GPu change? Little advice

[Kolorean]

Afternoon,

I have a 3 month old system, using a 8800 GTS 320 card, on my 19 inch wide screen. I am moving up to a 24 inch wide screen wide a native resolution of 1900x1200. Will my little GTS struggle at those settings? I am buy and using my system for games only. I have picked out an XFX 8800 GTX as the replacement as a replacement, or should I just go for the Ultra? (I have the cash either way).

Anyone offer a little help and advice?

Johnny B

 

[itotallybelieveyou]

It'll be good at most games even at 1920x1200

 

[IcY18]

Keep your GTS 320 for now. It will handle most games out right now, but crysis and others will bring it to its knees at that resolution. The best solution for you is to keep it and wait for the next generation to come out of nvidia cards, something along the lines of a 8900GTX or 9800GTX...

If you bought the 8800GTX it could possible be well behind in a few months time, just like what the 8800GT did to all the current cards right now.

 

[Kolorean]

Thanks guys, will stick it out and wait for the next gen of cards. Here is the LCD I bought:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824112011

 

[Kolorean]

I thought about SLI with the 320 I have now, my MB supports it, but at 16x and 8x. So both cards run at 8x then correct? Is that a huge speed decrease?

 

[ethel]

It depends on the games you play, and your expectations of visual quality. At high levels of IQ on Crysis, your card will struggle, but then again so will any setup. Whereas HL2: Episode 2 will scream at the highest settings.

The best thing to do is to get your monitor and see how it goes. There's no point buying a gfx card until you need to, as otherwise you are wasting money.

If you do want to buy and want to make a cost effective purchase, get the 8800GT as it is close to the 8800GTX in performance and costs a lot less.

 

[Kolorean]

Thanks for the advice.

What sort of time frame does it look like before Nvida brings out the next gen of cards?

 

[IcY18]

Looks like the new G92 8800GTS is coming out in December and possible the next GTX in January.