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GooGoo
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n°1780401
01-16-2008 at 03:55:18 PM

Hi i'm looking to upgrade my graphics card. I was wondering which card out of the 2 above would last longer as the 3870 supports directx 10,1 and the 8800GT supports directx 10. Which card will last better in the long run, i'm not looking to upgrade again in 6 months time.

Any advice will be appreciated.

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n°1780412
01-16-2008 at 04:35:22 PM

I think the charts were updated recently.

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n°1780425
01-16-2008 at 05:24:12 PM

long run = 6 months time?

go do your own research


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n°1780429
01-16-2008 at 05:38:19 PM

No, im saying I dont want to buy a card and find that in 6 months time it wont play the new games.

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n°1780436
01-16-2008 at 05:57:31 PM

If I had to time travel back a couple of months ago, I would have bought a 8800GT


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n°1780442
01-16-2008 at 06:12:02 PM

Depending on what games you intend to play, you may not see much difference.
Otherwise a 512MB 8800GT should perform a little better.

I got a HD3870, which wasn't a mistake, except that it was from Diamond, which was.

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n°1780445
01-16-2008 at 06:19:12 PM

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If I had to time travel back a couple of months ago, I would have bought a 8800GT

Heh, I would have done the same. Bought the 640MB GTS like 2 1/2 weeks before the GT was released. It was my own fault though... I wasn't into hardware as much at the time. Now I'm keeping on top of all the latest and greatest as best as I can. >.>

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n°1780447
01-16-2008 at 06:25:19 PM

jtt283 wrote :

Depending on what games you intend to play, you may not see much difference.
Otherwise a 512MB 8800GT should perform a little better.

I got a HD3870, which wasn't a mistake, except that it was from Diamond, which was.


I got a Diamond as well. They should rename themselves to Cubic Zirconia


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n°1780480
01-16-2008 at 07:55:12 PM

This is a good and as-up to date as possible review of the 1gb 8800gt, also showing the 512mb 8800gt and 3870 side-by-side, drivers are current as are game patches, not forgetting crysis 1.1.

http://www.legionhardware.com/docu [...] id=715&p=0

If youve got the cash for either, then scout around and find one with a good bundle. Some cards have the full 3dmark06 and a recent game, so its worth looking out for.

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n°1780527
01-16-2008 at 10:10:34 PM

DirectX 10 vs. DirectX 10.1 is irrelevant.

Game developers will be supporting even DirectX 9 for years to come.


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n°1780539
01-16-2008 at 10:43:38 PM

I think one overlooked question is this: do you plan to run a multi-gpu solution down the road as an upgrade path? The 8800GT looks to be better for single card solutions; the 3870, however, is better for multi-gpu setups. Besides, consider waiting to see the 3870 X2 price and performance...


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n°1780549
01-16-2008 at 11:07:37 PM

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n°1780560
01-16-2008 at 11:31:18 PM

The 8800GT performs better, but costs more. I think either would make you happy. I do think that nVidia has better vendors though (XFX, eVGA).


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n°1780567
01-17-2008 at 12:10:51 AM

stemnin wrote :

I think the charts were updated recently.




I wish they would add the 8800GTS (G92) 512MB

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01-17-2008 at 12:14:45 AM