9800 GTX or Ultra?

[MasterPJ]

I just curious which would be a better investment right now..... the 8800 GTX or 8800 Ultra?

Im looking for something to last another 7 years, my X700 Pro with P4 3.4 is still going strong. COD4 on 1600x1200 max resolution with AA maxed But just looking for something newer...A fan boy of graphics

Feel free to add anything else thats better thats around the £200 ($400) mark

e.g. the 9800 GTX

Im only looking for one graphics card, will be playing with resolution 1280x1024 +

 

[MasterPJ]

I currently have a CRT 19" capable of upto 1600x1200, good quality however I think something physically smaller must come into play

 

[Maziar]

U can play COD4 with that righ on 1600x1200 with AA ? thats very good mate

8800GTX card for under £200

EVGA 8800GTX 768MB This Week Only Offer
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-031-EA&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=877

£187.99 inc VAT

All the 9800GTX that OCUK has are more expensive than this 8800GTX
Rememer the difference between 9800GTX and 8800GTX isnt very much and in some games in high resolutions when u enable AA and AF the 8800GTX beats the 9800GTX

But 8800GTX will bottleneck a P4 3.4

 

[MasterPJ]

Yes, not overclocked either....very efficient game

Thats not too bad actually.

Reckon its overclock P4 time? Dont suppose you could produce some numbers on this matter?

 

[Maziar]

Well most games today are GPU depended but some games need a good CPU to run better like FSX or even Crysis....

 

[TurdBurglar]

I just curious which would be a better investment right now..... the 8800 GTX or 8800 Ultra?

Im looking for something to last another 7 years, my X700 Pro with P4 3.4 is still going strong. COD4 on 1600x1200 max resolution with AA maxed But just looking for something newer...A fan boy of graphics

Feel free to add anything else thats better thats around the £200 ($400) mark

e.g. the 9800 GTX

Im only looking for one graphics card, will be playing with resolution 1280x1024 +

It's always funny to hear graphics cards referred to as investments (negative 50% returns in a matter of months ). In any event, I understand your question. I don't know about over there, but the Ultras I've seen are still upwards of $600 US. GTXs are $330ish after rebates. I'd simply overclock a GTX. But at 1600x1200, an 8800GTS 512mb would probably suffice for $230. SLI a couple of them and you've got GTX killers for high resolutions.

 

[crusoe74]

my X700 Pro with P4 3.4 is still going strong. COD4 on 1600x1200 max resolution with AA maxed

Not a chance, unless you like a slide show.

x700Pro is about the equal of a GF6600GT and my old GF6800GT struggled at Medium spec on COD4 with no AA at anything over 1024x768.

Here's a couple of old benchies for graphics hungry 2004 shooters that prove it simply isn't possible.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/powercolor-x700pro_8.html#sect0
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/powercolor-x700pro_6.html#sect0

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Id go 9800GTX, at 12x10 its a nobrainer. The 9800s have HD decode ability that isnt on either the ultra or the 8800GTX. Plus at that res, youll get as good if not better fps

 

[DXRick]

The 8800 Ultra seems to have disappeared from Newegg's site. It looks like the 9800 GTX is a replacement for it. Since it is cheaper than the Ultra, you might as well get the newer card?

 

[Ycon]

The 8800 Ultra (even the GTX) is always faster than the 9800 GTX, but less economical.
You decide what you like better.

 

[FrozenGpu]

dude get a 8800 GTS 512, and jsut oc it a lil bit, and BAM!

you got a 9800gtx, and saved about a $100 mate!

 

[invisik]

i would get the 9800gtx the performance is close to the 8800ultra, and the 9800gtx overclocks like hell.

 

[swifty_morgan]

To be honest I think I'd go with the ultra. That 256bit memory interface is gonna come back to haunt pretty soon. Think it has already has in some instances.

Hopefully ATI's new card will go back to the 512bit so I can finally buy a new card.

 

[Hatman]

Why? Didnt help their last gen R600 card it was crap. They really dont need it with these faster memory speeds anyway.



Even tho 8800GTX and 8800Ultra probably outperform 9800GTX in some scenarios id rather go with 9800GTX as its much more efficient and simply put much newer tech

 

[invisik]

check these sites see how much the 9800gtx were overclocked by

http://bbs.unihw.com/attachment.php?aid=2999
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/zogis_9800gtx/images/shot6.htm

 

[John Vuong]

I'll get the Ultra for sure. The 9800 GTX sucks and some benchmarks show that the Ultra showed better performance than the 9800 GTX.

 

[Topcover]

Take my advice


save it and get a new cpu and gpu. My 8800gts 640 would bottleneck like heck on most game at that res and I also had a 3.4ghz p4 with ht about 45 to 50 fps in css and in really intense parts it would drop to 20. when I swapped out the gpu to my brothers rig with an x4400 and the gts (the same ram hd cd drive and sound card) my frames went into the hundreds and stayed there. Save your money for a bit and replace the cpu and gpu at the same time

for my 2 cent on top of that I would get the ultra the 9800gtx is worse in the long run.

 

[FrozenGpu]

dude, you are better off replacing the system, in the long run, kind like topcover is saying.

but i wouldn't waste soo much money on nothing...the 8800gts 512, has a G92 core, that is the same **** thing thats in the 9800gtx, now why in the world would u want to spend more money on something that is slightly clocked higher? u could save roughly $100 USD by simply going with a 8800gts 512, and then simply bumping it up to 9800gtx levels (which by the way isn't much at all)...

but If I were you, you might want to think about doing an overhaul of at least the cpu, mobo, possibly other parts if they are just that old...