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Which card is the best?
I'm building a new system and am having a hard time deciding in between
the 8800 and 9800 series cards. I was initially going with a 790i board and the 9800GX2. After reading too many negative reviews about the 790i I've switched to the more stable 780i. I don't know if the 780i supports the 9800GX2 so I started browsing through the 8800 series cards. The 8800GTX looks nice but actually costs more than the 9800GX2. Same with the 8800 Ultra. The 8800GTS is the cheapest but is it good enough? Too many choices!!! Does anyone know if the 9800GX2 works on a 780i board? I couldn't find anywhere that the 780i supports quad-sli technology. I did find that it supports tri-sli though. So one 9800GX2 should work right? Just not two of them. If it does I might shell out the extra money and get the 9800GX2 with a 780i board. My second choice right now is the cheaper 8800GTS. Anyone here got any recommendations? |
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Which card is the best?
"ÐïÅßö¥ø§©" wrote in message . .. I'm building a new system and am having a hard time deciding in between the 8800 and 9800 series cards. I was initially going with a 790i board and the 9800GX2. After reading too many negative reviews about the 790i I've switched to the more stable 780i. I don't know if the 780i supports the 9800GX2 so I started browsing through the 8800 series cards. The 8800GTX looks nice but actually costs more than the 9800GX2. Same with the 8800 Ultra. The 8800GTS is the cheapest but is it good enough? Too many choices!!! Does anyone know if the 9800GX2 works on a 780i board? I couldn't find anywhere that the 780i supports quad-sli technology. I did find that it supports tri-sli though. So one 9800GX2 should work right? Just not two of them. If it does I might shell out the extra money and get the 9800GX2 with a 780i board. My second choice right now is the cheaper 8800GTS. Anyone here got any recommendations? My first recommendation would be for you to state the intended purpose of the build, the types of games or software you wish to run, and size of the LCD you wish to drive. FWIW two 8800GTS G92 512Mb cards can be had for less than $300 and will outperform a 9800GX2. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127325 |
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Augustus wrote:
"ÐïÅßö¥ø§©" wrote in message . .. I'm building a new system and am having a hard time deciding in between the 8800 and 9800 series cards. I was initially going with a 790i board and the 9800GX2. After reading too many negative reviews about the 790i I've switched to the more stable 780i. I don't know if the 780i supports the 9800GX2 so I started browsing through the 8800 series cards. The 8800GTX looks nice but actually costs more than the 9800GX2. Same with the 8800 Ultra. The 8800GTS is the cheapest but is it good enough? Too many choices!!! Does anyone know if the 9800GX2 works on a 780i board? I couldn't find anywhere that the 780i supports quad-sli technology. I did find that it supports tri-sli though. So one 9800GX2 should work right? Just not two of them. If it does I might shell out the extra money and get the 9800GX2 with a 780i board. My second choice right now is the cheaper 8800GTS. Anyone here got any recommendations? My first recommendation would be for you to state the intended purpose of the build, the types of games or software you wish to run, and size of the LCD you wish to drive. FWIW two 8800GTS G92 512Mb cards can be had for less than $300 and will outperform a 9800GX2. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127325 Thank you for the quick response. The 8800GTS you linked to is better than the one I had bookmarked from EVGA. The one I had saved doesn't use PCIe 2.0 but seems to be some OC'ed edition. What do you think? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...VGA-_-14130317 As for the uses I will be running the latest games and some graphics programs. I just want them all to run smoothly. I do like EVGA's lifetime warranty over MSI's 1 year but the lack of 2.0 support concerns me. The MSI also doesn't mention it works with Vista? Whatcha think? The size of my monitor right now is a standard 19" running on 1152x864. |
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As for the uses I will be running the latest games and some graphics
programs. I just want them all to run smoothly. I do like EVGA's lifetime warranty over MSI's 1 year but the lack of 2.0 support concerns me. The MSI also doesn't mention it works with Vista? Whatcha think? The size of my monitor right now is a standard 19" running on 1152x864. Lack PCIe 2.0 support's a non issue. Zero performance or compatability problems. Why are you running a 19" LCD at a non-native res? Or is this a CRT? No matter, a 9800GX2 is massively overkill for gaming with a monitor of this size. I'd simply get a single 8800GTS 512Mb for $150....there no game around now or in the forseeable 12 months that won't run well on that card on your monitor. If you're considering going up to 1600x1200 or beyond then get two in SLI. Still way faster and cheaper than a 9800GX2. I run Crysis on a single 8800GT 512Mb at 1280x1024 maxed out and there's nowhere in the game it slows down. Nor does any other modern title. Spend your extra $$$ on a higher end processor. |
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My first recommendation would be for you to state the intended purpose of the build, the types of games or software you wish to run, and size of the LCD you wish to drive. FWIW two 8800GTS G92 512Mb cards can be had for less than $300 and will outperform a 9800GX2. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127325 I'd second the 8800gts. make sure it's the newer g92 based (always has 512MB or 1GB RAM, not the older g80 that has 320MB or 640MB) It overclocks very easily and once you adjust the fan setting to run about 70% or so rather than the stock 30%, the OC'ed video card I got never went past 60C under load. Plus fan at 70% setting is still fairly quiet. The stock cooler is more than good enough on 8800gts that you can really push the card to its limit. I got my 8800gts about a month ago for $200 plus shipping, and waiting on the $50 rebate |
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ÐïÅßö¥ø§© schrieb:
I'm building a new system and am having a hard time deciding in between the 8800 and 9800 series cards. I was initially going with a 790i board and the 9800GX2. After reading too many negative reviews about the 790i I've switched to the more stable 780i. I don't know if the 780i supports the 9800GX2 so I started browsing through the 8800 series cards. The 8800GTX looks nice but actually costs more than the 9800GX2. Same with the 8800 Ultra. The 8800GTS is the cheapest but is it good enough? Too many choices!!! Does anyone know if the 9800GX2 works on a 780i board? I couldn't find anywhere that the 780i supports quad-sli technology. I did find that it supports tri-sli though. So one 9800GX2 should work right? Just not two of them. If it does I might shell out the extra money and get the 9800GX2 with a 780i board. My second choice right now is the cheaper 8800GTS. Anyone here got any recommendations? Right now I'd recommend the 9800GTX+ Faster than a regular GTX, becoming affordable, and you can always add a second or third in the future. NV is under a lot of pressure from the Radeon 4XXX cards, and the 4870X2 will make it worse, so prices will further plummet. Actually I expect the GTX 260 to be quite affordable soon. The 8800GTX and Ultra are power hungry monsters, and the 9800GTX+ will outperform them in most cases, due to higher clocks. Only in games that require lots and lots of memory bandwidth will the 8800 still come out on top. Can't beat the 384bit interface there. |
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Augustus wrote:
As for the uses I will be running the latest games and some graphics programs. I just want them all to run smoothly. I do like EVGA's lifetime warranty over MSI's 1 year but the lack of 2.0 support concerns me. The MSI also doesn't mention it works with Vista? Whatcha think? The size of my monitor right now is a standard 19" running on 1152x864. Lack PCIe 2.0 support's a non issue. Zero performance or compatability problems. Why are you running a 19" LCD at a non-native res? Or is this a CRT? No matter, a 9800GX2 is massively overkill for gaming with a monitor of this size. I'd simply get a single 8800GTS 512Mb for $150....there no game around now or in the forseeable 12 months that won't run well on that card on your monitor. If you're considering going up to 1600x1200 or beyond then get two in SLI. Still way faster and cheaper than a 9800GX2. I run Crysis on a single 8800GT 512Mb at 1280x1024 maxed out and there's nowhere in the game it slows down. Nor does any other modern title. Spend your extra $$$ on a higher end processor. Yeah it's a monster CRT monitor. Great monitor though it just refuses to die! I'm gonna upgrade to a 22"+ flat panel when I can but not right now. Come to think of it I better make sure my monitors connections are compatible with the 8800. Thx for the help man. |
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Bill wrote:
In article , says... I'm building a new system and am having a hard time deciding in between the 8800 and 9800 series cards. I was initially going with a 790i board and the 9800GX2. After reading too many negative reviews about the 790i I've switched to the more stable 780i. I don't know if the 780i supports the 9800GX2 so I started browsing through the 8800 series cards. The 8800GTX looks nice but actually costs more than the 9800GX2. Same with the 8800 Ultra. The 8800GTS is the cheapest but is it good enough? Too many choices!!! Does anyone know if the 9800GX2 works on a 780i board? I couldn't find anywhere that the 780i supports quad-sli technology. I did find that it supports tri-sli though. So one 9800GX2 should work right? Just not two of them. If it does I might shell out the extra money and get the 9800GX2 with a 780i board. My second choice right now is the cheaper 8800GTS. Anyone here got any recommendations? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814133228 &nm_mc=OTC-pr1c3watch&cm_mmc=OTC-pr1c3watch-_-Video+Cards-_- PNY+Technologies++Inc.-_-14133228 http://preview.tinyurl.com/64s822 Don't half step. You know it's what you really want. Bill I'd love a 200 series card but they're still out of my price range unfortunately lol. |
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ÐïÅßö¥ø§© wrote:
Yeah it's a monster CRT monitor. Great monitor though it just refuses to die! I'm gonna upgrade to a 22"+ flat panel when I can but not right now. Come to think of it I better make sure my monitors connections are compatible with the 8800. Thx for the help man. I used to have 2 20" 1600x1200 screens. When one went broke, I started looking for a replacement. I saw that prices where so low for larger screens that I bought 2 24" 1920x1200 screens. They have the same hight as the 20" but are wider. For screens I go as large as I can afford with a resolution as high as I can afford. Desktop real-estate is something I can have never enough. I payed just over 300EUR per screen for my Acer. And that is Belgium with 21% TVA. Might be worth to think about when you upgrade your screen/computer. houghi -- You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building. Around you is a forest. A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully. |
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