8800GTS 320mb vs 8800 GT 1gb

[FuryofFive]

in the next month or so, i wanna overhaul my rig, everything but the harddrive,case,psu,and dvd drives
i was eyeballing the 9800GTX...but it went up 120$$$ ouch

so i was looking at the 8800GT1gb, now i dont know much about this brand. but it is rather cheap..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814261012

also if i can find a 9800GTX for 200 is that a better buy for the 512mb version vs an 1gb version on a 8800GT?

 

[ChronoReverse]

Why don't you start thinking about the 4850 for $199 (and sometimes $150)? As fast or faster than a 9800GTX and cheaper to boot.

 

[FuryofFive]

actually, speaking of 4850 i was looking at benchmarks for it pretty much right before i read ur post

i know im kinda biast ive been green for so long i started off with 2 radeon cards
but then went green when they didnt have an X800pro in stock at best buy so went the 6800GT route

 

[FuryofFive]

ok, which ATI brand is best, i know of HIS,Sapphire and Diamond.. are there any betters?

 

[FuryofFive]

i found an asus with a 30$ rebate.. i think thats the route im gonna go

 

[tuteja1986]

Get Asus , Sapphire is ram process cost $10 which is an outrage

 

[FuryofFive]

ive read that the 4850 runs rather hot

 

[Rhino2]

Originally posted by: FuryofFive
ive read that the 4850 runs rather hot

See this post: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=265745

The post by user bretware is the one that explains a very easy workaround to bring the 4850 temps down considerably, I used his solution and set my fan speed to 60%, dropped my temps from 80/86 to 48/60.

 

[Munky]

Originally posted by: FuryofFive
ive read that the 4850 runs rather hot

It only runs hot because the fan spins really slow. The same thing was true with the 8800gt when it was released, but it certainly didn't deter many people considering how much performance it offered for the money.

 

[Rhino2]

Originally posted by: munky

Originally posted by: FuryofFive
ive read that the 4850 runs rather hot

It only runs hot because the fan spins really slow. The same thing was true with the 8800gt when it was released, but it certainly didn't deter many people considering how much performance it offered for the money.

And is easily fixed with a CCC profile

 

[FuryofFive]

i know that some games are optimized for certain brands...i always thought that was untrue.

is there anything that could maybe prove otherwise

i primarily play COD4,guildwars at the moment Crysis

 

[Rhino2]

The 4800 series does exceptionally well in CoD4 (and dominates it in Crossfire), guild wars I'm not sure about specifically but I suspect it would be more than enough, it runs Crysis well, the 4870 will do better with Crysis obviously as no single card can yet handle that game at 19x12 at very high and remain playable.

 

[MarcVenice]

They don't run any hotter then most videocards, they just don't get cooled properly. Easily fixed like mentioned above. And some aftermarket coolers can really make it run cool and quiet, so if you have on that fits on the 4850 then your set.

 

[FuryofFive]

now back to the topic at hand, is it worth the upgrade though..
going from an 8800GTS 320mb to the 4870

 

[Rhino2]

Originally posted by: FuryofFive
now back to the topic at hand, is it worth the upgrade though..
going from an 8800GTS 320mb to the 4870

Absolutely imho, especially if you sell the GTS to offset the cost slightly.

 

[FuryofFive]

yah ill probaly do that, what is the 8800GTS worth though? ive had it maybe 6 months

 

[FuryofFive]

would getting a new video card with my current rig be the most realistic right now, as in i d rather not build a new rig? or should i spend the extra money now, get something ballz out, like something with 1gb memory on it?

which i dont see any of...

 

[JimiP]

My favorite ATI partner would have to be VisionTek. Gotta love that Lifetime warranty! Also, isn't GuildWars an "ATI Game"?

 

[Rhino2]

No need for 1GB of video RAM for the near future, the memory bandwidth on 4870 is plenty sufficient for anything out today or will be out for 1-2 years that I know about. If you must have 1GB though, I'm sure in a month or two the board partners will be bringing out 1GB versions of the 4870 as well.

 

[FuryofFive]

so gameplan? just wait for all together? im pretty sure the 88gts is sufficient at the moment

 

[Rhino2]

That's probably a good plan - the 4870x2s will be out soon, they will also have 1GB of memory, though it will be 512MB for each core.

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: FuryofFive
so gameplan? just wait for all together? im pretty sure the 88gts is sufficient at the moment

I think you should wait. You will be CPU limited to a large degree with your current chip, regardless of what card you get. You're even CPU limited right now with your 8800GTS (to some extent).

 

[TC91]

yes definitely wait out for a bit