Which VGA to buy?

m3lisk · Jun 11, 2007

Should I buy an 8600 GTS, a 8800 GTS, or an x1950xt 512mb? I'm looking in the $250 range.

I found a 8800 GTS for like $269 on newegg. I might go with this.

x800professor · Jun 11, 2007

m3lisk said:
Should I buy an 8600 GTS, a 8800 GTS, or an x1950xt 512mb? I'm looking in the $250 range, except for the 8800GTS, which I found one for like 289 on newegg.

The 8800GTS is worth what you pay for it over top of the X1950XT. Go for that. I've had them both, and I can tell you that the 8800GTS is much better.

m3lisk · Jun 11, 2007

Alright, I'm convinced I'm going to buy this card. Only problem is I need to get a PSU if I want it... I think Fox34 has a 450watt kicking aroung I could borrow...

I just looked at a review for that card. Pure amazing bang to buck ratio.

Agility · Jun 11, 2007

x800professor said:
The 8800GTS is worth what you pay for it over top of the X1950XT. Go for that. I've had them both, and I can tell you that the 8800GTS is much better.

Agreed. However you'll have to work on your processor too...

m3lisk · Jun 11, 2007

Agility said:
Agreed. However you'll have to work on your processor too...

And by that you mean...?

WarEagleAU · Jun 11, 2007

Processor you are getting will be fine, though you might be better off going with the 320MB version. As for PSU, yeah, you will definately need a better QUALITY one.

x800professor · Jun 11, 2007

Agility said:
Agreed. However you'll have to work on your processor too...

Yes...the 8800GTS will be very bottlenecked in a computer with no CPU...I imagine a 3dmark06 score of 0.

The box says 400w and 26A on the +12 rail FYI.

m3lisk · Jun 11, 2007

x800professor said:
Yes...the 8800GTS will be very bottlenecked in a computer with no CPU...I imagine a 3dmark06 score of 0.

Going in my sig.

Agility · Jun 11, 2007

Oh hell yeah.

Demos_sav · Jun 11, 2007

I would say 8600GTS, because the processor you are getting WILL bottleneck the other choices. Look at me, I got an 8800GTS and i get 80K in Aquamark (Pentium 4 :banghead:

).
There was another guy in this forum with an 8800GTS that was being bottlenecked by an X2 6000.:shadedshu

x800professor · Jun 11, 2007

Demos_sav said:
I would say 8600GTS, because the processor you are getting WILL bottleneck the other choices. Look at me, I got an 8800GTS and i get 80K in Aquamark (Pentium 4).
There was another guy in this forum with an 8800GTS that was being bottlenecked by an X2 6000.:shadedshu

It will bottleneck the 8800, but it will still easily outperform any of the other choices.

m3lisk · Jun 12, 2007

I think I'll buy D44ve's 8800GTS, then grab:
G.Skill 1gb
Zalman VGA cooler
1.8 Opty

What do you think?

d44ve · Jun 12, 2007

I dont know about that cooler on this card.... I would ask around to see if it would work. You can see how big the waterblock is, it cover the mem and everything else.

Plus that thing looks pretty big, will it take up three slots?

I mean, I am not trying to talk you out of interest of mine.... I just dont want you to get it and not be able to use it

m3lisk · Jun 12, 2007

Hmm... well I do think you are right, and in that case I'll find another one.

Bret · Jun 13, 2007

m3lisk said:
I think I'll buy D44ve's 8800GTS, then grab:
G.Skill 1gb
Zalman VGA cooler
1.8 Opty

What do you think?

Why buy the Opty when u can buy an E4300 for the exact same price? At least 1.5x the performance out of the box, and overclocking can get u much much higher.

Poisonsnak · Jun 13, 2007

Bret said:
Why buy the Opty when u can buy an E4300 for the exact same price? At least 1.5x the performance out of the box, and overclocking can get u much much higher.

I think he wants to keep his existing motherboard

wazzledoozle · Jun 13, 2007

You might be best off selling your current 1gb kit and getting a new 2gb kit. Mixed ram doesnt usually work too well in dual channel.

DaMulta · Jun 13, 2007

wazzledoozle said:
You might be best off selling your current 1gb kit and getting a new 2gb kit. Mixed ram doesnt usually work too well in dual channel.

So they say....I have done it with no troubles.

m3lisk · Jun 13, 2007

The RAM I plan on buying is the same exact thing. And yes, I can either get a new mobo and cpu and RAM, then be stuck with an x600xt for a while, or get all this shit, and in a month or so sell my mobo and cpu for a new mobo and E6700.

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