Hey everyone, I own a 8800GTS 512 G92 graphics card from EVGA and my 90 day step up offer ends in mid June (or mid July if I plan on getting the GX2). My question is to you at tomshardware however is if I should step up to the GTX for 10$ + shipping, or wait untilEARLY summer rolls around and get the GX2 for ~260$ + shipping.
The GTX (I can't get a superclocked or KO model from EVGA since their offer does not allow it), from my limited technical understanding is only slightly better than my 8800GTS but is definitely a cheap cheap upgrade. The GX2 does look pretty awesome but it's clocks on the spec sheet I read are slower that the GTS and GTX.
Anyway, my other option is to just wait it out until May/June or wait until the 9900's come out (which hopefully won't be too expensive..)
Id wait for something that will give much better benchmark than the 9800 GX2 and GTX. To me the improvement over the 8800 GTX and GTX Ultra is mediocre. I'd really like to see how the ATI 4xxx serie will do and hopefully the next real upgrade from Nvidia.
At the moment i have the same crisis as you because im stuck with a 7300 Light Edition which is terrible. I cant even play NFS:Underground 2 on high and that game is oooooollllddddddd. Im going to get the 9800GX2 in 2 weeks hopefully
If you want a graphics card now get a 9800gx2, since you listed it i assume you can aford it. simply becuase it's the best on the market at the moment and it doesn't matter when people say "your card is going to get discontinued soon", every piece of hardware is going to go through the same fate sooner or later.
If you choose to wait you can do so that's if you have patience. I personally think there isn't much point in that because, probably what is going to happen once the 99xx series has been released and you spend good money on it, NV will probably announce another newer card. and when you get the newer card NV is probably going announce another one, basically it's never ending and patience is not an option for me but your view might be different ofcourse.
correct me if im wrong (and im sure someone will)
9800GX2 > 8800Ultra >8800GTX > 9800GTX > 8800GTS
for $10 + shipping i would upgrade.... assumning your shipping costs are reasonable
Maybe at 2560x1600 and stock speeds.
The 9800GTX overclocks very well. It might have less memory bandwidth but at resolutions lower than 2560x1600 this is compensated for by the massive core and shader clockspeed advantage.
I'd put it as 9800GX2 > 9800GTX > 8800GTS 512 > 8800Ultra > 8800GTX
Yeah an ATi card should work fine on your mobo.
Personally, assuming shipping costs are reasonable, I'd chop in the GTS for a GTX and then see how the ATi series pans out. It's a good upgrade for $10 and if the ATi series looks good, you could get rid of your card and prob not lose too much on it, considering it'd only be a couple of months old
Personally, I just upgraded from a pair of Asus 8600GTs (can you tell I didn't do much research before purchasing?) in SLI to an EVGA 9800GTX and couldn't be happier.
I intend to pick up a 9900 when they come out then step-up the 9800 for SLI, assuming it's worthwhile with my 16x10 resolution monitor.
I'd put it as 9800GX2 > 9800GTX > 8800GTS 512 > 8800Ultra > 8800GTX
OMG that’s so wrong...if we are talking performance and Nvidia cards only.
9800GX2 is #1 for sure, no question....
8800Ultra is #2 for sure, no question....
8800GTX IS better then a 8800gts in performance, maybe not bang for the buck, but it is the better performer.
the only real question is if a 9800GTX is better then a 8800GTX, I am sure if it matched the 8800 in memory 9800 would for sure be better then the 8800.
Looking here you can see, at resolutions of 1920x1200 and lower, the 9800GTX has the advantage over the 8800Ultra in almost every test.
Like I said, at 2560x1600 the lower memory bandwidth becomes an issue, but its still pretty close.
8800GTS 512 is so close to 9800GTX it makes hardly any difference.
Both overclock well, unlike 8800Ultra which is at its limit.
8800GTX is kinds sucky tbh, I'd swap my three for two 8800GTS 512s if I could
I went to you link and counted the actual "wins/losses" in every single frame 9800GTX vs. Ultra Below were the results:
9800GTX - 10 win
Ultra - 12 win
Tie -2
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You said
“8800GTS 512 is so close to 9800GTX it makes hardly any difference.”
- First the 8800GTS isn’t even listed on your link.
- 8800GTS is slower then a 8800GTX (barely and not on all tests), - 8800GTS is DEFINATLY slower then the Ultra, based on the common knowledge that the Ultra is faster then 8800GTX.
If the GTS is ALMOST as fast as 8800GTX which IS slower then an Ultra, which is comparable to a 9800GTX …how do you figure the 8800GTS is comparable to the 9800GTX??????
Based on the facts I listed above remind me how a 8800GTS is comparable to a 9800GTX???!!!!
We are not talking $ or bang for the buck… just speed.
