Should I get an 8800GTX?
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If I were in your position, I would seriously think about waiting until the 9 series come out. You have a very good card which will last for a while. Why waste money on a GTX, (Which a new 8800 GTS 512 mb is much better for the money, nearly exact same performance if not better), when better cards are coming soon.kungfukid
I guess I'll wait, when will they come out?
[QUOTE="kungfukid"]If I were in your position, I would seriously think about waiting until the 9 series come out. You have a very good card which will last for a while. Why waste money on a GTX, (Which a new 8800 GTS 512 mb is much better for the money, nearly exact same performance if not better), when better cards are coming soon.Ilived
I guess I'll wait, when will they come out?
They will come out exactly one day after they absolutely have to. And im not joking. Somewhere there is a stock building filled to the ceiling with 9 series cards just waiting for a plausible reason to be released. Yeah it sucks but blame amd for not pressuring and not nvidia for withholding.
Im a real cynical person though so ignore me.
[QUOTE="Ilived"][QUOTE="kungfukid"]If I were in your position, I would seriously think about waiting until the 9 series come out. You have a very good card which will last for a while. Why waste money on a GTX, (Which a new 8800 GTS 512 mb is much better for the money, nearly exact same performance if not better), when better cards are coming soon.Alter_Echo
I guess I'll wait, when will they come out?
They will come out exactly one day after they absolutely have to. And im not joking. Somewhere there is a stock building filled to the ceiling with 9 series cards just waiting for a plausible reason to be released. Yeah it sucks but blame amd for not pressuring and not nvidia for withholding.
Im a real cynical person though so ignore me.
I well believe it.I have dual 8800GTX Ultra's OC'd right now through RivaTuner 2.06 and I will tell you this. With the Crysis 1.1 patch performance is fine. 60fps All settings high(not ultra high) on an AMD 6000+ with 4gbs of RAM and 7200RPM 1.5TB drive. It ain't that bad at the price you can get it for now at all.xavierdhjaneeh 2x ultras cost $1300 what a waste you can buy a single 8800gts 512mb for around $300 that will give you above 30fps on very high settings in direct 9 which is not big deal since there is almost no difference when going with direct 10 of course the resolution isn't high but still
I didn't buy my Ultra's from newegg. I got them wholesale at a vendor at a convention. I took them home, yanked out my 8600GT and installed the new drivers in XP and in Vista(since I dual boot) and saw a HUGE LEAP in performance. 768mb makes the difference when you OC it's performance beyond the OC stats you're given from EVGA. And I get much better stats through 3dMark than most users will on these forums. To eliminate stuttering in Vista I disable most of the UAC protocols, the failsafe crap, the bitlocker, and all of Vista's extra garbage. To eliminate stuttering in XP, I simply ran GameXP for free from Theorica.net and had some badass improvements. I don't use Direct x 10 because not everything in life should glow, or have a shiny surface to it. That's just me.
Also, there are four editions of the 8800.
8800GS
8800GT
8800GTX
8800GTX Ultra
And soon to be an
8800GTX Ultra 1gb Bliss+
1. i didn't get the prices off of newegg and tell me where do i pick up of these good priced ultras ? i want to know where i can walk in buy one for cheap ? :lol:I didn't buy my Ultra's from newegg. I got them wholesale at a vendor at a convention. I took them home, yanked out my 8600GT and installed the new drivers in XP and in Vista(since I dual boot) and saw a HUGE LEAP in performance. 768mb makes the difference when you OC it's performance beyond the OC stats you're given from EVGA. And I get much better stats through 3dMark than most users will on these forums. To eliminate stuttering in Vista I disable most of the UAC protocols, the failsafe crap, the bitlocker, and all of Vista's extra garbage. To eliminate stuttering in XP, I simply ran GameXP for free from Theorica.net and had some badass improvements. I don't use Direct x 10 because not everything in life should glow, or have a shiny surface to it. That's just me.
Also, there are four editions of the 8800.
8800GS
8800GT
8800GTX
8800GTX Ultra
And soon to be an
8800GTX Ultra 1gb Bliss+
xavierdhjane
2. the topic creator isn't just going to walk into a convention and get a good deal on it it doesn't work like that how much where they ? even it was cheaper than retail would have to be alot cheaper in order for you to get a deal on it since the 8800gt and 8800gts 512 perform so close to it at so a lower price
I currently have a 8800GTS 320mb and I am wondering if I should get an 8800GTX or get another GTS 320mb and use em together? Which would be better use for say a game like Crysis?IlivedI laugh at those people that say "wait..wait..wait." If you waited for every future card you'd be waiting forever. I say get the 8800GTS 512MB card and enjoy Crysis on Very-High like me. Those 9 series cards will be $500+ so what's the use to wait? I upgraded from an 8800GTS 320MB card to the 512 edition and noticed a HUGE improvement. You can take my advice or wait for those 9 series cards and realize that there'll be more people saying "wait" once the 9 series cards come out. Why miss out on the goodness of games like Crysis and WIC when you can play them all maxed with an 8800GTS-512, get the 8800GTS-512 trust me you wont regret it!!
[QUOTE="Ilived"]I currently have a 8800GTS 320mb and I am wondering if I should get an 8800GTX or get another GTS 320mb and use em together? Which would be better use for say a game like Crysis?gamer082009I laugh at those people that say "wait..wait..wait." If you waited for every future card you'd be waiting forever. I say get the 8800GTS 512MB card and enjoy Crysis on Very-High like me. Those 9 series cards will be $500+ so what's the use to wait? I upgraded from an 8800GTS 320MB card to the 512 edition and noticed a HUGE improvement. You can take my advice or wait for those 9 series cards and realize that there'll be more people saying "wait" once the 9 series cards come out. Why miss out on the goodness of games like Crysis and WIC when you can play them all maxed with an 8800GTS-512, get the 8800GTS-512 trust me you wont regret it!! i agree about the overuse of the word "wait" but in his case he can play pretty much every at at least high settings there not much reason to spend $250+ for a new card when his card is just fine and how do you know the price of the 9 series cards ? in his case there actually is a good reason to wait
The 8800GTS performs nowhere close to the 8800GTX Ultra especially when OC'd. And now the 8800GTS comes in 3 different memory arrangements.640mb, 512mb, or 320mb.
http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_8800.html
So I would say the extra 160 a card I invested was well spent. I only paid 960USD round trip for both of them. I didn't want the XFX glitter, and simply chose EVGA because they were cheaper and same build for chipset and streams. Memory interface is higher on my Ultras, memory bandwidth is higher on my Ultras, and I have more room to OC than the 8800GTS 512mb boys. Their card is already manufactured at the max. I have overclocked each one of my 8800GTX Ultra's to a core of 786Mhz and a guy I know in the overclockers website forum could only squeeze 742Mhz out of his GTS in the final Riva results.
For an OC, there is no challenge. For a stock buy? Sure, practically the same. But why cheap out? You decide your level of enjoyment.
And I only know of one place who sells cheaper than Newegg online, and that is either bundling it with a PC purchase with the rebates included at Cyberpowerpc.com or Tigerdirect.com for just the parts.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3175&p=3 eh it looks very very close to me and you still won't be able to get a good price on one at retail you just got lucky at that convention the 8800gtx ultra overlocked might be at most 30% better than the gts but the gts can overlock too and its $300 moreThe 8800GTS performs nowhere close to the 8800GTX Ultra especially when OC'd. And now the 8800GTS comes in 3 different memory arrangements.640mb, 512mb, or 320mb.
xavierdhjane
Woopty fizz for you. Tigerdirect.com:lol: . Oh you mean that site that sent my friend a barebone with the motherboard mounted right against the inside of the case. Thanks, but no thanks. Btw the revised GTS 512 performs very close to the GTX.The 8800GTS performs nowhere close to the 8800GTX Ultra especially when OC'd. And now the 8800GTS comes in 3 different memory arrangements.640mb, 512mb, or 320mb.
http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_8800.html
So I would say the extra 160 a card I invested was well spent. I only paid 960USD round trip for both of them. I didn't want the XFX glitter, and simply chose EVGA because they were cheaper and same build for chipset and streams. Memory interface is higher on my Ultras, memory bandwidth is higher on my Ultras, and I have more room to OC than the 8800GTS 512mb boys. Their card is already manufactured at the max. I have overclocked each one of my 8800GTX Ultra's to a core of 786Mhz and a guy I know in the overclockers website forum could only squeeze 742Mhz out of his GTS in the final Riva results.
For an OC, there is no challenge. For a stock buy? Sure, practically the same. But why cheap out? You decide your level of enjoyment.
And I only know of one place who sells cheaper than Newegg online, and that is either bundling it with a PC purchase with the rebates included at Cyberpowerpc.com or Tigerdirect.com for just the parts.
xavierdhjane
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3175&p=3 eh it looks very very close to me and you still won't be able to get a good price on one at retail you just got lucky at that conventionmastershake575
Oh I hear you there. I know I got lucky, and for a budget buy that 8800GTS does its job. The 512 is the edition to go with no doubt due to its remanufactured design and pixel pushing force. A higher texture fill rate for games that load background textures off LOD view, are definitely going to see a difference there. I think an Ultra is more suited for fps games due to its memory power house but for streamline games that 8800GTS 512 edition might get n extra 6fps -1tic.
Edit: LAWL at the jackass above me. Go to the link provided and read the stats man. Its redesign model only fills texture rates on the fly faster. It has no other advantages and still lacks in memory bandwidth, which is important for high quality special effects, flares, specular, dynamic lighting, dynamic shading, and pixel seperation.
[QUOTE="Ilived"]I currently have a 8800GTS 320mb and I am wondering if I should get an 8800GTX or get another GTS 320mb and use em together? Which would be better use for say a game like Crysis?gamer082009I laugh at those people that say "wait..wait..wait." If you waited for every future card you'd be waiting forever. I say get the 8800GTS 512MB card and enjoy Crysis on Very-High like me. Those 9 series cards will be $500+ so what's the use to wait? I upgraded from an 8800GTS 320MB card to the 512 edition and noticed a HUGE improvement. You can take my advice or wait for those 9 series cards and realize that there'll be more people saying "wait" once the 9 series cards come out. Why miss out on the goodness of games like Crysis and WIC when you can play them all maxed with an 8800GTS-512, get the 8800GTS-512 trust me you wont regret it!!
Wait, how come I should buy an 8800GTS 512mb? Wouldn't buying another 8800GTS 320mb card be cheaper and a better performance boost than what you are saying?
I laugh at those people that say "wait..wait..wait." If you waited for every future card you'd be waiting forever. I say get the 8800GTS 512MB card and enjoy Crysis on Very-High like me. Those 9 series cards will be $500+ so what's the use to wait? I upgraded from an 8800GTS 320MB card to the 512 edition and noticed a HUGE improvement. You can take my advice or wait for those 9 series cards and realize that there'll be more people saying "wait" once the 9 series cards come out. Why miss out on the goodness of games like Crysis and WIC when you can play them all maxed with an 8800GTS-512, get the 8800GTS-512 trust me you wont regret it!![QUOTE="gamer082009"][QUOTE="Ilived"]I currently have a 8800GTS 320mb and I am wondering if I should get an 8800GTX or get another GTS 320mb and use em together? Which would be better use for say a game like Crysis?Ilived
Wait, how come I should by an 8800GTS 512mb? Wouldn't buying another 8800GTS 320mb card be cheaper and a better performance boost than what you are saying?
don't buy anything for now theres no reason to really upgrade that guy doesn't know what he's talking about there are actually times where its better to wait like right now since pretty much every game with the exception of maybe 1 or 2 you can play on high settings with good framesi really dont get why ppl say crap to ppl with GTX's or Ultra's
if your loaded and want the best performance with worrying about the price get the GTX or Ultra
even though its only a little better, to ppl with alot of money they just dont care
its still good for me cause my dad buys most things for me (i mean computer parts, stuff for school) this is only because hes into that stuff aswell, and i NEED the school stuff,
but when i get a job (part time) later this year he wants me to pay for some of the stuff
but to ppl that arent loaded and want the best Price/Performance ratio getting the GT or GTS is by far the best deal
no one says crap to people with those cards. they disagree with people who recommend them BIG DIFFERENCE and since you can get a card with pretty much the exact same in performance for 1/2 there nothing wrong with disagreeing .The gtx is older so theres nothing wrong with owning one but if you start recommending it or bought one after the release of the newer cards those two things aren't very smarti really dont get why ppl say crap to ppl with GTX's or Ultra's
Lehman
if your loaded and want the best performance with worrying about the price get the GTX or Ultra
even though its only a little better, to ppl with alot of money they just dont care
its still good for me cause my dad buys most things for me (i mean computer parts, stuff for school) this is only because hes into that stuff aswell, and i NEED the school stuff,
but when i get a job (part time) later this year he wants me to pay for some of the stuff
but to ppl that arent loaded and want the best Price/Performance ratio getting the GT or GTS is by far the best deal
[QUOTE="Ilived"]I laugh at those people that say "wait..wait..wait." If you waited for every future card you'd be waiting forever. I say get the 8800GTS 512MB card and enjoy Crysis on Very-High like me. Those 9 series cards will be $500+ so what's the use to wait? I upgraded from an 8800GTS 320MB card to the 512 edition and noticed a HUGE improvement. You can take my advice or wait for those 9 series cards and realize that there'll be more people saying "wait" once the 9 series cards come out. Why miss out on the goodness of games like Crysis and WIC when you can play them all maxed with an 8800GTS-512, get the 8800GTS-512 trust me you wont regret it!![QUOTE="gamer082009"][QUOTE="Ilived"]I currently have a 8800GTS 320mb and I am wondering if I should get an 8800GTX or get another GTS 320mb and use em together? Which would be better use for say a game like Crysis?mastershake575
Wait, how come I should by an 8800GTS 512mb? Wouldn't buying another 8800GTS 320mb card be cheaper and a better performance boost than what you are saying?
don't buy anything for now theres no reason to really upgrade that guy doesn't know what he's talking about there are actually times where its better to wait like right now since pretty much every game with the exception of maybe 1 or 2 you can play on high settings with good frames "Ilived" DO NOT LISTEN to "mastershake575." Those new 9 series cards are gonna be well over $500..people like him are the reason people like us by into these cards we're unfamiliar with just because some pre-data got released. The 9 series cards have not even been benchmarked yet..so who's to say flushing out all that money for one is gonna really benefit you! I say auction off your old 8800GTS 320MB version and pay the little extra to get the 8800GTS-512 and chill with that until time calls for another upgrade which you won't really need to soon anyways due to the lack of games that require such an upgrade (other than Crysis..which still can be almost maxed with an 8800GTS-512). I DON'T think you should SLi and go with another 320MB card....it really makes no sense (hawk that 8800GTS-320 before it loses it's value). OR you can wait and be disappointed when you find out that the 9 series cards will lick your pockets dry..your choice of course... A) Listen to the GOONS OR B) Listen to me who's bright and VERY intelligent!![QUOTE="mastershake575"][QUOTE="Ilived"]I laugh at those people that say "wait..wait..wait." If you waited for every future card you'd be waiting forever. I say get the 8800GTS 512MB card and enjoy Crysis on Very-High like me. Those 9 series cards will be $500+ so what's the use to wait? I upgraded from an 8800GTS 320MB card to the 512 edition and noticed a HUGE improvement. You can take my advice or wait for those 9 series cards and realize that there'll be more people saying "wait" once the 9 series cards come out. Why miss out on the goodness of games like Crysis and WIC when you can play them all maxed with an 8800GTS-512, get the 8800GTS-512 trust me you wont regret it!![QUOTE="gamer082009"][QUOTE="Ilived"]I currently have a 8800GTS 320mb and I am wondering if I should get an 8800GTX or get another GTS 320mb and use em together? Which would be better use for say a game like Crysis?gamer082009
Wait, how come I should by an 8800GTS 512mb? Wouldn't buying another 8800GTS 320mb card be cheaper and a better performance boost than what you are saying?
don't buy anything for now theres no reason to really upgrade that guy doesn't know what he's talking about there are actually times where its better to wait like right now since pretty much every game with the exception of maybe 1 or 2 you can play on high settings with good frames Lived DO NOT LISTEN to "mastershake575." Those new 9 series cards are gonna be well over $500..people like him are the reason people like us by into these cards we're unfamiliar with just because some pre-data got released. The 9 series cards have not even been benchmarked yet..so who's to say flushing out all that money for one is gonna really benefit you! I say auction off your old 8800GTS 320MB version and pay the little extra to get the 8800GTS-512 and chill with that until time calls for another upgrade which you won't really need to soon anyways due to the lack of games that require such an upgrade (other than Crysis..which still can be almost maxed with an 8800GTS-512). I DON'T think you should SLi and go with another 320MB card....it really makes no sense (hawk that 8800GTS-320 before it loses it's value). OR you can wait and be disappointed when you find out that the 9 series cards will lick your pockets dry..your choice of course... A) Listen to the GOONS OR B) Listen to me who's bright and VERY intelligent!! where did i say he should wait for the 9 series? nice try :lol: ive been on these forums awhile i think i know its not going to be worth it and you don't just auction a card and get instant money it doesn't work like that[QUOTE="mastershake575"][QUOTE="Ilived"]I laugh at those people that say "wait..wait..wait." If you waited for every future card you'd be waiting forever. I say get the 8800GTS 512MB card and enjoy Crysis on Very-High like me. Those 9 series cards will be $500+ so what's the use to wait? I upgraded from an 8800GTS 320MB card to the 512 edition and noticed a HUGE improvement. You can take my advice or wait for those 9 series cards and realize that there'll be more people saying "wait" once the 9 series cards come out. Why miss out on the goodness of games like Crysis and WIC when you can play them all maxed with an 8800GTS-512, get the 8800GTS-512 trust me you wont regret it!![QUOTE="gamer082009"][QUOTE="Ilived"]I currently have a 8800GTS 320mb and I am wondering if I should get an 8800GTX or get another GTS 320mb and use em together? Which would be better use for say a game like Crysis?gamer082009
Wait, how come I should by an 8800GTS 512mb? Wouldn't buying another 8800GTS 320mb card be cheaper and a better performance boost than what you are saying?
OR B) Listen to me who's bright and VERY intelligent!! yes lets all sit around and listen to the intelligent man who thinks you just go and auction a card like its not big thing and assumes things which in this case was putting words in my mouth when actually i probaly know alot more than him[QUOTE="mastershake575"][QUOTE="Ilived"]I laugh at those people that say "wait..wait..wait." If you waited for every future card you'd be waiting forever. I say get the 8800GTS 512MB card and enjoy Crysis on Very-High like me. Those 9 series cards will be $500+ so what's the use to wait? I upgraded from an 8800GTS 320MB card to the 512 edition and noticed a HUGE improvement. You can take my advice or wait for those 9 series cards and realize that there'll be more people saying "wait" once the 9 series cards come out. Why miss out on the goodness of games like Crysis and WIC when you can play them all maxed with an 8800GTS-512, get the 8800GTS-512 trust me you wont regret it!![QUOTE="gamer082009"][QUOTE="Ilived"]I currently have a 8800GTS 320mb and I am wondering if I should get an 8800GTX or get another GTS 320mb and use em together? Which would be better use for say a game like Crysis?gamer082009
Wait, how come I should by an 8800GTS 512mb? Wouldn't buying another 8800GTS 320mb card be cheaper and a better performance boost than what you are saying?
don't buy anything for now theres no reason to really upgrade that guy doesn't know what he's talking about there are actually times where its better to wait like right now since pretty much every game with the exception of maybe 1 or 2 you can play on high settings with good frames "Ilived" DO NOT LISTEN to "mastershake575." Those new 9 series cards are gonna be well over $500..people like him are the reason people like us by into these cards we're unfamiliar with just because some pre-data got released. The 9 series cards have not even been benchmarked yet..so who's to say flushing out all that money for one is gonna really benefit you! I say auction off your old 8800GTS 320MB version and pay the little extra to get the 8800GTS-512 and chill with that until time calls for another upgrade which you won't really need to soon anyways due to the lack of games that require such an upgrade (other than Crysis..which still can be almost maxed with an 8800GTS-512). I DON'T think you should SLi and go with another 320MB card....it really makes no sense (hawk that 8800GTS-320 before it loses it's value). OR you can wait and be disappointed when you find out that the 9 series cards will lick your pockets dry..your choice of course... A) Listen to the GOONS OR B) Listen to me who's bright and VERY intelligent!!The thing is money isn't really an issue here. I just want to play Crysis on 1440x900 on high settings, but currently I can't do that with this card. Not enough vram. But then again, I can wait for 9 series when newer games come out which require newer and better hardware. Then again like you said we don't know much about these 9 series cards.
Honestly man shake is right. The 320 will max most games this year at your rez except Crysis. Just play it 10x7 on high. Even at that it still looks better than anything you have ever played. Just be like me ( I have 320 GTS). Play it now at that, and wait till dx10 cards are murdering it and enjoy it at 14x9 very high 60+ fps. Just a fiscally sound suggestion.neogeo419Wrong...it had problems maxing out WIC..
[QUOTE="neogeo419"]Honestly man shake is right. The 320 will max most games this year at your rez except Crysis. Just play it 10x7 on high. Even at that it still looks better than anything you have ever played. Just be like me ( I have 320 GTS). Play it now at that, and wait till dx10 cards are murdering it and enjoy it at 14x9 very high 60+ fps. Just a fiscally sound suggestion.gamer082009Wrong...it had problems maxing out WIC..
Yes exactly. Mine does too. WiC was a sure buy but the framerate drops as if I'm using really old gpu.
Wrong...it had problems maxing out WIC..[QUOTE="gamer082009"][QUOTE="neogeo419"]Honestly man shake is right. The 320 will max most games this year at your rez except Crysis. Just play it 10x7 on high. Even at that it still looks better than anything you have ever played. Just be like me ( I have 320 GTS). Play it now at that, and wait till dx10 cards are murdering it and enjoy it at 14x9 very high 60+ fps. Just a fiscally sound suggestion.Ilived
Yes exactly. Mine does too. WiC was a sure buy but the framerate drops as if I'm using really old gpu.
If you wanted to max every game you shouldnt have a bought the 320MB version in the first place.That card was bound to stuggle with it's memory.[QUOTE="xavierdhjane"]http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3175&p=3 eh it looks very very close to me and you still won't be able to get a good price on one at retail you just got lucky at that convention the 8800gtx ultra overlocked might be at most 30% better than the gts but the gts can overlock too and its $300 more The new GTS is a very good card.The 8800GTS performs nowhere close to the 8800GTX Ultra especially when OC'd. And now the 8800GTS comes in 3 different memory arrangements.640mb, 512mb, or 320mb.
mastershake575
[QUOTE="mastershake575"][QUOTE="xavierdhjane"]http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3175&p=3eh it looks very very close to me and you still won't be able to get a good price on one at retail you just got lucky at that convention the 8800gtx ultra overlocked might be at most 30% better than the gts but the gts can overlock too and its $300 more The new 512MB-GTS is a very good card. You are 100% right, i was averaging about 12FPS in WIC with the settings on high with some on med @1360X768 with the 8800GTS-320 version. Now I can play, averaging 30FPS with all the settings on Very-High @ 1360X768..so I know for a fact that the new 8800GTS-512 is a beast of a card and especially at it's price!The 8800GTS performs nowhere close to the 8800GTX Ultraespecially when OC'd. And now the 8800GTS comes in 3 different memory arrangements.640mb, 512mb, or 320mb.
Thinker_145
[QUOTE="Thinker_145"][QUOTE="mastershake575"][QUOTE="xavierdhjane"]http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3175&p=3eh it looks very very close to me and you still won't be able to get a good price on one at retail you just got lucky at that convention the 8800gtx ultra overlocked might be at most 30% better than the gts but the gts can overlock too and its $300 more The new 512MB-GTS is a very good card. You are 100% right, i was averaging about 12FPS in WIC with the settings on high with some on med @1360X768 with the 8800GTS-320 version. Now I can play, averaging 30FPS with all the settings on Very-High @ 1360X768..so I know for a fact that the new 8800GTS-512 is a beast of a card and especially at it's price!World in conflict is a very video ram demanding game.The 8800GTS performs nowhere close to the 8800GTX Ultraespecially when OC'd. And now the 8800GTS comes in 3 different memory arrangements.640mb, 512mb, or 320mb.
gamer082009
Honestly man shake is right. The 320 will max most games this year at your rez except Crysis. Just play it 10x7 on high. Even at that it still looks better than anything you have ever played. Just be like me ( I have 320 GTS). Play it now at that, and wait till dx10 cards are murdering it and enjoy it at 14x9 very high 60+ fps. Just a fiscally sound suggestion.neogeo419i never said that statement i said it would play almost every game with the exception of maybe one or two on at at least high settings
[QUOTE="Ilived"]Wrong...it had problems maxing out WIC..[QUOTE="gamer082009"][QUOTE="neogeo419"]Honestly man shake is right. The 320 will max most games this year at your rez except Crysis. Just play it 10x7 on high. Even at that it still looks better than anything you have ever played. Just be like me ( I have 320 GTS). Play it now at that, and wait till dx10 cards are murdering it and enjoy it at 14x9 very high 60+ fps. Just a fiscally sound suggestion.Thinker_145
Yes exactly. Mine does too. WiC was a sure buy but the framerate drops as if I'm using really old gpu.
If you wanted to max every game you shouldnt have a bought the 320MB version in the first place.That card was bound to stuggle with it's memory.I didn't buy it, it came with the computer I bought back in July.
And please someone answer me, whats wrong if I just sli 8800gts 320mb cards? Wouldn't that be better than buying a 8800GTS 512mb? I just want to know that please.IlivedWhen a game will be taking advantage of SLI than yes it will be better than even an ultra but many games dont take advantage of SLI and different games give different % increase with SLI.It really isnt worth it.
You are talking about getting a GTX which means you have the money to get one.I would really wait if i were you and get the next flgship nvidia card.Yes getting the new GTS would give you a big boost in a few games like crysis and world in conflict but would you really like the fact that your new card would get outdated pretty quickly.
With your current card put textures to medium in crysis and see what happens.BTW what res do you play on and what ani-alising setting do you try to pull off with this card?
When a game will be taking advantage of SLI than yes it will be better than even an ultra but many games dont take advantage of SLI and different games give different % increase with SLI.It really isnt worth it.[QUOTE="Ilived"]And please someone answer me, whats wrong if I just sli 8800gts 320mb cards? Wouldn't that be better than buying a 8800GTS 512mb? I just want to know that please.Thinker_145
You are talking about getting a GTX which means you have the money to get one.I would really wait if i were you and get the next flgship nvidia card.Yes getting the new GTS would give you a big boost in a few games like crysis and world in conflict but would you really like the fact that your new card would get outdated pretty quickly.
With your current card put textures to medium in crysis and see what happens.BTW what res do you play on and what ani-alising setting do you try to pull off with this card?
I don't use any anti-aliasing for Crysis or WiC and I play it on 1440x900. Would SLI be a big performance boost for Crysis? I mean, I do want to wait and I probably will but I really want to play Crysis which I bought a month ago and I haven't been able to play it simply because I get only 15 fps on it.
[QUOTE="Thinker_145"][QUOTE="mastershake575"][QUOTE="xavierdhjane"]http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3175&p=3eh it looks very very close to me and you still won't be able to get a good price on one at retail you just got lucky at that convention the 8800gtx ultra overlocked might be at most 30% better than the gts but the gts can overlock too and its $300 more The new 512MB-GTS is a very good card. You are 100% right, i was averaging about 12FPS in WIC with the settings on high with some on med @1360X768 with the 8800GTS-320 version. Now I can play, averaging 30FPS with all the settings on Very-High @ 1360X768..so I know for a fact that the new 8800GTS-512 is a beast of a card and especially at it's price!What are your other specs???The 8800GTS performs nowhere close to the 8800GTX Ultraespecially when OC'd. And now the 8800GTS comes in 3 different memory arrangements.640mb, 512mb, or 320mb.
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You are saying that a new GTS gave you more than 100% over a 320MB GTS.:|
An overclocked 320 GTS here gets 30fps in all high settings at 16x12 with no AA.
It simply doesnt have enough memory to run very hgih settings but you say you were only running hgih settings at 13x7?What kind of AA were you putting.
I think your card was faulty or something.
[QUOTE="Thinker_145"]When a game will be taking advantage of SLI than yes it will be better than even an ultra but many games dont take advantage of SLI and different games give different % increase with SLI.It really isnt worth it.[QUOTE="Ilived"]And please someone answer me, whats wrong if I just sli 8800gts 320mb cards? Wouldn't that be better than buying a 8800GTS 512mb? I just want to know that please.Ilived
You are talking about getting a GTX which means you have the money to get one.I would really wait if i were you and get the next flgship nvidia card.Yes getting the new GTS would give you a big boost in a few games like crysis and world in conflict but would you really like the fact that your new card would get outdated pretty quickly.
With your current card put textures to medium in crysis and see what happens.BTW what res do you play on and what ani-alising setting do you try to pull off with this card?
I don't use any anti-aliasing for Crysis or WiC and I play it on 1440x900. Would SLI be a big performance boost for Crysis? I mean, I do want to wait and I probably will but I really want to play Crysis which I bought a month ago and I haven't been able to play it simply because I get only 15 fps on it.
You know that a GTX or new GTS cannot run WiC and crysis maxed without any slowdowns.Wait for something that will run these games flawlessly.And what settings are you running crysis and what are your other specs?
[QUOTE="Ilived"][QUOTE="Thinker_145"]When a game will be taking advantage of SLI than yes it will be better than even an ultra but many games dont take advantage of SLI and different games give different % increase with SLI.It really isnt worth it.[QUOTE="Ilived"]And please someone answer me, whats wrong if I just sli 8800gts 320mb cards? Wouldn't that be better than buying a 8800GTS 512mb? I just want to know that please.Thinker_145
You are talking about getting a GTX which means you have the money to get one.I would really wait if i were you and get the next flgship nvidia card.Yes getting the new GTS would give you a big boost in a few games like crysis and world in conflict but would you really like the fact that your new card would get outdated pretty quickly.
With your current card put textures to medium in crysis and see what happens.BTW what res do you play on and what ani-alising setting do you try to pull off with this card?
I don't use any anti-aliasing for Crysis or WiC and I play it on 1440x900. Would SLI be a big performance boost for Crysis? I mean, I do want to wait and I probably will but I really want to play Crysis which I bought a month ago and I haven't been able to play it simply because I get only 15 fps on it.
You know that a GTX or new GTS cannot run WiC and crysis maxed without any slowdowns.Wait for something that will run these games flawlessly.And what settings are you running crysis and what are your other specs?
I run Crysis on med settings except for objects I put it on high. My other specs are AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.60Ghz, 4gigs of ram, psu is 500watts.
[QUOTE="Thinker_145"][QUOTE="Ilived"][QUOTE="Thinker_145"]When a game will be taking advantage of SLI than yes it will be better than even an ultra but many games dont take advantage of SLI and different games give different % increase with SLI.It really isnt worth it.[QUOTE="Ilived"]And please someone answer me, whats wrong if I just sli 8800gts 320mb cards? Wouldn't that be better than buying a 8800GTS 512mb? I just want to know that please.Ilived
You are talking about getting a GTX which means you have the money to get one.I would really wait if i were you and get the next flgship nvidia card.Yes getting the new GTS would give you a big boost in a few games like crysis and world in conflict but would you really like the fact that your new card would get outdated pretty quickly.
With your current card put textures to medium in crysis and see what happens.BTW what res do you play on and what ani-alising setting do you try to pull off with this card?
I don't use any anti-aliasing for Crysis or WiC and I play it on 1440x900. Would SLI be a big performance boost for Crysis? I mean, I do want to wait and I probably will but I really want to play Crysis which I bought a month ago and I haven't been able to play it simply because I get only 15 fps on it.
You know that a GTX or new GTS cannot run WiC and crysis maxed without any slowdowns.Wait for something that will run these games flawlessly.And what settings are you running crysis and what are your other specs?
I run Crysis on med settings except for objects I put it on high. My other specs are AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.60Ghz, 4gigs of ram, psu is 500watts.
Something is terribly wrong somewhere than if you get 15fps in medium settings at 14x9 with no AA.[QUOTE="Ilived"][QUOTE="Thinker_145"][QUOTE="Ilived"][QUOTE="Thinker_145"]When a game will be taking advantage of SLI than yes it will be better than even an ultra but many games dont take advantage of SLI and different games give different % increase with SLI.It really isnt worth it.[QUOTE="Ilived"]And please someone answer me, whats wrong if I just sli 8800gts 320mb cards? Wouldn't that be better than buying a 8800GTS 512mb? I just want to know that please.Thinker_145
You are talking about getting a GTX which means you have the money to get one.I would really wait if i were you and get the next flgship nvidia card.Yes getting the new GTS would give you a big boost in a few games like crysis and world in conflict but would you really like the fact that your new card would get outdated pretty quickly.
With your current card put textures to medium in crysis and see what happens.BTW what res do you play on and what ani-alising setting do you try to pull off with this card?
I don't use any anti-aliasing for Crysis or WiC and I play it on 1440x900. Would SLI be a big performance boost for Crysis? I mean, I do want to wait and I probably will but I really want to play Crysis which I bought a month ago and I haven't been able to play it simply because I get only 15 fps on it.
You know that a GTX or new GTS cannot run WiC and crysis maxed without any slowdowns.Wait for something that will run these games flawlessly.And what settings are you running crysis and what are your other specs?
I run Crysis on med settings except for objects I put it on high. My other specs are AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.60Ghz, 4gigs of ram, psu is 500watts.
Something is terribly wrong somewhere than if you get 15fps in medium settings at 14x9 with no AA.I also have to say that I'm using Vista :)
[QUOTE="Thinker_145"][QUOTE="Ilived"][QUOTE="Thinker_145"][QUOTE="Ilived"][QUOTE="Thinker_145"]When a game will be taking advantage of SLI than yes it will be better than even an ultra but many games dont take advantage of SLI and different games give different % increase with SLI.It really isnt worth it.[QUOTE="Ilived"]And please someone answer me, whats wrong if I just sli 8800gts 320mb cards? Wouldn't that be better than buying a 8800GTS 512mb? I just want to know that please.Ilived
You are talking about getting a GTX which means you have the money to get one.I would really wait if i were you and get the next flgship nvidia card.Yes getting the new GTS would give you a big boost in a few games like crysis and world in conflict but would you really like the fact that your new card would get outdated pretty quickly.
With your current card put textures to medium in crysis and see what happens.BTW what res do you play on and what ani-alising setting do you try to pull off with this card?
I don't use any anti-aliasing for Crysis or WiC and I play it on 1440x900. Would SLI be a big performance boost for Crysis? I mean, I do want to wait and I probably will but I really want to play Crysis which I bought a month ago and I haven't been able to play it simply because I get only 15 fps on it.
You know that a GTX or new GTS cannot run WiC and crysis maxed without any slowdowns.Wait for something that will run these games flawlessly.And what settings are you running crysis and what are your other specs?
I run Crysis on med settings except for objects I put it on high. My other specs are AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.60Ghz, 4gigs of ram, psu is 500watts.
Something is terribly wrong somewhere than if you get 15fps in medium settings at 14x9 with no AA.I also have to say that I'm using Vista :)
If you want maximum performance in crysis get xp and dual boot.Believe me i was so dissapointed and frustrated with crysis performance before i installed it on XP.It ran stuter free at all high settings and i was able to enjoy it and now it's my favourite fps of all time beating HL2 for the crown.But seriously your performance is just not right.I get 60+ fps in medium settings even in vista.
[QUOTE="Ilived"][QUOTE="Thinker_145"][QUOTE="Ilived"][QUOTE="Thinker_145"][QUOTE="Ilived"][QUOTE="Thinker_145"]When a game will be taking advantage of SLI than yes it will be better than even an ultra but many games dont take advantage of SLI and different games give different % increase with SLI.It really isnt worth it.[QUOTE="Ilived"]And please someone answer me, whats wrong if I just sli 8800gts 320mb cards? Wouldn't that be better than buying a 8800GTS 512mb? I just want to know that please.Thinker_145
You are talking about getting a GTX which means you have the money to get one.I would really wait if i were you and get the next flgship nvidia card.Yes getting the new GTS would give you a big boost in a few games like crysis and world in conflict but would you really like the fact that your new card would get outdated pretty quickly.
With your current card put textures to medium in crysis and see what happens.BTW what res do you play on and what ani-alising setting do you try to pull off with this card?
I don't use any anti-aliasing for Crysis or WiC and I play it on 1440x900. Would SLI be a big performance boost for Crysis? I mean, I do want to wait and I probably will but I really want to play Crysis which I bought a month ago and I haven't been able to play it simply because I get only 15 fps on it.
You know that a GTX or new GTS cannot run WiC and crysis maxed without any slowdowns.Wait for something that will run these games flawlessly.And what settings are you running crysis and what are your other specs?
I run Crysis on med settings except for objects I put it on high. My other specs are AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.60Ghz, 4gigs of ram, psu is 500watts.
Something is terribly wrong somewhere than if you get 15fps in medium settings at 14x9 with no AA.I also have to say that I'm using Vista :)
If you want maximum performance in crysis get xp and dual boot.Believe me i was so dissapointed and frustrated with crysis performance before i installed it on XP.It ran stuter free at all high settings and i was able to enjoy it and now it's my favourite fps of all time beating HL2 for the crown.But seriously your performance is just not right.I get 60+ fps in medium settings even in vista.
Well that's the way it has always been ever since I got the computer. It runs CoD4 with no problem though. It's just the two games I bought which said that my computer should handle em just fine(Crysis and WiC) and it turned out to be the exact opposite so now I am here thinking whether I should buy another 8800GTS and sli or just wait.
if wer you i probaly wouldn't think about upgrading till next year theres no point crysis should run on high if the resolutions isn't that high and the 8800gts can max most games i dont' see the point mastershake575Sorry man. That is what I thought you were saying here. Now that I read it again I see what you were saying. I'm guessing you were talking about the revised GTS vs the GTX. Anyway, I'm happy at 10x7 on my 320. I knew that SC, and WiC were hard on cards too. I'm just easily pleased I guess.
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