Was buying an 8800GTS 320mb a good investment?

[TurtleCrusher]

My system is in my sig.

Was it worth it? I keep looking through these threads bashing the 320mb version as slow and handicapped. I thought it was a killer card. I couldn't resist NEW at $79.99.

The games i play are HL and Source based games. These include HL2, EP1, EP2, CS, CS:S, DOD, DOD:S, Portal, TF2.

I also play TrackMania Nations, and soon to be Crysis, Supreme Commanded and another good RTS i might find over the course of the next year.

All of which at 1280x1024.

Any opinions?

 

[bamacre]

For $80? Sounds like a deal to me.

 

[desolate]

In my gaming rig, I'm using a XFX Geforce 8800GTS 320mb O/Ced to 674/1503/1003 and it maxes just about everything. I bought it originally for around $279, so I wouldn't hesitate at all to buy it for $80

 

[daveybrat]

It was an excellent find. A great card still with plenty of horsepower. You won't find a better card for that price anywhere.

 

[angry hampster]

If you're not going wider than 1280 that's plenty of card for $80.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Also, will i be able to use both DVI ports AND Svideo out simulaneously? or will i still have to use my 5500 for the 3rd monitor?

 

[Fallen Kell]

$80, good deal. 1280x1024, can easily be handled with that. If you needed to do 1650x1050 or something like that, I would say that the card would struggle for Crysis. With Supreme Commander you are CPU limited anyway, so the card is fine for that setup. Again, $80 is very hard to beat.

As for both DVI and SVideo, well, I am not sure about that. I think the SVideo outputs the same screen as the primary DVI and doesn't act as a separate display, but I could be wrong.

 

[angry hampster]

At 1280 it will do fine on crysis at medium-high settings.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Pretty freaking great for that price, and for your target resolution. It will own the games you listed (except the barrel of molasses that is Crysis).

 

[big4x4]

Only other thing you could have done was buy the 8800gs for around the same price(it is a little faster/runs cooler/more efficient)

 

[geokilla]

Where did you find get it for $80 new? Please don't say it's an American E-tailer. I'm Canadian.

8800GTS 320MB is a very good investment. You could overclock your CPU so there's less of a CPU limit in some of the games, but overall, it's a steal. You shouldn't have to update your rig for another couple of years if all you do is play games and don't mind turning down the quality a bit while staying at 1280X1024.

 

[Grinja]

For 80 bucks you could say you got your money's worth.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Originally posted by: geokilla
Where did you find get it for $80 new? Please don't say it's an American E-tailer. I'm Canadian.

fxvideocards.com Sorry!

Originally posted by: geokilla
8800GTS 320MB is a very good investment. You could overclock your CPU so there's less of a CPU limit in some of the games, but overall, it's a steal. You shouldn't have to update your rig for another couple of years if all you do is play games and don't mind turning down the quality a bit while staying at 1280X1024.

I wish i could overclock my cpu. That would be amazing. Too bad its a compaq. The motherboard is said to be unlockable.

I used Thisthis to download a bios, but i couldnt get it to work :-/

Btw everyone, my 3dmark06 score went accordingly

Sapphire x1650 512mb DDR2 128-bit: 1964

Zotac 8800GTS 320mb 320-bit GDDR3: 7361

I was shocked. I dont overclock at all. This score is better than some people with AM2 5000+ to 6000+ with 8800GTS 320/640's.

Hopefully this will stave off any upgrades that might lure me into spending more money.