about the new 8800GTS 320mb...

hi, i was wondering if the new 8800 GTS >>320MB<< that are supose to come out on feb. will be better than 7950GT, 7950GX2 ??
with this 320mb card will i be able to play DX10 games such as crysis and other new dx10 games at full?

i was thinking on buying the 8800GTS 680mb, but if i buy this 320mb version i would be able to buy an E6600 core 2 duo. help me make my decision please

my current spec. are:

Pentium D 945 3.4ghz
Asus P5B-Deluxe/wifi-AP
evga 7900GT KO
2 maxtor sata 80gb raid-0 , sata2 western digital 250gb
Thermaltake toughpower 750W
OCZ Gold 4x512mb 667 at 4-4-4-8

thanks for the support...

Bingo. If it's a monster (which it darn well better be), it will probably force nVidia to lower the price on the G80 (right now they can charge whatever they want because nothing can really touch it).

Bingo. If it's a monster (which it darn well better be), it will probably force nVidia to lower the price on the G80 (right now they can charge whatever they want because nothing can really touch it).

Im a nvidia Fan . but speaking of that... does any body know how much the price of nvidia G80 (gts & gtx) will drop after r600?? and when??

I don't really think anybody can "know" if/when it will drop. As far as I have seen, nVidia hasn't posted any concrete plans for price drops.

I dont think the R600 will be released at reasonable prices, which means the 8800gts is still a great option.

I own one and feel it has enough oomph to take on Crysis, though since thats really impossible to know, its just speculation.


However, there MAY be price differences between now and when the R600 is released which could result in you paying less for the particular card you want buy.

Also: if you plan on overclocking, I hear the 6400 is a better way to spend your money as you can OC it to 6600 speeds.

Nobody can say that because DX10 gaming is not available.

Who knows! Nobody!

I haven't seen that Doom 3 and Quake 4 are that rough on video memory, I do know that Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter performs noticeably better on 512mb cards vs. 256mb cards. I have seen benches showing Oblivion performing better, but then I have seen benches performing identical when using a 512mb and 256mb version of the exact same card, so I have no conclusion to draw on that.

The only difference is the amount of RAM. All other specs are the same so if the game has larger texture requirements it will be slower than the normal GTS.

I remember that the 256mb version of the 9800pro had no benifet (or maybe 2%) over the cheaper 128 version.

Heres one link http://www.pureoverclock.com/article33.html there are others, this one shows 10% or higher and moreso in higher rez's

I just loaded up Quake4, and if you try and set it on Ultra High it says "WARNING - Running Quake4 in Ultra Quality Utilizes over 500 Megabytes of texture memory, running in this mode is not recommended. Are you sure you want to procede? Yes - NO.

Also it runs like total crap on my BFG 7800GS-OC 256MB card, in Ultra Quality, but perfect on high Quality.

So I guess you would be wrong huh?

Well I initially said "I haven't seen that Doom 3 and Quake 4 are that rough on video memory." Therefore I wasn't making a statement such as "Doom 3 and Quake 4 do not consume a lot of video memory."

Before you give smart ass responses you may want to re-read what you are responding to.

That message doesn't come up for me, I am unsure why it doesn't but it doesn't happen to me or my roommate's rig and he has an x1800xt.

erm put the pipe down, you did make a statement, and in your rebuttle you said the exact same thing you just reworded it. lol man are you serious, how can I not be a smart ass when you are setting yourself up like that...sigh

Sounds to me more like you're a Stupidity Fan.

I bet you used GeForce FX cards.

Let me feed you in- The G80 runs super hot, plays Crysis like crap and its cost could easily feed a family of 4.

The R600, as usual from ATI, will most likely be stable, classy and well pacakged.

Nvidia always rushes its stuff out to feed the ignorant fan boys. I loved Nvidia in the times of GeForce 1, GeForce 2 GTS, GeForce 3 TI200 and GeForce 4 Ti4400, but between then and the 7 series, they were crap.

Between the R500 releases and the G80 releases, equally disappointing.

Try to avoid being a "fan" of a brand, and be a "fan" of performance.

I loved Nvidia GeForce 3 TI200...

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Try to avoid being a "fan" of a brand, and be a "fan" of performance.


heehehhee.

exactly, in my humble opinion since serie 6 nvidia has kick some Ati's ass real hard...

That's pretty much total and complete shit.


Well done.

Sounds to me more like you're a Stupidity Fan.

I bet you used GeForce FX cards.

Let me feed you in- The G80 runs super hot, plays Crysis like crap and its cost could easily feed a family of 4.

The R600, as usual from ATI, will most likely be stable, classy and well pacakged.

Nvidia always rushes its stuff out to feed the ignorant fan boys. I loved Nvidia in the times of GeForce 1, GeForce 2 GTS, GeForce 3 TI200 and GeForce 4 Ti4400, but between then and the 7 series, they were crap.

Between the R500 releases and the G80 releases, equally disappointing.

Try to avoid being a "fan" of a brand, and be a "fan" of performance.

Whats wrong with being a fan? I bet you support some kind of sports team that you have no real affiliation with! Im not saying that you should blindly buy whatever product Nvidia releases but if he prefers Nvidia over ATI then fair enough.

When it comes to sports teams, this shirt pretty much sums it up for me.
No rabid fanboyism here, I'll support whoever has the best value for my dollar. Same with processors, and video cards.

ATI as advanced a lot in stability of their drivers, its not longer the "shitty" drivers they were before....

as for quality
until the 8800 series.. ATI always spanked Nvidia in therms of picture quality o_O
dont forget being unnable to render antialiasing mixed with other stuff (was it HDR? )
now fixed in the 8800 I say.. :>