Hello folks!
That's my first post here, never read the forums too much, but i'm a Tomshardware reader for quite a long time...
I come before you, oh masters of the hardware knowledge, to seek for guidance (Jesus, i'm playing too much RPGs)...
I need a new graphic card... I REALLY need a new graphic card.. I've always kept my computer upgraded, but i've been lazy in the past few years, so i'm still stuck with a Radeon 9800 pro, while wanting desperately to play new games with all their shiny colors and blinking lights that makes us all epileptics... So you can feel my suffering.. (LOL)
Anyway... I'm torn between a Sapphire HD 2900XT and a Foxconn 8800GTS 640MB...
I know that this question has been asked a hundred times, but there are some specifics in my case, not to mention that benchmarks are quickly being obsolete by the fact that ATI is constantly shelling out new drivers...
My specific situation is:
- I will NOT SLI/Crossfire the graphic card... I'm going for a single setup...
- Here where I live, both cards costs EXACTLY the same, so money is not an issue...
- My 19" LCD monitor has a native resolution of 1280x1024 so that's the res. i'll be playing. Getting a new monitor is not an option.
- Re-sell value is not an issue, since I know several knobs that would buy dogpoo if it has a Nvidia/ATI badge on it. Even if is a very smelly one...
- Noise is not a problem.
- I can only get one of these two models and makers... It's impossible to find other models since it's a very restrict market in here...
If you were in my situation and you could only choose one of them, and the only thing you have to worry about is performance, wich one would you pick????
Thank you very much, in advance, for your time and patience
That's my first post here, never read the forums too much, but i'm a Tomshardware reader for quite a long time...
I come before you, oh masters of the hardware knowledge, to seek for guidance (Jesus, i'm playing too much RPGs)...
I need a new graphic card... I REALLY need a new graphic card.. I've always kept my computer upgraded, but i've been lazy in the past few years, so i'm still stuck with a Radeon 9800 pro, while wanting desperately to play new games with all their shiny colors and blinking lights that makes us all epileptics... So you can feel my suffering.. (LOL)
Anyway... I'm torn between a Sapphire HD 2900XT and a Foxconn 8800GTS 640MB...
I know that this question has been asked a hundred times, but there are some specifics in my case, not to mention that benchmarks are quickly being obsolete by the fact that ATI is constantly shelling out new drivers...
My specific situation is:
- I will NOT SLI/Crossfire the graphic card... I'm going for a single setup...
- Here where I live, both cards costs EXACTLY the same, so money is not an issue...
- My 19" LCD monitor has a native resolution of 1280x1024 so that's the res. i'll be playing. Getting a new monitor is not an option.
- Re-sell value is not an issue, since I know several knobs that would buy dogpoo if it has a Nvidia/ATI badge on it. Even if is a very smelly one...
- Noise is not a problem.
- I can only get one of these two models and makers... It's impossible to find other models since it's a very restrict market in here...
If you were in my situation and you could only choose one of them, and the only thing you have to worry about is performance, wich one would you pick????
Thank you very much, in advance, for your time and patience