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New Video Card - Help!!!!!
hi there!please somebody help me choosing on this videocards I DONT KNOW WHAT TO BUY!!!!!! I NEED YOUR OPINIONS, PLEASE!!! (i got the money, doesn`t matter the price....) I ONLY NEED 1 SINGLE CARD!!!! (no sli or crossfire....) THE CARDS ARE XFX 9600 GT 512MB GDDR3 650MHZ pci express 2.0 sli ready XFX 9600 GT 512MB GDDR3 700MHZ XXX EDITION pci express 2.0 sli ready ASUS EN9600GT/HTDI/512MB pci express 2.0 SLI ready MSI NX8800 GT GDDR3 512 MB pci express 2.0 SLI ready MSI ATI RADEON HD3870 GDDR4 512 MB pci express 2.0 CROSSFIRE ready MSI ATI RADEON HD3870 GDDR4 512 MB pci express 2.0 CROSSFIRE ready OC EDITIONIM SOOOOOO CONFUSED!!!! I DONT KNOW WICH IS BETTER, I PREFER NVIDIA BUT THAT GDDR4 MEMORY OF ATI CARDS MAKE ME MAD!!! 8800, 9600 OR HD3870???? ![]() PLEASE, PLEASE, HELP!!!! THANKS!!! and excuse my bad english. ![]()
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are you implying by saying SLI and Crossfire after each that you'll be going with 2 cards?
it would make more sense to invest in one better card edit* And definitely a better cpu |
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3870 should have a crossfire oc edition, that I know of. You couldnt go wrong with that, as their drivers tend to be a bit better and youll spend as much on that as the 9600GT. However, I hear Palits 9600 GT (original and Sonic) are pretty damn awesome cards. Id go HD 3870, but the 9600 GT is a worthy card itself.
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9600GT or 8800GT both are faster than the 3870
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nice and powerful .. at a nice price point ... i dunno why i cant like 9600GT's. Do you overclock?
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9600GT is deffinitely NOT faster than 3870, it comes close, but no.
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It's just faster. Look here: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=25995
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Yes, but two 9600's in SLi scale very, very well! Best Sli setup you can get.
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Well thats good
in the past SLI scaled like 10% performance I guess the 9600GT fixed that?
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Just look at TheGoat Eaters score on my 3d06 compilation! I'm still waiting on some new GTX Sli scores.
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Out of those cards whatever is cheapest. Think of it this way, new video cards are out on the average of every 6 months anyways.
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I'd tell you to choose the 8800GT as well.
The reason is that I have that card and know what it delivers on a resolution of 1680x1050 and am pretty pleased. I don't know if your present processor would be bottlenecking it though. If not I'd be suggesting (even though you don't mention it) the successor of the 8800GT which is the 8800GTS 512MB. There shouldn't be much of a price difference. On low resolutions that card performs on par with the 8800GTX. |
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^ seconded
I mean, I'd probably splash for the 9800GTX if I had the cash..but as I don't, I'd recommend the 8800GTS as well for above reasons
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this might help alittle
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=55290 Its a few tests I ran on a 9600GT and a 3870. The 3870 did come ahead by just alittle, and honestly those two cards are almost identical in terms of performance. I think you should base your desicion by chipset, if you have an Intel/AMD - go ATI, if you have Nvidia go Nvidia. Both cards will do good, actually very good. If I had to choose between the two, I would say 3870, I have 2 of them! Great cards, beautiful image quality, low power consumption. Good card |
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