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256MB 8800GT or 512MB HD3850 for gaming?

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carman594   12-08-2007 at 03:50:03 PM

I am building a PC around christmas time for about $500. It will have 2gb ddr2 and amd 5200+. Because of my budget, these are the only two cards I am considering. I would be playing crysis and COD4 and bioshock and alot of new games. I wouldn't do any overclocking and I'd be playing at 1440x900


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jitpublisher   12-08-2007 at 04:32:35 PM
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Start here, read this.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/1 [...] hics_card/
The 3850 is a better VALUE. If your budget is tight, I suggest this card.
The 8800gt is slightly FASTER.
Many will say ATI has better picture quality, I would tend to agree with them that ATI cards do generally have a better picture quality than nVidia cards.
Against these 2 choices, it's mostly personal preference.

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nightscope   12-08-2007 at 04:43:22 PM
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Plus the 3850 is based on a smaller die processor which allows it run cooler and can be overclocked very well.

 

You can't go wrong with either.


Message edited by nightscope on 12-08-2007 at 04:51:48 PM
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tipoo   12-08-2007 at 05:01:54 PM
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both are realy good choices, i would lean towards the radeon for higher resoloutions

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardwar [...] page20.asp

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