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Wonder if 8800 GTS 512 is a good upgrade from EVGA 8800 GTS Superclock

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bobmitch   12-24-2007 at 05:39:42 AM

My defaul settings (bios) are

Clock Speed: 576
Shader: 1350
Memory 1700

Total Memory 640 mb

This is my card

http://www.evga.com/products/moreI [...] P2-N825-AR

How much of an improvement can I expect from the 8800 GT or 8800GTS??? I see where these cards beat a stock 640 mb 8800...but never anything said about the factory Overclocked ones...and my card has given me 0 problems since I've had it...

Tnoughts?

Thanks in Advance

Bob


Message edited by bobmitch on 12-24-2007 at 05:41:10 AM
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yamahazr   12-24-2007 at 06:07:19 AM
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it's wasting of money to upgrade to a gpu that give u a little improvement.wait for the geforce 9 series that that schedule to come out on feb 08.

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hughyhunter   12-24-2007 at 06:11:02 AM
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I agree... granted the 8800GT and 8800GTS(G92) are great cards for the price... they are only slightly faster than what you have right now. You would be much better off waiting until late next year when the newer gen cards come out and investing in them.

I would start working on an overclock and see what you can get your current card to do right now.

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nukchebi0   12-24-2007 at 06:28:28 AM
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Step-up yes, normal upgrade, no.

 
hughyhunter wrote :

I agree... granted the 8800GT and 8800GTS(G92) are great cards for the price... they are only slightly faster than what you have right now. You would be much better off waiting until late next year when the newer gen cards come out and investing in them.

 

I would start working on an overclock and see what you can get your current card to do right now.

 


The Tom's review gave the GTS 512MB 30% more performance than the GTS 640. That isn't slightly faster.


Message edited by nukchebi0 on 12-24-2007 at 06:29:38 AM
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bornking   12-24-2007 at 06:34:23 AM
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I agree with nukchebi0...the GTS 512 is much faster and the G9 series will probably be way more expensive, so price/performance is highest with the new 8800gts...although you could wait for the G9 and hope that the 8800gts will go down in price.

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bobmitch   12-24-2007 at 06:37:37 AM
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I have seen that review...However...the 640 that he benchmarked it against was clocked...500/1250/1600

Even MY card is 15-20% faster than that one...Not sure that the article applies to the overclocked 640's...

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bornking   12-24-2007 at 07:25:33 AM
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any ideas of the pricing (article links maybe) on the new 9 series?

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T8RR8R   12-24-2007 at 08:44:37 AM
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Yeah I'd say wait a little bit and see what comes out. Worst thing that'll happen is that you'll get a really good deal on an 8800.

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hughyhunter   12-24-2007 at 08:47:45 AM
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In response to Nukchebi0

Yes I know it's 30% faster but that to me doesnt justify dipping into my bank account for only a 30% increase. When I upgraded to the 8800GT I had a 6600GT. Now that's an upgrade! If you want to be frivalous then by all means waist money on a 30% increase in performance. I got about a 300% increase on performance. That's how I justified to the wife to let me spend $300 that we didnt have on a GPU.


Message edited by hughyhunter on 12-24-2007 at 08:49:17 AM
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T8RR8R   12-24-2007 at 08:50:05 AM
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Just think about the games that you play. If a majority of them are starting to stuggle to stay out of the 20 FPS zone then it's time for an upgrade but if you only look at games like Crysis then you'll always be dissappointed. Keep an eye on the games you play and don't worry about it.

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nukchebi0   12-25-2007 at 04:11:42 AM
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Hency, hughy, why I suggested only for a step-up.

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randomizer   12-25-2007 at 04:25:51 AM
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I'm not even upgrading with an x1950 pro (which cost me the same as a 3870 does now), not worth it.

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