Video Card debate

[j13jjs]

Going for best gaming performance, ie Crysis.

Which would be a better choice.

One of these?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814130082

Or two of these?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814129089

Both are the same price. I know the 8800 is supposed to be amazing but 1gig of ram versus 320mb just doesn't seem comparable.

 

[sisq0kidd]

No debate, get none of those.

Go for an 8800gt.

 

[mazeroth]

Buy this card RIGHT now. Ask questions later:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814129100

Then, upgrade your motherboard and CPU!

 

[j13jjs]

my mistake, meant to link this card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814150254

so this would def be the one to go with.

Yea my mistake on the signature, thats my old rig, gone now. I'm building fresh.

 

[tuteja1986]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102714 one of this would destroy 2x1600xt

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102713 one of this would beat up a 8800gts 320mb , consume less power , make less noise and also even make less heat.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814150254 one of this would be awesome but the price is too high as Nvidia didn't make enough of it so they are priced so high:! buy a 8800GT if only you can find it for $250

 

[taltamir]

now they are price gouging the 3870 too... its now at 270$... same as a stock GT, which is out of stock ;p

Basically buy none of them. Wait alittle for the insane prices to drop.

There are only 3 video cards you should even consider buying right now:
8800GT - supposed to cost 200. Sells for 270+
-3rd fastest card on the market (a few percent slower then 700$ cards)
HD3870 - supposed to cost 220. Sells for 260 in some places, beware.
-15% slower then 8800GT
HD3850 - supposed to cost 170. Sells for 170, but might be out of stock.
-Same speed as 3870 on low resolutions. ~15% slower on 1680x1050 or 1920x1200

The ONLY cards on the market the are not annihilated by those three cards in terms of performance are:

x2900xt - performs between the HD3850 and the 3870. Costs 450+$ and is a bad purchase.
8800GTS - all its version get their ass handed to them by the 8800GT. And all cost way more. The slower GTS costs 350+$ and is outperformed by the 3870.
8800GTX - 5% more power then the GT, costs 500$
8800Ultra - 10% more power then the GT, costs 700$

 

[Mucker]

Originally posted by: taltamir
now they are price gouging the 3870 too... its now at 270$... same as a stock GT, which is out of stock ;p

Basically buy none of them. Wait alittle for the insane prices to drop.

There are only 3 video cards you should even consider buying right now:
8800GT - supposed to cost 200. Sells for 270+
-3rd fastest card on the market (a few percent slower then 700$ cards)
HD3870 - supposed to cost 220. Sells for 260 in some places, beware.
-15% slower then 8800GT
HD3850 - supposed to cost 170. Sells for 170, but might be out of stock.
-Same speed as 3870 on low resolutions. ~15% slower on 1680x1050 or 1920x1200

The ONLY cards on the market the are not annihilated by those three cards in terms of performance are:

x2900xt - performs between the HD3850 and the 3870. Costs 450+$ and is a bad purchase.
8800GTS - all its version get their ass handed to them by the 8800GT. And all cost way more. The slower GTS costs 350+$ and is outperformed by the 3870.
8800GTX - 5% more power then the GT, costs 500$
8800Ultra - 10% more power then the GT, costs 700$

pretty much sums it up...........

The GT OC's that have a core of 650-670 will meet or exceed a GTX. For $300 + a free game, it's still a pretty good deal IMO.....

 

[bryanW1995]

newegg is not responding right now. they went up b/c of the black friday shopping frenzy. that's crazy, they must have sold even more than they anticipated on 3870 for them to crank the price up that high. glad I got on when I did.

 

[Mucker]

Originally posted by: bryanW1995
glad I got on when I did.

me too. One low priced one will do me fine until the frenzy ends and the prices reduce. Then it's Crossfire time

Get your problems worked out Bryan?

 

[bryanW1995]

no, my favorite family members are in town to meet the new baby and work is very busy, so I'm going to have to wait until sunday to reinstall everything and stab test to isolate the problem(s). right now memory appears to be the culprit but these things are very fluid... if it is mem then I'm ok b/c i have a 1gb spare lying around taking up space right now.

good news is that gpu is working great. in spite of all the problems I've run fur at 860/2402 so far...I'll try for 2600 here in a minute.

ok, just spent 2 minutes on CCC, passed the built-in stability test at 860/2602. got 3290 o3marks, 1280x1024 (all defaults), min 46, max 71, avg 55. cpu is currently back down at 2.66 until I figure out what's wrong with the computer.

 

[TheVrolok]

marked

 

[cputeq]

Remember, cards in SLI do not count as a unified frame buffer. 2x 512MB GTs doesn't equal 1GB of video RAM....it equals 2x 512MB segregated chunks of video RAM. Big difference!

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: Mucker

Originally posted by: bryanW1995
glad I got on when I did.

me too. One low priced one will do me fine until the frenzy ends and the prices reduce. Then it's Crossfire time

Get your problems worked out Bryan?

they're worked out. I swapped out the ram for my spare 1 gb stick, reinstalled windows, and swapped out the hx 520 for the 620. I'm going to throw the ram back in now...keeping fingers crossed...of course, if it's not the ram then that means that my hx520 couldn't handle an e6750 at 3.4, 2 hard drives, a cd drive, and a 3870 at stock. scary.