I had been looking at getting an 8800GT or a 9600GT, and in the end I decided to wait to see how the prices settle.
From my last forum post, it seems that the 8800GT and the 9600GT have similar performance, with the 8800Gt edging out the 9600GT a little – with the 9600GT doing better in SLI mode.
2 months later, now the prices on the 9600GT have dropped, and the cheapest I could find is $140 (but one of the big 3 (BFG,EVGA or XFX) is more at around $150:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681413
Now, I found this XFX 8800 GT XXX Video, 256MB DDR3 for $120 – but it also comes with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – which kinda makes this a better deal.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/campaigns/campaigntemplate.asp?CampaignID=533
The 9600GT is $20-$30 more – so the 8800GT still looks competitive, but everyone has been telling me to try COD, so to me it is more like a $60 difference.
Does this make getting the XFX 8800GT XXX a no brainer, or am I missing something. I mean how can I go wrong for $120 + a game I want to try?
Is there some $150 card coming out in the next month that will blow the 88800GT performance away?
From my last forum post, it seems that the 8800GT and the 9600GT have similar performance, with the 8800Gt edging out the 9600GT a little – with the 9600GT doing better in SLI mode.
2 months later, now the prices on the 9600GT have dropped, and the cheapest I could find is $140 (but one of the big 3 (BFG,EVGA or XFX) is more at around $150:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681413
Now, I found this XFX 8800 GT XXX Video, 256MB DDR3 for $120 – but it also comes with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – which kinda makes this a better deal.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/campaigns/campaigntemplate.asp?CampaignID=533
The 9600GT is $20-$30 more – so the 8800GT still looks competitive, but everyone has been telling me to try COD, so to me it is more like a $60 difference.
Does this make getting the XFX 8800GT XXX a no brainer, or am I missing something. I mean how can I go wrong for $120 + a game I want to try?
Is there some $150 card coming out in the next month that will blow the 88800GT performance away?