New Video Card - Help!!!!!

SUPERREDDEVIL · Apr 8, 2008

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

:cool:

XFX 9600 GT 512MB GDDR3 650MHZ pci express 2.0 sli ready
:cool:

XFX 9600 GT 512MB GDDR3 700MHZ XXX EDITION pci express 2.0 sli ready
:cool:

ASUS EN9600GT/HTDI/512MB pci express 2.0 SLI ready
:cool:

MSI NX8800 GT GDDR3 512 MB pci express 2.0 SLI ready
:cool:

MSI ATI RADEON HD3870 GDDR4 512 MB pci express 2.0 CROSSFIRE ready
:cool:

MSI ATI RADEON HD3870 GDDR4 512 MB pci express 2.0 CROSSFIRE ready OC EDITION

IM 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????
:confused:

PLEASE, PLEASE, HELP!!!!

THANKS!!! and excuse my bad english.

nflesher87 · Apr 8, 2008

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

WarEagleAU · Apr 8, 2008

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.

candle_86 · Apr 8, 2008

9600GT or 8800GT both are faster than the 3870

[I.R.A]_FBi · Apr 8, 2008

8800gt

SUPERREDDEVIL · Apr 8, 2008

[I.R.A]_FBi said:
8800gt

give me your reason, please.....

SUPERREDDEVIL · Apr 8, 2008

candle_86 said:
9600GT or 8800GT both are faster than the 3870

faster clock? memory? Shader?......

[I.R.A]_FBi · Apr 8, 2008

SUPERREDDEVIL said:
give me your reason, please.....

nice and powerful .. at a nice price point ... i dunno why i cant like 9600GT's.

Do you overclock?

SUPERREDDEVIL · Apr 8, 2008

[I.R.A]_FBi said:
nice and powerful .. at a nice price point ... i dunno why i cant like 9600GT's.

Do you overclock?

yeah, some times, but maybe i dont want to overclock this new card, to prove the power of stock clocks and memory.

erocker · Apr 8, 2008

candle_86 said:
9600GT or 8800GT both are faster than the 3870

9600GT is deffinitely NOT faster than 3870, it comes close, but no.

SUPERREDDEVIL · Apr 8, 2008

erocker said:
9600GT is deffinitely NOT faster than 3870, it comes close, but no.

tell me your reasons.....

thanks!

ShadowFold · Apr 8, 2008

candle_86 said:
9600GT or 8800GT both are faster than the 3870

Uhhh the 9600GT is slower than the HD 3870. I would get the 3870 cause they are monster overclockers and Crossfire scales a hella lot better than SLi if you get a CF board down the road.

erocker · Apr 8, 2008

It's just faster. Look here: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=25995

erocker · Apr 8, 2008

ShadowFold said:
Uhhh the 9600GT is slower than the HD 3870. I would get the 3870 cause they are monster overclockers and Crossfire scales a hella lot better than SLi if you get a CF board down the road.

Yes, but two 9600's in SLi scale very, very well! Best Sli setup you can get.

ShadowFold · Apr 8, 2008

Well thats good

in the past SLI scaled like 10% performance I guess the 9600GT fixed that?

erocker · Apr 8, 2008

ShadowFold said:
Well thats good in the past SLI scaled like 10% performance I guess the 9600GT fixed that?

Just look at TheGoat Eaters score on my 3d06 compilation! I'm still waiting on some new GTX Sli scores.

JrRacinFan · Apr 8, 2008

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.

Black Panther · Apr 8, 2008

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.

Exavier · Apr 8, 2008

^ 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

Azazel · Apr 8, 2008

hd 3870 oc edition

ftw...

SUPERREDDEVIL · Apr 8, 2008

azazel said:
hd 3870 oc edition ftw...

your reasons please.......

asb2106 · Apr 8, 2008

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

PaulieG · Apr 8, 2008

candle_86 said:
9600GT or 8800GT both are faster than the 3870

The 8800GT is certainly faster than the 3870. Not true with the 9600GT. Trust me on this, and check 3dmark06 scores on the 9600GT vs. 3870.

asb2106 · Apr 8, 2008

Paulieg said:
The 8800GT is certainly faster than the 3870. Not true with the 9600GT. Trust me on this, and check 3dmark06 scores on the 9600GT vs. 3870.

& the 3870 can hold its own against a 8800, alittle OC and your right in there.

Titus · Apr 8, 2008

8800GT Powaaa :rockout:

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