8800GT, Should I Get It? is it better than 8800GTX ?

Hello guys, I'm planning to upgrade my video card (7300LE),

I heard that the 8800GT is beating the 8800GTX in some games, and it's cheaper as we know.

the price is really great, I wanna run all my games at 60 FPS (like F.E.A.R, Oblivion and BattleField2) at 1440x900

so should I get this card? and which version should I get? the 256MB or the 512MB? considering the resolution I use (1440x900).

my Current Reg:

AMD X2 4800+

Nanya DDR2 1GB 667

BenQ 19 LCD widescreen.

Motherboard Name MSI K9AGM2 (MS-7327)

Motherboard Chipset AMD690G/V

thanks in advance.

The 512 MB one costs $50 more, but you need it, trust me. Without it, you will have to settle for lower settings, or you will have stuttering in newer games.Baselerd

yeah I just checked the prices, pretty silly, an extra 50$ just for more 256 VRam.

looks like I won't be able to add a new 1GB ram to my reg.

well I'll buy it just to check out Crysis as I can run it at high with this card, I've never touched that game.

thanks guys.

hey wait a minute, there's no PCI-E 1 version? I'm checking out at newegg and all the versions are PCI-E 2.0!! mine is:

Bus Type PCI Express 1.0 x16 @ x16

DAMN!.

It's backwards compatible. PCI-E 2.0 works on PCI-E 1.0. Go ahead and buy it.

Might I say though, you wont be able to run Crysis as high as you could unless all parts are in place. You really really need 2 GB RAM for crysis, as do you need 512MB on your video card. Its a demanding game :-\

It's backwards compatible. PCI-E 2.0 works on PCI-E 1.0. Go ahead and buy it.

Might I say though, you wont be able to run Crysis as high as you could unless all parts are in place. You really really need 2 GB RAM for crysis, as do you need 512MB on your video card. Its a demanding game :-\

Baselerd

damn, no problem, I'd be busy with UT3 until the next upgrade (maybe in the next two years, Crysis will look like **** in that time :lol:)

thanks for help, I'm gonna buy the card tomorrow. thanks again.

some guy manage to oc the new 8800GTS from stock 650 to 891mhz...8800GTs is a real oc beast!

[QUOTE="Baselerd"]

It's backwards compatible. PCI-E 2.0 works on PCI-E 1.0. Go ahead and buy it.

Might I say though, you wont be able to run Crysis as high as you could unless all parts are in place. You really really need 2 GB RAM for crysis, as do you need 512MB on your video card. Its a demanding game :-\

kingfire11

damn, no problem, I'd be busy with UT3 until the next upgrade (maybe in the next two years, Crysis will look like **** in that time :lol:)

thanks for help, I'm gonna buy the card tomorrow. thanks again.

With that said i would actually recomend you to get another gig since Ram is SOO cheap now.But if somehow you cant then that shouldnt stop you from playing any games.

Yeah, but the margin between the 8800gt, 8800gts, and 8800gtx is so small its not really worth spending another $70, much less $250 on a gts or gtx. The performance of the new 8800GTS 512MB is about 7-10% better than the 8800gt, but it costs 20% more.Baselerd

256mb version is more then enough.

Even for 1680x1050. And your resolution is 1440x900.

I play CoD4,UT3, STALKERmaxed out 1680x1050at60 fps with my ATI 3850 256mb. What else would possiblyyou want more? 512mb is completely overkill. Unless you're one of those fanatics who only care about Crysis. I play Crysis demoall on Very High (XP hack) and 1680x1050. Plays at 20-25 fps. Wich is really good for budget card that performs worse then the 8800gt.

You need 512MB minimum to run DX10-level effects full-on. A 256MB 8800GT will suffer trying to do that much earlier than a 512MB GT.codezer0

[QUOTE="codezer0"]You need 512MB minimum to run DX10-level effects full-on. A 256MB 8800GT will suffer trying to do that much earlier than a 512MB GT.Thinker_145

[QUOTE="kingfire11"][QUOTE="Baselerd"]

It's backwards compatible. PCI-E 2.0 works on PCI-E 1.0. Go ahead and buy it.

Might I say though, you wont be able to run Crysis as high as you could unless all parts are in place. You really really need 2 GB RAM for crysis, as do you need 512MB on your video card. Its a demanding game :-\

Thinker_145

damn, no problem, I'd be busy with UT3 until the next upgrade (maybe in the next two years, Crysis will look like **** in that time :lol:)

thanks for help, I'm gonna buy the card tomorrow. thanks again.

With that said i would actually recomend you to get another gig since Ram is SOO cheap now.But if somehow you cant then that shouldnt stop you from playing any games.

GS's hardware guides are a joke. When I went from 1GB to 2GB back in the day, my framerate in Oblivion got a huge boost.

Also, the 8800gts 512MB simply isnt worth the money. It's $70 more... for 7-10% peformance increase. It does have a better cooler, granted, but you can pick up a zalman VF1000 for $45-50 and get way more OC potential than the 8800GTS stock cooler. Although with the inflated prices nowadays, it would be better to just get the 8800GTS due to the 16 extra sp's. But if/when 8800gt returns to $250, that would be a much better option.

[QUOTE="Thinker_145"][QUOTE="codezer0"]You need 512MB minimum to run DX10-level effects full-on. A 256MB 8800GT will suffer trying to do that much earlier than a 512MB GT.codezer0

Hey I am buying this card sli x512 (gt) But the monitor is the issue... I am trying to decide between a samsung 20 inch (206bw) and a 19 inch (906bw) I went to a store the look at them , but the 20 inch could not shoe at its native res . 1680x1050. Can the 8800 gt run at this resolution? I saw the 19inch at the native 1440x900 and it was sharp and clear. Speaking fo crysis, does this run at 1680x1050 and 1440x900>??xipotec

I have the exact same monitor... the 206BW. 1680x1050 looks really sweet in STALKER, CoD4 and TES Oblivion.

For games like Crysis it may be a bit demanding though.

[QUOTE="codezer0"][QUOTE="Thinker_145"][QUOTE="codezer0"]You need 512MB minimum to run DX10-level effects full-on. A 256MB 8800GT will suffer trying to do that much earlier than a 512MB GT.Thinker_145

And you are right... the ATIHD3850 256mb Versus 512mb benchmark testsshow it. You will not get any noticeble perfomance increase in resolutions till 1680x1050.

[QUOTE="xipotec"]Hey I am buying this card sli x512 (gt) But the monitor is the issue... I am trying to decide between a samsung 20 inch (206bw) and a 19 inch (906bw) I went to a store the look at them , but the 20 inch could not shoe at its native res . 1680x1050. Can the 8800 gt run at this resolution? I saw the 19inch at the native 1440x900 and it was sharp and clear. Speaking fo crysis, does this run at 1680x1050 and 1440x900>??PullTheTricker

I have the exact same monitor... the 206BW. 1680x1050 looks really sweet in STALKER, CoD4 and TES Oblivion.

For games like Crysis it may be a bit demanding though.

[QUOTE="codezer0"][QUOTE="Thinker_145"][QUOTE="codezer0"]You need 512MB minimum to run DX10-level effects full-on. A 256MB 8800GT will suffer trying to do that much earlier than a 512MB GT.Thinker_145

And you are right... the ATIHD3850 256mb Versus 512mb benchmark testsshow it. You will not get any noticeble perfomance increase in resolutions till 1680x1050.