Which 8800GTX

[Paradiso]

Hi all,

I run a Dell 2407wfp at 1900x1200 with 2 x x1900xt/x's in crossfire. I'm starting to see game suffer in performance now and was considering an upgrade.

I've been looking at the 8800gtx series of cards. Which do people recommend for around £425 inc tops?

Or is there another card on the horizon I should be waiting for ?

Thanks all

 

[Paradiso]

Thanks for the replies

It's given me an idea actually. Am I right in understanding that I could crossfire an ATI 2900 512MB and my 1900XTX 512MB?

I made a bit of a cockup when I bought the 2 x1900 cards. One was a 256mb card and hence the video memory for both cards always dropped to 256mb when in crossfire mode, I found 256 mb really hindered performance as you would expect at the res I play now.

If the 2900 and 1900 work together and I keep 512MB video memory this work out a lot cheaper and still see some significant performance increase.

Mind you one card will be DX9 and the other DX10 so I will only see the crossfire benefits in DX9 games.

What do you think ?

 

[Paradiso]

Well to answer the guys question (people really do get way too off topic), you can do 2 things.

Sell both X1900XT's you have now and get an 8800GTX (again, the ultra isn't worth the extra cash).

Or sell the X1900XT 256mb card and get another X1900XT 512mb card to crossfire with. Trust me, at that res, with only 256mb of Ram, your gonna be hurting, and your not seeing the full potential of your setup. You can get a X1900XT 512mb cheap off the bay (there are a few on there now, so look quick) so look there, or try the MM here if you can access it. Your looking at £100+ for an X1900XT second hand.

Failing that, I'm sure you can use a X1950Xt 512mb with your setup too, it's just its memory clocks would lower to match your X1900XT CF card.

lol, if you do get another X1900XT/X1950XT, make sure it has 512MB of memory!! .

lol thanks, at last a reply on topic for 20 posts. Thought this had turned into yet another GTX bitchfest so left. Will probably shop around for an 8800GTX then as i want to prepare for upcoming DX10 games as I use Vista, cant stay on DX9 forever even though it probably has another year of life in it yet.