yeah, performance wise, 8800GT > 9600GT > 8800GS at stock, but when we talk bang for buck, I like the 8800GS. There is also one for $110 shipped AR you could OC yourself. I think at 650/1900, that oc'ed model could often match the 9600GT. Price/performance at anything below 16x10 res my vote is 8800GS for sure. At 16x10 and above probably 8800GT. All fine choices...go with the best you can afford. I'm hoping to have a chance to review the 8800GS vs 8800GT, 320MB 8800GTS and HD3850. I'd love to buy the $125 9600GT to add to the review, but I can't justify it (currently no use for it afterwards).
yeah, performance wise, 8800GT > 9600GT > 8800GS at stock, but when we talk bang for buck, I like the 8800GS. There is also one for $110 shipped AR you could OC yourself. I think at 650/1900, that oc'ed model could often match the 9600GT. Price/performance at anything below 16x10 res my vote is 8800GS for sure. At 16x10 and above probably 8800GT. All fine choices...go with the best you can afford. I'm hoping to have a chance to review the 8800GS vs 8800GT, 320MB 8800GTS and HD3850. I'd love to buy the $125 9600GT to add to the review, but I can't justify it (currently no use for it afterwards).
you could always resell the 9600gt, since it does have a nice little MIR, I'm sure you could recover at least ~ 80% of that $126. that's what I do, when am conducting my own reviews. I usually get back on average 97% of my cost minus intial shipping.
True, but i'm not too eager to hit ebay right now, and my next customer build was getting one of the 8800GS cards. It's tempting and to be honest it's been in my cart for a couple days. Just resisting temptation to click submit order.
True, but i'm not too eager to hit ebay right now, and my next customer build was getting one of the 8800GS cards. It's tempting and to be honest it's been in my cart for a couple days. Just resisting temptation to click submit order.
You know you want to, here's some practice for you!
For that price, yes I do. I just can't find the time to start testing what I have. It's already an 8-card shootout in the works, which is 0% complete so far. But I know it's not complete without the 9600GT *sigh*
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MSI P6N SLI Platinum, Q6600, 2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC8000,
SLI BFG 8800GT OC 512MB, SB X-Fi Fatality, Antec TruePower Trio 550W, Windows XP pro
^ As an owner of all three(but have not tried the 9600GT yet), I still think at $100-110, the 8800GS and 9600GT offer more for the money. At 1680x150 and above the 8800GT would be worth the extra in many games, no arguement there, but overall I think it's less bang for buck then these killer $100ish AR (in USA) cards. I guess it comes down to the games, resolution, and gameplay expectations.
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MSI P6N SLI Platinum, Q6600, 2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC8000,
SLI BFG 8800GT OC 512MB, SB X-Fi Fatality, Antec TruePower Trio 550W, Windows XP pro
Who in their right mind looks at graphics cards and wonders "Geez, which one will give me the best performance for my dollar?" You should say "Ok so my budget is $XXX what card will give me the BEST performance for what I'm willing to spend?"
Its like the NFL draft, sometimes you must have that particular player for that aprticular roster spot, and sometimes its just, get the best athlete you can get heheh
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Every artist is a cannibal,every poet is a thief,they all kill their inspiration then sing about their grief
Who in their right mind looks at graphics cards and wonders "Geez, which one will give me the best performance for my dollar?" You should say "Ok so my budget is $XXX what card will give me the BEST performance for what I'm willing to spend?"
Yeah, I agree. Or also the "I want to play these games at this native resolution, which would be the best use of my money?" I think moreso than CPU, GPU you have to look into more variables than best just general bang for buck.
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MSI P6N SLI Platinum, Q6600, 2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC8000,
SLI BFG 8800GT OC 512MB, SB X-Fi Fatality, Antec TruePower Trio 550W, Windows XP pro
thanks also i was wondering about power requirements my psu says 370w but the manufacturer says its 400w which is the min of these cards do you think it is a safe up grade?
thanks also i was wondering about power requirements my psu says 370w but the manufacturer says its 400w which is the min of these cards do you think it is a safe up grade?
