Originally posted by: NoSoup4You
Nice thread, I've been pondering the same question myself. I bought my 8800GTS 640MB on launch day back in November '06 (at least I think it was Nov...). This card has served me well over the nearly two years I've had it. And with the shaders overclocked, it still puts up a fight in every game I've thrown at it, reaching max settings on each one (at 1600x1200) except Crysis. Granted, I don't have every game and I'm sure there are others it would struggle in, but this card is still a beast, by my standards.
And yetl, the 216 core GTX260 looks awfully tempting... I still haven't picked up Warhead yet, and I'd think a 260 would really run it nicely at the resolution I play at (I would hope for all Enthusiast settings except the Motion Blur, which I keep at medium in the original Crysis). Hell, the 192 core 260 looks like an even better deal at close to $210 after rebate.
The only other game I'm playing on PC at the moment besides Crysis is GRID, which my GTS 640 already handles quite nicely at max settings 4xAA.
I guess I'm leaning towards waiting this one out a little longer, although the GTX 260 is so much cheaper than I originally paid for my 640MB back in '06 ($450 before tax). Perhaps the 55nm parts will persueade me otherwise...
you won't get much out of 55nm; not as much as Nvidia will
it IS time for an upgrade
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- Best Buy has the VT4870 for $225 and GT260 is pretty cheap also and they are significant upgrades over your card - especially if you like DX10/details/filtering
i just compared 5 GPUs with each other at 19x12 and 16x10 - i.e. 4870-512MB, 4870x2, GTX280, 8800GTX and 2900xt. As my platform, i used my e4300@3.33Ghz, my e8600@3.33Ghz and also at 3.99Ghz on both my p35 and x48mbs [4GB RAM/Vista32]
For the cliff's conclusion, 2900xt class is pretty equal to the 8800GTS-640m and it struggles even at 16x10 in many games with maxed details as much as an 8800GTX now struggles at 19x12.
2900xt CF is probably slightly slower than a single 4870-512 or GT260, to give you an idea of the relative performance increase you would get by upgrading to 4870 or 260 - or by SLi'ing with another 8800GTS
imo it a significant upgrade from your 8800GTS/9600GT/2900/3870 class to 4870 .. 280GTX is faster still and X2 is probably overkill for 16x10 unless you just love max details and filtering
Warhead is a beast for any PC; fortunately not quite as demanding on Enthusiast as
Crysis is on Very High
- it is just playable i think as you describe if you adjust some individual settings a little bit
if you are leaning toward Nvidia, i'd go for the '+' core
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