4870, unless u already have a 9800 and wanting another one, then just wait for something new to come out later, not many games will take advantage of higherend cards
HD 4870 > GTX 260. ( http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-4870,1964.html )
SLI(or crossfire) = Pain in the ass.
HD 4870 ftw.
EDIT: "The bottom line: Though it's faster by an average of 6% (and in the majority of our tests) than the GeForce GTX 260, it sells for $299 – $150 less than the competing Nvidia card! Even the top-end card from Nvidia, the GeForce GTX http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore-Tex 280 – souped up with more transistors, twice as much memory and higher clock speeds – is not that far ahead. It showed only 13% better performance than the Radeon HD 4870, though it costs twice as much."
The 9800 GT is just going to be a the 8800 GT with a new name and a higher price tag. Waste of money, even if in SLI.
I would personally recommend the HD 4870, but the thing is come August when the HD 4870x2 is coming out, Nvidia is cutting the GTX 260 price down to $222...not bad at all considering that it's performance is only slightly below the HD 4870.
If you are impatient, just spend the money on the HD 4870 now, it IS a better card after all. But, if you are in no rush, you should probably wait for the GTX 260 and its lower price.
[QUOTE="artiedeadat40"]4870 no contest then you wont have to deal with those nvidia chipsets.albi321
^this
Found this out the hard way, stuck with my crappy 650i board... About to pull the trigger on a HD4870, just waiting for nvidia's price drop to shake out.
The 9800 GT is just going to be a the 8800 GT with a new name and a higher price tag. Waste of money, even if in SLI.
I would personally recommend the HD 4870, but the thing is come August when the HD 4870x2 is coming out, Nvidia is cutting the GTX 260 price down to $222...not bad at all considering that it's performance is only slightly below the HD 4870.
If you are impatient, just spend the money on the HD 4870 now, it IS a better card after all. But, if you are in no rush, you should probably wait for the GTX 260 and its lower price.
July 15 is it release date its suppose to be about twice as fast a a 8800gt, pretty much a cheaper better 9800gtx.
Not really...
well its what all the hype has been saying on tech sites... i don't know since i don't work at nvidia but thats who tomshardware and such say for the hype.
well its what all the hype has been saying on tech sites... i don't know since i don't work at nvidia but thats who tomshardware and such say for the hype.LibertySaint
Please show me a link where any reputable site said that the 9800GT is going to be twice as fast as an 8800GT. The GTX280 isn't even twice as fast....
July 15 is it release date its suppose to be about twice as fast a a 8800gt, pretty much a cheaper better 9800gtx.
The GTX 280 is not even twice as fast as the 8800GT. If you're talking about the 9800GTX+, the HD4850 already beats it. When the 9800GTX+ is faster than the HD4850, it's only by 1-3 fps, but when the HD4850 is faster, the margin is higher.
July 15 is it release date its suppose to be about twice as fast a a 8800gt, pretty much a cheaper better 9800gtx.
The GTX 280 is not even twice as fast as the 8800GT. If you're talking about the 9800GTX+, the HD4850 already beats it. When the 9800GTX+ is faster than the HD4850, it's only by 1-3 fps, but when the HD4850 is faster, the margin is higher.
Anandtech review
theoritcally i said because the specs are double ppl are saying on all the forums.
there is no offical stuff just new ppl post on tomshardware and other foums.
9800GT is a 8800GT. There might be some small differences though...
Slig0
It is? O_O
Never heard news of that.
No it is not. I hate when people say so. I have changed an 8800GT to 9800 and the performance is much better, it is a lot less hot and wants less power. Shaddap! :D
I'm thinking dual 9800 gt w/ 1 gig memory (gigibyte -TOC-) faster than my 8800gt and runs cooler. = I can oc the 9800 but can do much with the 8800, heats up too much. newegg price currently $120
No it is not. I hate when people say so. I have changed an 8800GT to 9800 and the performance is much better, it is a lot less hot and wants less power. Shaddap! :D
Isn't kinda pointless to bump a year old thread? WTH? How the hell did this appear in my new threads list? Probably someone posted and deleted it... I didn't even check the date. Nice doing, bro. Wanting to make me look stupid. Go to hell whoever did it.
And I love people who don't listen to an explanation first and immediately start insulting. Anyway, I lol'ed.
Yeah, I'm going to wait 8 months for your explanation, buddy. Notice the date on my post? Way to go again.
The post only recently came on the front page. I didn't even know when I posted that anyways, and I saw there is a new post, so I thought I posted it recently. Thanks for proving your ignorance again.
[QUOTE="Slig0"] And I love people who don't listen to an explanation first and immediately start insulting. Anyway, I lol'ed.Slig0
Yeah, I'm going to wait 8 months for your explanation, buddy. Notice the date on my post? Way to go again.
The post only recently came on the front page. I didn't even know when I posted that anyways, and I saw there is a new post, so I thought I posted it recently. Thanks for proving your ignorance again.
I'm sorry for being ignorant on the fact that I can't read your mind and figure out why you revive a thread. >_>
Yeah, I'm going to wait 8 months for your explanation, buddy. Notice the date on my post? Way to go again.
kaitanuvax
The post only recently came on the front page. I didn't even know when I posted that anyways, and I saw there is a new post, so I thought I posted it recently. Thanks for proving your ignorance again.
I'm sorry for being ignorant on the fact that I can't read your mind and figure out why you revive a thread. >_>
I tell you, someone was pretty smart and posted a message while instantly deleting it which placed the thread on the front page. Since I never read dates (my bad), I was naive and posted a response. Since I was absent while you posted your necromancer comment I forgot about the thread. Now it was revived again, and since I didn't remember when did I make that post, I referred to yours thinking it was recent. And somebody else revived it now, not me.
I tell you, someone was pretty smart and posted a message while instantly deleting it which placed the thread on the front page. Since I never read dates (my bad), I was naive and posted a response. Since I was absent while you posted your necromancer comment I forgot about the thread. Now it was revived again, and since I didn't remember when did I make that post, I referred to yours thinking it was recent. And somebody else revived it now, not me.
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