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Which Card?

For that money, (OK I spent £13 more), 8800GT all the way. Utterly superb card for the money. Don't even think of spending that much and NOT getting one!

Oh OK, your link says 8600GTS but it's actually a 8800GT...
 
The HD3870 is the better card of the 2 by a noticeable margin.
Any reason why you want the most expensive one of the lot?
 
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Final8y said:
The HD3870 is the better card of the 2 by a noticeable margin.
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I'm sorry but www.anandtech.com and www.hothardware.com disagree. Anandtech even say the HD3870 is 85% the speed of the 8800GT on average and on this site the cheapest 3870XT is only £20-25 less than the cheapest 8800GT. Not trying to burst your bubble, it's just that the 8800GT is faster, and worth the extra.
 
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The problem with this card:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-103-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1008

Is that is costs £30+ more than what I planned to spend :(
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That's because you're looking at a pointlessley overpriced, pre-overclocked thing. In fact it almost looks like you went out of your way to find the dearest when it's not even the fastest model. :confused: :p

This is more like what you should be looking at. The cheapest 8800GT 512MB but overclocks like mad and is only £20-25 more than the cheapest 3870XT. No factory OC but unbeatable value for money right now, I have one.

If you must have the fastest one then you want this. Just happens to be £35 less than the one you picked. :)

Edit: Ignore what I said about the cheap one, it's not £20 more anymore since OcUK have hiked the price a lot since I last looked at it about six hours ago. Mean of them. The Zotac AMP is the best one though.
 
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That's because you're looking at a pointlessley overpriced, pre-overclocked thing. In fact it almost looks like you went out of your way to find the dearest when it's not even the fastest model. :confused: :p

This is more like what you should be looking at. The cheapest 8800GT 512MB but overclocks like mad and is only £20-25 more than the cheapest 3870XT. No factory OC but unbeatable value for money right now, I have one.

If you must have the fastest one then you want this. Just happens to be £35 less than the one you picked. :)

Edit: Ignore what I said about the cheap one, it's not £20 more anymore since OcUK have hiked the price a lot since I last looked at it about six hours ago. Mean of them. The Zotac AMP is the best one though.
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What are you talking about? The XFX 8800 GT I linked to in my last post is the 2nd cheapest on OcUK. My budget was around £150, which is why I was saying that the 8800 GT is at least £30 more than my budget...


Ulfhedjinn said:
This is more like what you should be looking at. The cheapest 8800GT 512MB but overclocks like mad and is only £20-25 more than the cheapest 3870XT. No factory OC but unbeatable value for money right now, I have one.
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Again, the one I linked to is the same price as the OcUK one... so what on Earth are you talking about?


Thanks for your posts guys! I now have to think about spending that little bit more :)
 
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What are you talking about? The XFX 8800 GT I linked to in my last post is the 2nd cheapest on OcUK. My budget was around £150, which is why I was saying that the 8800 GT is at least £30 more than my budget...




Again, the one I linked to is the same price as the OcUK one... so what on Earth are you talking about?


Thanks for your posts guys! I now have to think about spending that little bit more :)
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I could swear that prices keep changing before my eyes.

Is someone working late up there or am I just going mad? :confused:

Edit: Oh NM, I realise what I did now. I thought I was looking at the XXX Alpha Dog when I opened the link. D'oh. Okay, now that I've come to my senses I would say that if the budget is that tight I'd either get the cheapest 3870XT (even though it's only 85% the speed of an 8800GT on average), or even get a 3850Pro and overclock it like mad as I've seen they can match 3870XT speeds.
 
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Alright, if I went for the 8800GT, which make am I better off getting. I was looking at the Asus or XFX because they seemed the cheapest, but which is better out of those two?
 
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Alright, if I went for the 8800GT, which make am I better off getting. I was looking at the Asus or XFX because they seemed the cheapest, but which is better out of those two?
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I'd avoid XFX because their customer service is the most dire thing ever, and I've heard bad thing about Asus' too. :(

Pretty much any other brand is a good one.
 
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