8800GTX or 8800GTS

[skogen]

I am going to upgrade my graphics card now. What I am having a hard time figuring out is if I should go for 8800GTX og GTS. I know the GTX is better but it is also more expensive. Do you guys think it is worth buying the GTX? I am playing on a 19" monitor so there will be no high res gaming. I want to have a card that can run games for some years, because I do not want to upgrade too soon... Any good advices?

 

[idiotekniQues]

8800 GTS 640mb overclocked a lil bit will do you fine.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

anything 8800gts 320mb is overkill and will only yield minor (1-5)fps increase @ 12080x1024...

 

[skogen]

I guess I will go for the 8800 GTS 640mb then. What I heard from some other guys is I would notice quite big difference from those two cars in upcoming games like crysis and even in some games out today. A friend gave me this link to show what he was meaning when he recommended the GTX http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2895&p=4

 

[RussianSensation]

Remember when you are thinking long term consider this:

If you truly do plan to keep a card for "years" (say 3), buying a $500 card today for 3 years means you could buy 8800GTS 320mb for $250 today which will be fine for 1.5 years and a 2nd card for $250 in 1.5 years to last for the remainder of the 3-year term. Although 8800GTX will certainly deliver faster framerates, it's not like 8800GTS 320mb will be slow on a 19 inch (1280x1024) monitor. When you are talking about 80 vs. 140fps, the advantage isn't the same as say 45 fps to 75fps. However, most certainly a $250 card in 1.5 years will be faster than 8800GTX at the end of that term. The longer you plan to keep the card, the less it makes sense to buy top of the line due to this reasoning.

Top of the line cards should be purchased if:

1) you play at high resolution which means anything below isn't good enough
2) you buy right at the very beginning of the generation (and 8800GTX came out Octoberish 2006) so this way you maximize the value of your top card
3) you sell your top of the line card some months before the next gen top of the line to recoup most of the cost and dump $100-150 extra to upgrade at the very beginning of next generation right away to prevent major losses of value
4) if you have enough $ to not care to spend $500 on graphics hardware every 12 months
5) if someone gives it to you as a present ask for the top card

 

[idiotekniQues]

320mb is good for right now for those resolutions, but dx10 is coming out and we dont know if that will be enough VC memory. maybe it will be, but all the arguments above are talking like it is a gaurantee taht 320 will be enough. we dont know. it could be or not.

to be safe, get the 640mb version, dont go for the overpriced GTX, and play your cards safe from both sides of the aisle.

youll have a card that can basically perform from a processing power just bout as well as the GTX, and from a memory power almost as well.

 

[skogen]

Thanks for the tips guys, I will go for the 8800GTS then and I am quite sure it will be better than my current 7300GS