Nvidia is verrrry verrrrry sneaky(deeds)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814133188

gts 640 dropped 100 dollars to 350... G_G XT.

thats because there is nothing to compete with it.

thats gay , i bought a 320mb version liek 1 week ago

What I find funny is that newegg has the 640mb superclocked evga card cheaper than the stock evga card

Still $100 (well $80) more than the 320, that's still a chunk of change that may or may not be worth it depending on settings.

If the 640 is worth that much more than the 320, then definitely the GTX is worth the $100 more than the GTS.

Yeah the only thing is the while the jump from ~$360+ to ~$470+ is a huge psychological leap. I think that return is better fps+future / $ than the jump from the GTS-320 to GTS-640. Especially considering overclocking both of them closes the gap of an OC'd 320 vs OC'ed 640.

I know the GTS-320 has visible weaknesses, but really I don't see the GTS-640 as a better long-term strategy than saving that price difference and re-investing it when the overclocked GTS-320 can't handle games, cause that's likely when the GTS-640 will struggle too.

Wrong. At 1680X1050res along with some AA and AF the 320mb 8800GTS really starts to take a dive compared to that of a 640mb 8800GTS. And its only going to get worse in some of these future titles with complex textures eating into GPU ram.

Oh gods not this idiot again. Perhaps an IP ban is in order.

You're missing what I'm saying. I agree it does dive, but the same dive is felt for the GTS-640 compared to the GTX, and even more so as we push beyond where the GTS-640 comes back towards the GTS-320, but the GTX stays way out in front.

So like I said, fps/$ throughout the available performance range the two ends of the spectrum hold up better IMO.
You can disagree if you want, I'm not about to bother arguing beyond explaining my position.

The only future games that would have that issue are OpenGL games like Quake Wars that use MegaTextures, instead of using memory saving write-outs and render from buffers. And that method can already occur on all cards with Oblivion running insane 4kx4k textures (or the option of 8x8 if someone like Quarg made them).

I disagree about the future of the GTS, and think that of all the weak points the memory isn't going to be as much of a problem as the weakness of the core. Which is why I say the 320->640 won't matter as much as the GTS=>GTX period.

At this point in time that's what I believe based on my knowledge, but I doubt anyone would disagree with even the numbers now with regards to the %performance diff / $ price difference. The only way the GTS-640 comes close to either is bringing it close to the GTX by doing % price difference, but that again brings it further away from a GTS-320.

Anywhoo, now that I've explained it, I'm goin' to bed, might be skiin' tomorrow, and waking up in 6 hours either way just to check. 8)

true, but the 640mb can at least do higher resolutions, do you remember the benchmark that showed even the 7900gt beating the 320mb gts out in I believe oblivion at 16*12. The 640mb gts demolished the gtx's score, but the 320mb gts had something like 20fps, so there would be some reasons to go with the 640mb if you're an nvidia fan, but now with the r600 coming out with 512bit memory at the same price, it's kinda hard to justify the 640mb gts

Hello Kettle, thy name is pot.

Hardly . Im not the one that continues to argue even after bone hard VISUAL EVIDENCE IS THROWN INTO MY FACE as you morons continue to do.

Just like what is going on right here-


http://forumz.tomshardware.com/ftopic-230573-200.html
Right. Bottleneck. Whatever.

I have a question Rob, if I may refer to you by your real name, if you think Toms forums is so full of noobs and morons, and people that love bottlenecking their systems and all that bullshit you continue to go on about, why, when you continue to get banned, do you come back?

Who thinks Rob the 6th will make it through to Monday with the same user name?

Well because its pretty obvious that when being out numbered by Thousands Of Idiots that me being the only person here with a damn clue will be the one to get all the ridicule.
So you admit who you are. Hnn. We're getting somewhere.

You still didn't answer my question.

Well because its pretty obvious that when being out numbered by Thousands Of Idiots that me being the only person here with a damn clue will be the one to get all the ridicule.

If you don't like it here, then go somewhere else. It's obvious to all of THG that your only useful purpose here is for comic relief, so if you want to be more than that go where people like you are accepted. I think Goetse is taking applications.

Those tests were done at extreme resolutions... I don't think anyone with a panel res of 2560x1600 would even be considering a GTS-320. Why would they pay so much for a panel but so little for a video card?

this seems entertaining. ill join in to.


rob you suck

With what... pictures of your lame a$$ vacation???

Keep telling yourself that douchebag





aa yes.. guess what time is it?
YES.. ITS TIME FOR IT..

TIME FOR WONDERFUL AFGHAN LOVE!!

I would just laugh at this imbecile. Even with his almighty rig he has little enough to do that he has to come here and insult people better than himself.

Certainly suggests something about his private life .

WTF dude do you go around from post to post pi$$ing people off or what???


http://forumz.tomshardware.com/har [...] sc-50.html

LOL

IP banning is no longer an effective way of banning forum trolls. If any of the administrators here would like some assistance in permanently banning this user, please send me a PM and i will gladly assist.

And for the rest of you folks, i think it would be a better idea to just ignore instead of trying to incite.

Those tests were done at extreme resolutions... I don't think anyone with a panel res of 2560x1600 would even be considering a GTS-320. Why would they pay so much for a panel but so little for a video card?

OPEN YOUR EYES YOU BLIND IDIOT THEY WERE DONE AT MANY MANY DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 1280X1024 I reread the Article you linked... and there were no comparisons done at 1280x1024... maybe your referring to a different article?

During my short time here i´ve really learned to appreciate the ignore button. It works wonders, really.

Rob,

Since the issue at hand seems to have changed, why don't you post concerning the issue of the day, namely:

Why are you still hereMore importantly, why do you keep coming back?You apparently hate all of us, and none of us will ever take you seriously on anything again, since you tend to make up your mind before you speak, and ignore any evidence that countermands the point you are trying to make. Plus, you do it in an insulting way. Since its no longer possible for you to contribute without a drastic attitude change, I think we can all agree that leaving would probably be best for everyone.

So what do you get out of this? You don't help anyone, and only the newest members even remotely listen to you. Hopefully, you at least get some amusement out of this.

And I am not trying to be insulting here, I am saying this in all seriousness.