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brotherjohn1234
05-24-2008, 12:25 PM
Hi Folks !
I'm looking forward to purchase a new PCI-E Nvidia-card for my Intel Core2Duo Desktop. I'm not a huge gamer, but I do enjoy some hours of gaming once in a week.
Currently i "know" that
6xxx < 7xxx < 8xxx Cards ( = newer are "better" )
512MB Ram < 1024MB Ram ( obvious )
SLI is good - if you want to "bind" 2 cards together. ( which is currently not my plan )
DX10 is a nice to have - But currently, i can't see the "wow" with DX10 with my "old" Nvidia 8600.
But now i'm stuck with this :
GT
GX2
FX
GTS
GSO
...
What are the differences ? What kind of impact does these kinds have. ( 8800GTS <-?-> 8800GT ) ? What kind of impact does the actual Manufacturer have ( MSI / ASUS / GigaByte / etc ) ?
Don't hold back your "technical" explainations - i'm looking forward to it :p
burkhartmj
05-24-2008, 04:40 PM
I would help, but I'm an ATI fanboy =]
I know the order of power of nVidia cards, but that's about it.
Oh, do know that 8800 GTS[G80] < 8800GT < 8800GTS[G92]
They updated the 8800 before moving on to the 9xxx series but some of the old ones are still out there, hence the confusion.
From the GameSpot Forums by user "wklzip";
In nvidia from weaker to stronger: "SE->LE->XT->GS->GT->GTS->GTX->Ultra"
In ati from weaker to stronger: "(nothing)->GTO->GTO2->Pro->XL->XT->XTX"
I would tend to agree with this but from some benchmarks I've seen of the 8800 GT's with a little over clocking they come close to the 8800 GTX performance at a much lower cost so keep your eye out for stuff like that!
Thanks,
Mat.
burkhartmj
05-25-2008, 02:58 AM
In nvidia from weaker to stronger: "SE->LE->XT->GS->GT->GTS->GTX->Ultra"
In ati from weaker to stronger: "(nothing)->GTO->GTO2->Pro->XL->XT->XTX"
nVidia is correct, except that for the most part they got rid of everything below GS, and added GX2, which is the most powerful since it's dual-GPU.
ATI has completely dropped that naming style. They just go by numbers now, and add X2 to anything with dual GPU's.
kittysafe
05-25-2008, 03:38 AM
Here's the card I plan to get as far as best bang for your buck is concerned you want the 112 or 128 stream process for gaming.
VIDEO: EVGA 512-P3-N875-AR GeForce 9800 GTX KO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI
It's on newegg who has fantastic customer service.
burkhartmj
05-25-2008, 10:54 PM
Here's the card I plan to get as far as best bang for your buck is concerned you want the 112 or 128 stream process for gaming.
VIDEO: EVGA 512-P3-N875-AR GeForce 9800 GTX KO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI
It's on newegg who has fantastic customer service.
looks like a decent card, but if you can, i'd wait til the end of june. That's about the time that ATI will be releasing their 4800 series. They should be pretty good, but even if you stick with nVidia, it might get them to lower their prices. The price is pretty good on that card already though, so if you really really need a new card, it's not 100% necessary to wait.
darknessgp
05-27-2008, 09:03 PM
I would tend to agree with this but from some benchmarks I've seen of the 8800 GT's with a little over clocking they come close to the 8800 GTX performance at a much lower cost so keep your eye out for stuff like that!
Thanks,
Mat.
Yea, the naming should give you a general idea, but it's always a good thing to find a benchmark comparing the cards you are trying to choose between.