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Looking to replace my Nvidia 8800 Ultra
I got a PC and the 8800 thats going bad. What are the GTX GTS naming conventions going on with these cards? I'm not looking to spend $400.00. My motherboard is an Asus premium vista edition.
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300$-400$ Nvidia category on newegg has some nice stuff.
if its still under warranty, i suggest breaking it and sending it in ... they'll give you a more up to date card
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Thanks for the tips. Basically I had 2 of them when I got the machine a few years ago. One of them started glitching so I took it out. Are there any cards out there that don't sound like jet engines when you launch a game?
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TBH I really like the Sapphire Vapor-x brand cards, I have a 4870 right now, and it has a 12% GPU OC and a 18 memory OC. It doesn't sound like a jet engine, it consumes pretty much though.
I have a GTX 260 now, and its working great for me. Had it since 2008. Get something around there, GTX 260-295 or something. Tried ATI, was good, but like Nvidia better.
Low Budget - GeForce GTS250
Mid-Low Budget - GeForce GTX260
High Budget - GeForce GTX275 - GTX295
or newer.... and if you have some time to spare wait for nVidia's new series to come out with the GF100 GPUs ;-) but i would personally not go for ATI since my friend has one and it really did not impress me
Grats for upping an old thread.
And what comes to the subject, nvidia hasn't got anything good to offer atm, considering facts 5850 is the most balanced card atm.
Newegg.com has the XFX Radeon HD 5770 on sale today for $160. It is comparable to the NVIDIA GTX 260.
"Those who dislike things based only on the fact that they are popular are just as shallow and superficial as those who only like them for the same reason."
I bought a cheap ATI Radeon HD 4850 and threw my Nvidia 8800 out the window and haven't been happier. Goodbye overheating issues.
No bitchers.
Nvidia just use GT/GTS/GTX just to show differences in speed for similar types of card. They go GT->GTS->GTX. ATI do a similar thing with XX30->XX50->XX70
Best bang for your buck review here, as you can see ATI are dominant right now. www.tomshardware.co.uk/best-graphics-card,review-31829.html
If you are going Nvidia though for $350ish your best bet is a GTX285, for $200ish you can get a GTX260
Newegg.com has the XFX Radeon HD 5770 on sale today for $160. It is comparable to the NVIDIA GTX 260.
lol!comparing a dx11 card vs a dx10 card is like comparing a a mini vs a bmw!
I was talking speedwise against existing games. Naturally, the 5770 is more futureproof.
"Those who dislike things based only on the fact that they are popular are just as shallow and superficial as those who only like them for the same reason."
nvidia will announce new cards 26th of march and will be on market at april , not a good time to buy gtx285 or gtx260 .I would wait and look to price and performance of new cards before buying one now.
nvidia will announce new cards 26th of march and will be on market at april , not a good time to buy gtx285 or gtx260 .I would wait and look to price and performance of new cards before buying one now.
GeForce GTX 480 : 512 SP, 384-bit, 295W TDP, US$499 5-10% faster than 5870
GeForce GTX 470 : 448 SP, 320-bit, 225W TDP, US$349 5-10% faster than 5850
Will not change much, ati is still much better choice.
nvidia will announce new cards 26th of march and will be on market at april , not a good time to buy gtx285 or gtx260 .I would wait and look to price and performance of new cards before buying one now.
GeForce GTX 480 : 512 SP, 384-bit, 295W TDP, US$499 5-10% faster than 5870
GeForce GTX 470 : 448 SP, 320-bit, 225W TDP, US$349 5-10% faster than 5850
Will not change much, ati is still much better choice.
Curious, where did you get those prices? There's no way Nvidia could be profitable with those prices on the GF100 parts. They are going to need their other products subsidize GTX sales at those price points.
Also, independent benchmarks are not out yet; as far as I'm aware, those speeds are leaked out of the rumormill.
Lastly, considering the supply problems they are having and the limited production runs, March 26th will mostly be a paper launch, and wide availability of these cards will not likely be seen for many months.
nvidia will announce new cards 26th of march and will be on market at april , not a good time to buy gtx285 or gtx260 .I would wait and look to price and performance of new cards before buying one now.
GeForce GTX 480 : 512 SP, 384-bit, 295W TDP, US$499 5-10% faster than 5870
GeForce GTX 470 : 448 SP, 320-bit, 225W TDP, US$349 5-10% faster than 5850
Will not change much, ati is still much better choice.
Curious, where did you get those prices? There's no way Nvidia could be profitable with those prices on the GF100 parts. They are going to need their other products subsidize GTX sales at those price points.
Also, independent benchmarks are not out yet; as far as I'm aware, those speeds are leaked out of the rumormill.
Lastly, considering the supply problems they are having and the limited production runs, March 26th will mostly be a paper launch, and wide availability of these cards will not likely be seen for many months.
there is a big problem here!the thing is dx11 card did the same thing processor did ,they went parallel
and this my friend is a lot harder to test since there is no benchmark yet for parallel gpu power
so we re stuck with single tread test when the card power and design werent really made with that in mind
hell i dont even know if there will be a game in the next 2 year that will utilise all that parallel power!
so good luck having the real picture here
if any know of a test that use the parallel processing power of the gpu please tell use that test
even unigen isnt using the parallel power of the gpu just single tread like all previous card
that why i laugh when tester test a 260 vs a 5xxx serie,one is a single tread card and the ati is a multiple tread card!
so until they dev an indepedent benchmark to test that feature one card is about as good as the next !
nvidia will announce new cards 26th of march and will be on market at april , not a good time to buy gtx285 or gtx260 .I would wait and look to price and performance of new cards before buying one now.
GeForce GTX 480 : 512 SP, 384-bit, 295W TDP, US$499 5-10% faster than 5870
GeForce GTX 470 : 448 SP, 320-bit, 225W TDP, US$349 5-10% faster than 5850
Will not change much, ati is still much better choice.
Curious, where did you get those prices? There's no way Nvidia could be profitable with those prices on the GF100 parts. They are going to need their other products subsidize GTX sales at those price points.
Also, independent benchmarks are not out yet; as far as I'm aware, those speeds are leaked out of the rumormill.
Lastly, considering the supply problems they are having and the limited production runs, March 26th will mostly be a paper launch, and wide availability of these cards will not likely be seen for many months.
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2010/3/15/geforce-gtx-480-has-480-cores2c-aibs-confirm.aspx
http://vr-zone.com/articles/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-final-specs--pricing-revealed/8635.html
It's a fact that nv can't compete against 5000 series with fermi, considering the huge chip and current yields.
there is a big problem here!the thing is dx11 card did the same thing processor did ,they went parallel
and this my friend is a lot harder to test since there is no benchmark yet for parallel gpu power
so we re stuck with single tread test when the card power and design werent really made with that in mind
hell i dont even know if there will be a game in the next 2 year that will utilise all that parallel power!
so good luck having the real picture here
if any know of a test that use the parallel processing power of the gpu please tell use that test
even unigen isnt using the parallel power of the gpu just single tread like all previous card
that why i laugh when tester test a 260 vs a 5xxx serie,one is a single tread card and the ati is a multiple tread card!
so until they dev an indepedent benchmark to test that feature one card is about as good as the next !
Jesus Christ, how about you inspect gpu architecture and history of them before commenting.
and this my friend is a lot harder to test since there is no benchmark yet for parallel gpu power
so we re stuck with single tread test when the card power and design werent really made with that in mind
hell i dont even know if there will be a game in the next 2 year that will utilise all that parallel power!
so good luck having the real picture here
if any know of a test that use the parallel processing power of the gpu please tell use that test
even unigen isnt using the parallel power of the gpu just single tread like all previous card
that why i laugh when tester test a 260 vs a 5xxx serie,one is a single tread card and the ati is a multiple tread card!
so until they dev an indepedent benchmark to test that feature one card is about as good as the next !
Jesus Christ, how about you inspect gpu architecture and history of them before commenting.
Heh it's too hard for me to read his posts, no structure to his sentences makes it too much work.
Anyway, I'm still taking GTX 480/470 prices/performance with a grain of salt, the specs I'm sure are true, shader count has been gone over for months, performance I'm accepting 5-10% since multiple sources have been pointing in that direction already, but price is totally up in the air to me.
there is a big problem here!the thing is dx11 card did the same thing processor did ,they went parallel
and this my friend is a lot harder to test since there is no benchmark yet for parallel gpu power
so we re stuck with single tread test when the card power and design werent really made with that in mind
hell i dont even know if there will be a game in the next 2 year that will utilise all that parallel power!
so good luck having the real picture here
if any know of a test that use the parallel processing power of the gpu please tell use that test
even unigen isnt using the parallel power of the gpu just single tread like all previous card
that why i laugh when tester test a 260 vs a 5xxx serie,one is a single tread card and the ati is a multiple tread card!
so until they dev an indepedent benchmark to test that feature one card is about as good as the next !
Jesus Christ, how about you inspect gpu architecture and history of them before commenting.
http://blogs.amd.com/play/2009/09/09/directx-11-–-what-to-expect/
have fun dFAN!
there is a big problem here!the thing is dx11 card did the same thing processor did ,they went parallel
and this my friend is a lot harder to test since there is no benchmark yet for parallel gpu power
so we re stuck with single tread test when the card power and design werent really made with that in mind
hell i dont even know if there will be a game in the next 2 year that will utilise all that parallel power!
so good luck having the real picture here
if any know of a test that use the parallel processing power of the gpu please tell use that test
even unigen isnt using the parallel power of the gpu just single tread like all previous card
that why i laugh when tester test a 260 vs a 5xxx serie,one is a single tread card and the ati is a multiple tread card!
so until they dev an indepedent benchmark to test that feature one card is about as good as the next !
Jesus Christ, how about you inspect gpu architecture and history of them before commenting.
http://blogs.amd.com/play/2009/09/09/directx-11-–-what-to-expect/
have fun dFAN!
Read it again and think about the example you threw out, for sake of everyone else reading this section.
not sure about you, but my 8800GTX came with a lifetime warranty.......