Good time to buy a 9800GTX

I seen some on tigerdirect that are 190$.

BFG, PNY, Palit

EVGA 512-P3-N875-AR GeForce 9800 GTX KO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

$209

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130348

i have only heard good things and its cheap

Trust the egg lol, i have had bad xp's with tiger with monitors that have dead pixels, story is they might be good but i will never buy from them again. just my opinion

EVGA 512-P3-N875-AR GeForce 9800 GTX KO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

$209

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130348

i have only heard good things and its cheap

Trust the egg lol, i have had bad xp's with tiger with monitors that have dead pixels, story is they might be good but i will never buy from them again. just my opinion

Petermannc31

LOL, how can you blame tigerdirect for a dead pixel?

[QUOTE="Petermannc31"]

EVGA 512-P3-N875-AR GeForce 9800 GTX KO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

$209

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130348

i have only heard good things and its cheap

Trust the egg lol, i have had bad xp's with tiger with monitors that have dead pixels, story is they might be good but i will never buy from them again. just my opinion

daytona_178

LOL, how can you blame tigerdirect for a dead pixel?

You can blame emachines for the worst LCD EVER. They don't have red (ok it happened once to a friend but still... )

good point about canada:)

And I can blame them because ther CS said that i damaged the monitor and would not accept the return. I mean wtf. but my case is one of the few i have heard of this hapening so idk about TD

why dont you get a visiontek 4850 for 199$ plus free mass effect game :)ROCKINGFOOL

Because a 9800GTX is better... no?

[QUOTE="ROCKINGFOOL"]why dont you get a visiontek 4850 for 199$ plus free mass effect game :)Angry_Bosmer

Because a 9800GTX is better... no?

Not really.

The only game which the 9800gtx beats the 4850 is crysis.

I would not say it's a good time to buy a 9800GTX, as we now have the sligthly faster HD4850 for about the same price.

And if the 9800GTX+ is a little faster then the 9800GTX it could be a draw in the performance vs price segment.

Sure the 9800GTX is a good card but the HD4850 is to.

[QUOTE="ROCKINGFOOL"]why dont you get a visiontek 4850 for 199$ plus free mass effect game :)Angry_Bosmer

Because a 9800GTX is better... no?

So if both of them were overclocked, id say a 9800GTX was better.

Go ATI.

HD4850

You will need to upgrade your entire system before you upgrade, FYI.

Go ATI.

HD4850

You will need to upgrade your entire system before you upgrade, FYI.

Domobomb

Did I say I was upgrading?

My PC is AGP anyway. Upgrading isn't possible.

[QUOTE="Domobomb"]

Go ATI.

HD4850

You will need to upgrade your entire system before you upgrade, FYI.

Angry_Bosmer

Did I say I was upgrading?

My PC is AGP anyway. Upgrading isn't possible.

Yes, that's what I meant. You need to rehaul your whole system to PCI-E. I knew you had AGP.

It isn't worth the upgrade from an 8800 series card i think. My 8800 gts 320mb with Vista and 2gb of ram and Athlon X2 3800 can run Crysis on Very high settings at 1680x1050 with an average of 16 fps and i have seen benchmarks for that 9800GTX that are only a few FPS higher so i don't think its worth the nearly 200 that i would spend on it...though two of those cards in SLI i have heard are really good (nearly double one card).hoola

you got 16 frame on vehigh at that resolution? a little hard to believe.

So if both of them were overclocked, id say a 9800GTX was better.

Jamiemydearx3

No

4850 is faster than an overclocked 9800GTX in 5 out of 6 games.

BUT 9800GTX put out less heat

Jamiemydearx3

Again no.

HD4850 consumes less energy at idle and at load than the 9800GTX. It runs hotter because of the crappy single slot cooling method and default fan speed.

Edit: And expect even less power consumption at idle when PowerPlay sets the core at 160 mhz (compared to 300 mhz for the 3870).

Eh, I'll still get the 9800 GTX regardless. I've got this strange trust towards NVidia more than ATI. It's weird... but yeah.qman101

You should give ATI a chance, but still the 9800GTX is good enough.

[QUOTE="qman101"]Eh, I'll still get the 9800 GTX regardless. I've got this strange trust towards NVidia more than ATI. It's weird... but yeah.wklzip

You should give ATI a chance, but still the 9800GTX is good enough.

Just like I've got this odd trust more with Sony (PS3) than Microsoft (Xbox 360), it's the same with NVidia and ATI.

...That, and also because I don't know much about ATI cards.

[QUOTE="wklzip"]

[QUOTE="qman101"]Eh, I'll still get the 9800 GTX regardless. I've got this strange trust towards NVidia more than ATI. It's weird... but yeah.qman101

You should give ATI a chance, but still the 9800GTX is good enough.

Just like I've got this odd trust more with Sony (PS3) than Microsoft (Xbox 360), it's the same with NVidia and ATI.

...That, and also because I don't know much about ATI cards.

you couldve just said i am a fanboy .

you couldve just said i am a fanboy .

lmfao

Just like I've got this odd trust more with Sony (PS3) than Microsoft (Xbox 360), it's the same with NVidia and ATI.

...That, and also because I don't know much about ATI cards.

qman101

I understand.

You have gotten more attached to nVidia since you have sticked with them long enough to know they are a good company. :)

[QUOTE="qman101"][QUOTE="wklzip"]

[QUOTE="qman101"]Eh, I'll still get the 9800 GTX regardless. I've got this strange trust towards NVidia more than ATI. It's weird... but yeah.ROCKINGFOOL

You should give ATI a chance, but still the 9800GTX is good enough.

Just like I've got this odd trust more with Sony (PS3) than Microsoft (Xbox 360), it's the same with NVidia and ATI.

...That, and also because I don't know much about ATI cards.

you couldve just said i am a fanboy .

True, but that would be too broad, which will then lead to misconceptions about me.

I mean, I can accept that the 4850 is better than the 9800 GTX, but I would still stay with NVidia. Doesn't mean I hate ATI, nor would I try to be biased.

Same thing with a PS3 and Xbox 360. In discussions between a PS3 and an Xbox 360, I try not to be biased.

I consider myself a bit of a fanboy, but please, don't consider me as the stereotypical fanboy.

[QUOTE="qman101"]

Just like I've got this odd trust more with Sony (PS3) than Microsoft (Xbox 360), it's the same with NVidia and ATI.

...That, and also because I don't know much about ATI cards.

wklzip

I understand.

You have gotten more attached to nVidia since you have sticked with them long enough to know they are a good company. :)

El Oh El. Same thing with Sony...

Eh, might as well call me a fanboy.

[QUOTE="wklzip"]

[QUOTE="qman101"]Eh, I'll still get the 9800 GTX regardless. I've got this strange trust towards NVidia more than ATI. It's weird... but yeah.qman101

You should give ATI a chance, but still the 9800GTX is good enough.

Just like I've got this odd trust more with Sony (PS3) than Microsoft (Xbox 360), it's the same with NVidia and ATI.

...That, and also because I don't know much about ATI cards.

Sony uses nVidia, where Microsoft uses ATI. You're subconsciously avoiding ATI at every turn. Yes, you're a fanboy and you don't even know it.

[QUOTE="qman101"][QUOTE="wklzip"]

[QUOTE="qman101"]Eh, I'll still get the 9800 GTX regardless. I've got this strange trust towards NVidia more than ATI. It's weird... but yeah.Domobomb

You should give ATI a chance, but still the 9800GTX is good enough.

Just like I've got this odd trust more with Sony (PS3) than Microsoft (Xbox 360), it's the same with NVidia and ATI.

...That, and also because I don't know much about ATI cards.

Sony uses nVidia, where Microsoft uses ATI. You're subconsciously avoiding ATI at every turn. Yes, you're a fanboy and you don't even know it.

So it IS something that has to do with my subconscience.

...LoL, I never even noticed that. xD.

[QUOTE="qman101"][QUOTE="wklzip"]

[QUOTE="qman101"]Eh, I'll still get the 9800 GTX regardless. I've got this strange trust towards NVidia more than ATI. It's weird... but yeah.Domobomb

You should give ATI a chance, but still the 9800GTX is good enough.

Just like I've got this odd trust more with Sony (PS3) than Microsoft (Xbox 360), it's the same with NVidia and ATI.

...That, and also because I don't know much about ATI cards.

Sony uses nVidia, where Microsoft uses ATI. You're subconsciously avoiding ATI at every turn. Yes, you're a fanboy and you don't even know it.

:lol: do you trust Nintendo?

If not you do avoid ATI at every turn...

[QUOTE="Domobomb"][QUOTE="qman101"][QUOTE="wklzip"]

[QUOTE="qman101"]Eh, I'll still get the 9800 GTX regardless. I've got this strange trust towards NVidia more than ATI. It's weird... but yeah.Angry_Bosmer

You should give ATI a chance, but still the 9800GTX is good enough.

Just like I've got this odd trust more with Sony (PS3) than Microsoft (Xbox 360), it's the same with NVidia and ATI.

...That, and also because I don't know much about ATI cards.

Sony uses nVidia, where Microsoft uses ATI. You're subconsciously avoiding ATI at every turn. Yes, you're a fanboy and you don't even know it.

:lol: do you trust Nintendo?

If not you do avoid ATI at every turn...

I've never tried out the Wii, but I would really like to play it.