I just fried my 8800GT

[soccerballtux]

Water. You gotta let it dry COMPLETELY before plugging it in and turning on. I thought it was dry.

So can anybody recommend a replacement? There's really no games I'm looking forward to, I just want to be able to play UT3 at similar frame rates at this resolution again.

Are 9600GT? 4670 choices? I was thinking of just getting an 8800gt used.

 

[Engineer]

The $49.99 (or cheaper) 9600GSO should play UT3 at those resolutions just fine, from what I've read.

Edit: The review linked below is for a 768MB card, not 384. I'll search for a review of a 512MB card to keep the playing field even. 384MB might make a difference at that resolution.

Not as fast as the 8800GT, but still good scores and very playable nonetheless.

 

[soccerballtux]

Thanks, I'll have to think about that. My 8800GT would still hit 45-50fps sometimes in some in UT3 levels. Wonder how the 9600GSO would do.

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
Thanks, I'll have to think about that. My 8800GT would still hit 45-50fps sometimes in some in UT3 levels. Wonder how the 9600GSO would do.

I have read that you can overclock the 9600GSO to 8800GT performance levels, but with lower memory, I just don't know.

9600GT Superclocked edition - $59.99 + shipping (after rebate) - Available for Preorder.

Good chart with UT3 @ 1900 x 1200 included - many cards.

 

[taltamir]

9800GT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...gt&bop=And&Order=PRICE

 

[soccerballtux]

Originally posted by: taltamir
9800GT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...gt&bop=And&Order=PRICE

Yeah I just found those a second before you posted that. The XFX one comes with free COD4. I decided to get that. Brand new, same card as my 8800GT, for $80 after selling COD4.

 

[soccerballtux]

Also, does anyone know if I should reinstall my drivers when moving to the 9800GT from the 8800GT?

 

[Tempered81]

that $46 GSO deal makes me want to get a NV board for some SLI action. Guru3d shows 9600 SLI is about the same as a single GTX 280.

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: jaredpace
that $46 GSO deal makes me want to get a NV board for some SLI action. Guru3d shows 9600 SLI is about the same as a single GTX 280.

Yeah, but with only 384 mb of ram it will suffer seriously in some games.

 

[scheibler1]

and microstutter...

 

[Tempered81]

I would never actually get an nv mobo anyway, just saying it made me ponder for a second.

 

[PremiumG]

Originally posted by: jaredpace
that $46 GSO deal makes me want to get a NV board for some SLI action. Guru3d shows 9600 SLI is about the same as a single GTX 280.

Can you link me to this please?

 

[soccerballtux]

why do you have to have an nvidia mobo for SLI? That's stupid, doesn't Xfire work on anything?

 

[taltamir]

xfire works on AMD boards and intel boards because they licensed it to intel.
starting with X58 (nehalem) intel boards will also do SLI cause nvidia will be licensing that as well... but as a king they will require board makers (MSI, asus, etc) to pay for an SLI license... so expect cracked drivers for that.
xfire does not work with nvidia boards at all, sli does not work with existing intel boards or any AMD board.

having a second nvidia card work as a dedicated physX process WILL work on ANY pcie16x (physical size) slot regardless of which board you use.

As for why, because they are being annoying pricks. who are going for short term benefit (sell more chipset) for long term loss (sell less cards for SLI / CF by not having universal compatibility)