I can't make up my mind, 8800 GTX or GT?

[systemlord]

Hello everyone. For the last five months I have been sold on the 8800 GTX saving up the money and now the scales have flipped upside down in reguards to the 8800GT. The only reason I think to keep with the plan is the extra Vram 768MB instead of 512MB. I know that with DX10 games they will eat up lots of Vram if not now in the not so distant future, call it future proofing if you will.

I game at 1280x1020 (4 dead pixels) but in the next six months that will change to 20-22" LCD. I'm thinking ahead hear so I won't be sorry later. Then theres the 8800GT with almost the same performance as the 8800 GTX and at 1280x1024 it won't matter until a few months from now. I want to buy a new graphics card and not have to look back at something better down the road, because I want the top-end product. Right now it seems hopeless to keep a top-end product for more than a few months.

I don't know if I'm sorry the 8800GT came out or not, if I get the 8800GT now and then Nvidia comes out with the refresh of the 8800 GTS then I'll pull all my hair out and look like Columbo. What do you guys think would be best move after seeing all the 8800GT reviews? Cause I have lost my compass on this one.

 

[gamebro]

Why anyone would waste their hard earned money on a GTX now that the GT is nearly just as powerful for half the price is beyond me =D
For the price of 1 GTX, you could get 2 GT's and sli them, yet even just 1 GT is almost as powerful as a GTX.


I feel sorry for everyone who recently purchases a GTX lol! =0

 

[Flingpoo]

Ditto.

I just ordered a GT for my 22" Samsung. Just check out the reviews. Looks like it should do just fine at 1680X1050. I think the GTX really only pulled out in the case of very large resolutions. I would go with 2 GT's in SLI before I got a GTX as well.

 

[itotallybelieveyou]

Why anyone would waste their hard earned money on a GTX now that the GT is nearly just as powerful for half the price is beyond me =D
For the price of 1 GTX, you could get 2 GT's and sli them, yet even just 1 GT is almost as powerful as a GTX.


I feel sorry for everyone who recently purchases a GTX lol! =0

lol... I have a GTX and loves how it still performs BETTER then any card out there cept for Ultra. I'm gonna put them in SLI in a few months. SLI GTs is better then 1 8800GTX yes. notice the word SLI. and it's not half the price either a decent brand 8800GTX is $520 the cheapest in stock GT is $270 a decent brand is $290.

 

[systemlord]

I think alot of Guru's (including me) were counting on a high end graphics card aka 8900/9800 GTX. If I was building a new PC I would get a EVGA SLI mobo, but thats not the case. The only reason I won't buy a SLI mobo is my awesome OC. It so easy to recommend hardware to others, but when its your turn to make that move yourself its not the same or is it?

Please more suggestions.

 

[pauldh]

I can understand after a year wanting a new killer high end card to replace the 8800GTX; we all do. But the 8800GT would be a great upgrade for you. I agree don't go with the GTX now. I'll upgrade my 8800GTS 320MB to a GT if/when I can get one for near $200. Otherwise, I'll be waiting for the next real high end next spring.

 

[smokedyou911]

8800 gt... half the price of gtx and very close performance wise. An evaga one can be bought for like $240ish with a copy of quake wars.

 

[bliq]

well, I bought a GTX a couple weeks ago. But I bought it from a Dell employee for $400 so I'm not going to second guess myself.

I'm of the mind that generally, it's better to buy a single great card than to try and SLI/Xfire 2 lower cards, but the 8800GT is pretty tempting. You'll need an SLI mobo, generally more power, more cabling and better cooling to run SLI. If you already have all that, and given the fantastic pricing of the 880GTs, I'd say go ahead. It's a good deal and you won't go wrong.

 

[fjabad]

Buy an 8800GT from EVGA. Their step up program allows you to upgrade to a different model just by paying the difference.
http://evga.com/stepup/default.asp?switch=3

Buy an 8800GT, if within three months time, you feel it's not enough, step up to a GTX. Three months time could possibly bring lower GTX prices along with other 65nm gpu's.

 

[dmacfour]

Hello everyone. For the last five months I have been sold on the 8800 GTX saving up the money and now the scales have flipped upside down in reguards to the 8800GT. The only reason I think to keep with the plan is the extra Vram 768MB instead of 512MB. I know that with DX10 games they will eat up lots of Vram if not now in the not so distant future, call it future proofing if you will.

I game at 1280x1020 (4 dead pixels) but in the next six months that will change to 20-22" LCD. I'm thinking ahead hear so I won't be sorry later. Then theres the 8800GT with almost the same performance as the 8800 GTX and at 1280x1024 it won't matter until a few months from now. I want to buy a new graphics card and not have to look back at something better down the road, because I want the top-end product. Right now it seems hopeless to keep a top-end product for more than a few months.

I don't know if I'm sorry the 8800GT came out or not, if I get the 8800GT now and then Nvidia comes out with the refresh of the 8800 GTS then I'll pull all my hair out and look like Columbo. What do you guys think would be best move after seeing all the 8800GT reviews? Cause I have lost my compass on this one.

If you are planning only to buy one card it would be foolish to buy the GTX. The GT has such a good value... would you buy a top model stereo from a company that offered one nearly as good for half the price? the difference in FPS is too small to really matter unless you are playing at a super high resolution.

 

[Heyyou27]

Why anyone would waste their hard earned money on a GTX now that the GT is nearly just as powerful for half the price is beyond me =D
For the price of 1 GTX, you could get 2 GT's and sli them, yet even just 1 GT is almost as powerful as a GTX.


I feel sorry for everyone who recently purchases a GTX lol! =0

It doesn't look almost as fast at 1920x1200 with 4xAA; heck, two of them wouldn't be as fast as an 8800GTX. Granted, the 8800GTX wouldn't be exactly playable but it's almost 3x as fast in this situation.

 

[emp]

I say wait a few weeks until the dust settles, the 8800GT is bound to shake a bit the prices on the 8800GTS and GTX, if the GTX is re-priced properly then it might not be such a bad buy. If you need it now, the SLI GT or single GT, whichever you prefer.

 

[elite2005]

who the fu** would wanna play at 1920x1440 anyway, its just ridiculous. This isnt a game meant to be played like a theatre so fast yet. Give it a few more years. 1600x1200 is already very high and playable by both cards. Myself i play at 1280x1024 or my native which is 1440x900 so its gonna be a very nice experience.

 

[soul83]

The FPS difference seems negligible at the lower resolutions for both the 8800GT and 8800GTX. I'm probably going to end up purchasing an 8800GT.

I like the look of the new eVGA e-GeForce 8800GT SSC 512MB: http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=512-P3-N806-A1

Looks as though they have released [EDIT: Soon to be released] 4 flavours of the 8800GT:
http://www.evga.com/articles/378.asp

As long as whatever card I get can handle dx10 games at a half-way decent frame rate for resolutions around 1024x768 and a bit above, then I'd be happy to settle for an 8800GT. I'm trying to build a system that will have a fair amount of upgradability. O/C a C2D 6750 to 3ghz, 2gb 800mhz ddr2 and eVGA 680i SLI A1. When the prices of quad cores come down a bit more then I will be able to upgrade and have a go at O/Cing them (live in Australia so hardware is often more expensive than the US).

 

[systemlord]

who the fu** would wanna play at 1920x1440 anyway, its just ridiculous. This isnt a game meant to be played like a theatre so fast yet. Give it a few more years. 1600x1200 is already very high and playable by both cards. Myself i play at 1280x1024 or my native which is 1440x900 so its gonna be a very nice experience.

I agree on this, Crysis seems only playable at full graphics setting (all high setting) at 1280x1024 with the 8800GT/GTX. I am starting to lean to the 8800GT, its better to blow $300 on a card if you plan to upgrade whenever the 8900/9800 GTX does come out instead of $600 which is what I plan to do.

 

[neisonator]

i was thinking of doing 8800gt sli but im probably be playing at 1600x1200 anyway i only have a mid tower case and cooling is already an issue with my 8500gt so sli 8800 gt would be even worse

 

[systemlord]

Well I have decided to go with the 8800GT 512MB EVGA core 700Mhz/shader 1750Mhz/memory 2000Mhz. Now I can get both the SilverStone TJ09 and the 8800GT for the same price as one 8800 GTX. I am happy that the 8800GT came out when it did, just days before I was supposed to buy the 8800 GTX. What timing hay!

 

[gamebro]

You should be quite happy with that card. Others here state that in the highest resolution that the GTX wins.... Sure it wins.... If you call 18FPS winning lol... It is just about as good as a GTX in every other setting, not to mention it has good overclocking potential. The one you are buying is overclocked to a point that it might outperform any GTX running at stock speeds =D

8800GT is the only reasonable choice right now (and will be until the 3800HD's from ATI).

GAME ON!

 

[systemlord]

You should be quite happy with that card. Others here state that in the highest resolution that the GTX wins.... Sure it wins.... If you call 18FPS winning lol... It is just about as good as a GTX in every other setting, not to mention it has good overclocking potential. The one you are buying is overclocked to a point that it might outperform any GTX running at stock speeds =D

8800GT is the only reasonable choice right now (and will be until the 3800HD's from ATI).

GAME ON!

At 1280x1024 or 1680x1050 the GTX is not the best bang for your buck, its the worst bang for my buck. I won't be playing at 1920x1200 anytime soon.

 

[Maziar]

for your resolution , a 8800GT will perform very close to a 8800GTX, so go for it :d AND ENJOY

 

[ramo]

Isn't it better to wait untill you change your LCD?

The 7800GTX is still good enough to play at 1280x1020, or am I wrong?

By the time you change your LCD there will be even better cards (maybe the new to off the line nivdia?)

If you want to play now, go for the 8800GT

 

[systemlord]

The 7800GTX is still good enough to play at 1280x1020, or am I wrong?

My 7800 GTX is three generations old and it is starting to show signs that.... Oblivion came out a 1.5 years ago and my 7800 GTX was under powered for even that game. It served me for two hole years and thats a long time for a graphics card. Checkout Tom's VGA charts and see how weak it really is.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Dont forget the promise of nVidia of being able to oc the shaders with the to come gforce drivers/control panel

 

[dostanio]

WHAA, i just have ordered mine 8800GTX i play at 1680x1050!!, here in the UK price differs, the OC 8800GTX costed me £230($450)(including postage) whilst the 8800GT the cheapest one i have seen is around £170($330), the different is only 60 pounds so i thaught i might as well get the GTX, Please tell me if am wrong so i can still cancel the order!!!!

 

[paesan]

who the fu** would wanna play at 1920x1440 anyway, its just ridiculous. This isnt a game meant to be played like a theatre so fast yet. Give it a few more years. 1600x1200 is already very high and playable by both cards. Myself i play at 1280x1024 or my native which is 1440x900 so its gonna be a very nice experience.

I totally disagree with you on this. I play all my games at 1080p (1920 x 1080) on a 61" samsung dlp and this will blow away playing on a 20" monitor. I have friends come over and they say that it looks amazing. I show them the difference when I switch back to the 20" widescreen monitor and it is no comparison. I have to ask you, have you ever gamed with a large screen at these high resolutions? For me I need a card with alot of ram. Question is sli with two 8800gt or wait a few weeks for some new releases.