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05-30-2008, 11:10 PM
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Newb Techie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 12
| Graphics cards comparison Being, honestly, just not very knowledgeable about certain things, and after attempting to find some unbiased help around the place, i come here.
In the coming month or so i plan to upgrade my very shabby graphics cards for something much more impressive. But with all the GT and GX and GTS and so forth, its hard to tell what is a good card. Plus, a higher number doesnt always mean more power. So i'm here to bed suggestions
( This here is the mobo stats in case its important) GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB 192-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
The 8800 GTS ends up being about 120 bucks, which isn't bad at all, however the 9600 GSO ends up at around $130, so its a little more expensive, but i don't know whether its any better. Recently i've been hearing about price drops in cards and i'm wondering if thats the cause for the fairly cheap cost on these cards, since i think i remember them being much more expensive, or if they are just sub-par versions of better cards.
My limit is about $200, and these cards seem good for the price, if anyone knows of better cards - especially for latter SLI implementation - i'd love to heard opinions |
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05-30-2008, 11:13 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,803
| Re: Graphics cards comparison the 8800gts 320mb is the old G80, which is quite dated
the 9600gso is just a flashed 8800gs, I'd get the G92 8800gs or 9600gso because they aren't power hogs, consume less power and don't run hot like the G80's
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05-30-2008, 11:14 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Katy, Texas Posts: 1,254
| Re: Graphics cards comparison
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05-30-2008, 11:17 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,803
| Re: Graphics cards comparison Wow the KFA2 9600gt is pretty cheap!!
its exactly $120 with the MIR, thats a good deal!! |
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05-31-2008, 11:12 AM
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Newb Techie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 12
| Re: Graphics cards comparison Thanks for the help guys, so, all up, the 9600 GT is probably my best bet at this point? Its a bit more expensive - but well within my range - but better than the alternative. Its actually pretty cheap right now so i think it'll be a good deal.
I don't think i'll need a new power supply, i hope i don't, but even if i do i think its worth it |
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05-31-2008, 11:13 AM
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| Re: Graphics cards comparison good choice.
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05-31-2008, 01:25 PM
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Newb Techie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 12
| Re: Graphics cards comparison Sorry to keep this going guys but i don't often get a chance to upgrade like this so any time anyone says something i need a second opinion, someone mentioned a few things to me. First, that the low 9 series were a little disappointing compared to the high 8 series. Like say, this one 8800GT Then they mentioned whether my power supply and mobo were even capable of running these things. THe mobo is fairly new, so it should, i guess, but i'm not sure about power supply, but the PSU i can fix easily (the mobo, not so much)
Finally, is there any reason i should worry about what windows OS i'm using? |
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05-31-2008, 01:50 PM
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| Re: Graphics cards comparison window's OS won't matter as long as you're running xp or vista. also what is the make and model of your computer (provided its a prebuilt) and if its not, what are the specs of the mobo/psu. if you can just get us the specs of the psu and mobo that would help greatly.
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05-31-2008, 07:07 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Katy, Texas Posts: 1,254
| Re: Graphics cards comparison the 8800GT is kinda more better then the 9600GT cz of the stream processors
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06-01-2008, 11:49 AM
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Newb Techie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 12
| Re: Graphics cards comparison I think This is the specs you want from the mobo, and This would be the PSU (its kinda old, i know, it all is, sadly)
Like i said, i rarely get the opportunity to upgrade and i'd really like to not only make sure that i get the best i can, but that it all works. I'll be buying a lot of this stuff online to get good deals, which means that if it doesnt work, i'm kinda out of luck.
Thanks guys |
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