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Aug 23, 2009, 01:07 PM
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my card is about 100 years old and......
its nearly dead.
its a first generation nvidia 8800GTS 640mb. its currently water cooled. day to day stuff its fine, but it crashes while playing steam games mostly. so, my question is - What card do I get next, ATI or Nvidia, what model?? I haven't a lot of cash spare and I need it to be comparable. I'm only using a 19" screen. thanks if you can help. |
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Aug 23, 2009, 01:14 PM
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give it about a month or so and both companies will have their latest models out. Your card may be old but it's still not to bad.
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Aug 23, 2009, 01:16 PM
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100 years old... nah. That card is STILL good, rather it would be if it wasn't borked. Try and find a cheap replacement to hold you over until ATi releases the DX11 5000 series cards later on this year (in Sept. I believe). Look around on Ebay or ask around in the B/S/T forum here, I'm sure someone's got something decent laying around for you.
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Aug 23, 2009, 01:49 PM
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Yeah wait for the 5xxx series from ati coming next month.
I thought you were going to say you had an ati rage or something  Also, sice the 8800 is BFG it should have a 10 year warranty so you can RMA it. |
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Aug 23, 2009, 02:12 PM
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Have to agree - an "old" 8800GTS is still probably one of the better cards around, even today.
Sure its not going to win any top end awards , but its still equal, or better than most cards on offer below the top $ bracket. If you Google around a little you will also find a LOT of other ppl complaining that mainly STEAM games are crashing, and nothing else. It may not be your card at all.... |
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Aug 23, 2009, 02:24 PM
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Man I cant believe I payed £180 for one of the 320mb ones a couple of years ago about a month before the G92 512mb version came out
 That still has been my most expensive graphics card to date 
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 and now i have a top card for only 160 euros
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Aug 23, 2009, 04:15 PM
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haha i got a hd 2600xt for over a hundred an that was only last year! before i new anything about comps, i learnt a valuble lesson. do not believe the sales assistant.
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Aug 23, 2009, 05:07 PM
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what water block do u have?
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Aug 23, 2009, 05:38 PM
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as other said, wait till september. in the meantime get something cheap like a 9500 gt or a 4650
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Aug 24, 2009, 10:59 AM
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I paid 500e for this evga 8800 ultra :x |
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Aug 24, 2009, 08:09 PM
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Steam games are like that alot of the time.
Also, try and wait. For me personally i am trying to get a GTX 260 even if the new cards come out, should perform great in upcoming games.
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