Creative Geforce Ti4600, Mobility Radeon 9600, Gaiward golden sample 6600gt and finally 8800gts 320mb.

Before that was all integrated graphics solutions

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This post has been edited by Kidicarus: Oct 3 2007, 03:01 PM

The reference fan on the 8800gts is actually quite quiet even at 100% fan speed. on stock at load it's still pretty hot and ranges between 60-80c.

I'm very confused about getting the 8800gt.

I consider myself a power gamer and i can't stand low res textures etc. Trouble is i plan to upgrade my monitor to 1920x1200 in the near future. To further complicate issues I'm building a new pc very very soon, and i'm concerned that the 8800gt won't be sufficient to run at that resolution. Crysis benchmarks don't do anything to make my decision any easier.

And then there's the 112 SP G80 GTS 640mb which according to benchmarks is supposedly better than than the 512mb gt at higher resolutions but also comes at a larger price premium...

And then there's also the problem i face in that i run with a dual monitor setup. And will do so when i upgrade. So i guess my options are...

a) stick with current 8800gts 320mb
b) buy cheaper 8800gt 512mb and sell as soon as the GTX replacement comes out.
c) buy 112sp 8800gts 640mb, and maybe SLI the mofos? (problem being x38 mobos are crossfire)

Anyone got any suggestions as to options?

Well I'm currently running an E6600, 2gig ram, 8800gts 320mb system and gaming at 1680x1050. Performance for most games this year considering it was an emergency pc i built because my previous pc got fried by lightning.

My bro wants to upgrade, and I'm selling him most of the parts in the pc at a discounted rate, which means I get the chance to draw up the specs for the new pc and therefore i need to get my specs drawn up for my new pc by the end of this month.

I want to game at 1920x1200 on the new pc but i'll probably stick with the current monitor for another few months. I'm getting an x38 board (probably the asus maximus for the future penryn compatibility), and the usual generic parts. I think the choice of processor and GC is probably the 2 hardest things to decide on at this point in time with the current state of technology, so i was hoping to see which decision makes the most financial sense or if anyone could offer any suggestions that i hadn't thought of.

I understand more or less what you're trying to say. However, they've just released a revised gts640mb with 112 shader processors which is exactly the same as the 8800gt. The difference is with the clock speeds with the GT being faster and memory with the GTS having slightly more. Because i plan to get to get a 1920x1200 monitor a couple of months down the line, i thought that the GTS might be the better long term performer than the GT due to the higher resolutions etc.

If i was going to stay with my current native res than the GT would be the easy winner in this fight. But unfortunately, the larger screen is just too attractive.

Getting the GT now seems to make sense thought especially with the capability to SLI the cards later on. But I'm worried about getting current SLI boards due to compatibility problems with penryn when the chips come out in early 2008.

edit: perhaps i'm reading too much into the benchmarks in this review http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardw...ion-review.html


This post has been edited by Kidicarus: Nov 9 2007, 08:49 PM

Definitely the 8800gt has the price performance ratio king, but what's the point if there isnt enough power under the hood to drive the monitor you intend to get? Obviously I have some money to burn - unfortunately that money is limited

Gut instinct is telling me that now is a bad time to get a new pc with new tech coming very early next year. But then i feel sorry for my bro who's gaming with a craptastic athlon pc and geforce 5200. My current GTS320mb would make a great belated birthday present for him

Actually, the new gts 640mb is a much better card at higher resolutions than the 8800gt, at least from the benchmarks that i've seen. Might just get a gtx instead, at least i know what it can do @1920x1200.

I have no idea what the 112 sp 8800gts 640mbs cost at the moment so i guess i'll have to postpone the decision until i get a clearer indication of the price anyway.