nvidia 8800 GTS

[KevSC1]

I'm going to be building a new computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600. I've been looking around at graphics cards, and I like the nvidia 8800 GTS. I was wondering, should I get the 320mb or the 640mb. There seems to be a $60 price difference. I would like to use it with a 19" screen at 1280 x 1024.

Which model should I go for, or is there something better in that price range? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Kevan

 

[MarcVenice]

320mb, 640mb only pays of at 1600*1200 and higher.

and nope, not really anything else as far as I'm concerned, only the x2900xt, but that one is in the pricerange of the 8800gts 640mb. No other dx10 cards that can match up to the 8800gts though. Next best thing would be x1950xt from ati, which is a dx9 card, or a 7950gx2 if I'm correct, which is also dx10. So go for the 8800gts 320

 

[toyota]

ok thats probably the most asked question on here. just use the search function and you will find plenty of response. IMO at that resolution you would be fine with 320mb for the most part. image settings and aa have a huge impact on video card ram so its not just the resolution thats important. if money is not a problem then go with the 640mb.

 

[KevSC1]

for the 320 or the 640 model, is any particular brand better?

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: KevSC1
for the 320 or the 640 model, is any particular brand better?

evga and xfx are probably going to be your best bet. eVGA offers lifetime warranty and step-up program, xfx offers double-lifetime warranty. But I have personal experience with eVGA and their support, and its a great company. I have never had a problem with my cards, nor do I know anyone who has ever had a problem with eVGA. XFX I personally have no experience with, but I believe one friend of mine has an XFX card and has no complaints.

 

[mazeroth]

Totally up to you but if you want to save $100 you could get an E4300 and get close to what an E6600 overclocks to, IF you're going to overclock. My E4300 does 3.3ghz on the stock cooler and could probably go higher but I'd have to buy a more expensive cooler and I don't want to do that. Right now I'm running at 3.0ghz with my CPU core running at 1.35v (doing some testing) and it runs pretty cool under full load on both cores, something like 60ºC.

 

[toyota]

Originally posted by: mazeroth
Totally up to you but if you want to save $100 you could get an E4300 and get close to what an E6600 overclocks to, IF you're going to overclock. My E4300 does 3.3ghz on the stock cooler and could probably go higher but I'd have to buy a more expensive cooler and I don't want to do that. Right now I'm running at 3.0ghz with my CPU core running at 1.35v (doing some testing) and it runs pretty cool under full load on both cores, something like 60ºC.

are you in the right place?

 

[Kromis]

Originally posted by: mazeroth
Totally up to you but if you want to save $100 you could get an E4300 and get close to what an E6600 overclocks to, IF you're going to overclock. My E4300 does 3.3ghz on the stock cooler and could probably go higher but I'd have to buy a more expensive cooler and I don't want to do that. Right now I'm running at 3.0ghz with my CPU core running at 1.35v (doing some testing) and it runs pretty cool under full load on both cores, something like 60ºC.

Damn...I can't even achieve those speeds! Only 2.8 GHz...

 

[blackangst1]

Personally (and I have personally done this) I would bypass the 320 altogether and get the 640. There are oceans of people wiuth issues with the 320. Go to nvidia's forums and search.

 

[postmortemIA]

That card is bit overkill for 1280x1024 resolution

 

[blackangst1]

NVM.