Certainly not, in my opinion.
8800gt would be the upper limit of a card that I would consider stepping up from, considering shipping prices and delays.
Same dilema here. I saw some benchmarks and thought that the little increase in performance might be worth upgrade, but then I saw the price of shipping back and forth the card ... total ~45$ .
Anyone tried the new 174.74 drivers on their 8800GTS and saw performance increase? Maybe half the gain is drivers ...
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I also saw this post regarding a setting called 'Maximum pre-rendered frames', might be worth trying.
Message edited by Zenthar on 04-02-2008 at 01:18:15 PM
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Well I am about to build a new computer in the next 2 weeks so would it be a good idea to get the 9800 GTX over the 8800GTS? I can get the 9800 GTX for 240 at work and we dont sell the G92 GTS at work so no go on that discount.
@cmmcnamara
I think you should go for it. There is no "disadvantage" to the 9800GTX, it's just that there is no advantage either . The only "annoyances" you may encounter is the size (card longer that the GTS) and the requires dual 6-pin connector on top (GTS only requires 1).
Ahhh. Yea I was leaning toward spending the extra cash for a 8800GTX because of the larger memory bus but once I seen that the 9800GTX comes out on top for the most part from the review, I'm just gonna SLI two of these suckers for about $480. Gotta love working retail electronics
well if u have 80 days left wait till the price drops then get it later on. Its around the 8800ultra but with a slight overclock it will surpass it. Ive heard the card overclocks like hell, wonder how much i can push it with my water cooling sys. i ordered mine yesterday should be coming in tom.
The 9800GTX should overclock further than the 512MB 8800GTS, but given the same clocks and the same driver (174.74) the two should yield identical performance. You should easily be able to reach a core clock of 675MHz on your 8800GTS, but hitting 1100MHz on the memory might be too much. Still, the performance difference due to the difference in memory clocks is not significant enough to warrant an upgrade.
In short, no, it is not worth $100 to Step-Up from a 512MB 8800GTS to a 9800GTX.
As for the "there is no disadvantage to the 9800GTX" argument, I strongly disagree. The 9800GTX is absolutely disadvantaged by its significantly higher price tag in comparison to the almost identical 512MB 8800GTS.
I think you should go for it. There is no "disadvantage" to the 9800GTX, it's just that there is no advantage either . The only "annoyances" you may encounter is the size (card longer that the GTS) and the requires dual 6-pin connector on top (GTS only requires 1).
There is no "disadvantage" to the 9800GTX, it's just that there is no advantage either .
Not looking at a money standpoint, this is a great point! When you toss money in, things get more jumbled of course, but as a new build, 9800GTX is not a bad investment...it's not like the price of the 8800GTXes and 8800Ultras when they were new...it's quite "reasonable."
Not looking at a money standpoint, this is a great point! When you toss money in, things get more jumbled of course, but as a new build, 9800GTX is not a bad investment...it's not like the price of the 8800GTXes and 8800Ultras when they were new...it's quite "reasonable."
If cmmcnamara can get them for 240$, I think the monetary argument can be ignored.
Message edited by Zenthar on 04-02-2008 at 07:09:41 PM
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I can get my evga8800gts 512 on air as high as 820/2008/2206..., 3DMARK06 Compare link, http://service.futuremark.com/resu [...] ultType=14
3DMARK Forums link that shows my "truehighroller" card settings and a nifty little single card champ next to my name. http://futuremark.yougamers.com/fo [...] hp?t=33913
I can get my evga8800gts 512 on air as high as 820/2008/2206..., 3DMARK06 Compare link, http://service.futuremark.com/resu [...] ultType=14
3DMARK Forums link that shows my "truehighroller" card settings and a nifty little single card champ next to my name. http://futuremark.yougamers.com/fo [...] hp?t=33913
Any voltage modifications to your card? What brand was your card and what kind of cooler did you use?
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ChrisMetalG 
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