I didn't know this!
I was all set to get a P35 Mobo...

p.s. Sorry for the thread hijack!

 

[Ethan62]

well my new mobo has 2 x pci-e 2.0 slots so i might aswell use them with a 2.0 graphics card cheers for the advice

 

[DevilBoy916]

What mobo do you have?

 

[reflux]

Is that right that you need a X38 Mobo for 2.0 graphics cards to be at their full potential?!

I didn't know this!
I was all set to get a P35 Mobo...

p.s. Sorry for the thread hijack!

No, because as I said, it doesn't make any difference with the current generation of graphics cards as there simply isn't the need for the extra bandwidth.

 

[Ethan62]

sorry by have or had i meant its on preorder currently on ocuk. evga board nforce 780 i board.