Used 8800GT for 80$

[nightsilencer]

Hello guys.

I've been trying to save money to buy the GTX280/285... but it's been real hard when you have bills to pay, car insurance, the whole lot. And the state of the global economy doesn't really allow money to be wasted on "superficial" things like computer hardware. It's the truth, people.

When I built my system 3 months ago, I skimped on the GPU as I thought I would later be able to get a better one as the budget then only allowed me to come home with a cheap card.

So here are the basics of my specs:

Asus P5Q Pro

Intel E8400

XFX 8600gt 512MB DDR2.

The model i'm considering buying is the ASUS 8800GT 512 DDR3 GLACIATOR.

Considering this, and knowing I could get it for 80$ (with original box, cables, bundle, etc), is this a good purchase? I know the 8600gt is just plain slow, especially my DDR2 version... I know the 8800GT is a great improvement over the 8600gt, but still, is it a capable card for today's games? I never go beyond 1280*1024... I'm just comfortable @ that resolution.

What do you guys think?

 

[spathotan]

For that res yes the 8800GT is fine.

 

[nightsilencer]

Cool. But, just in case I wanted to crank up the res on some game, for some reason, say like 1600x1200, it would still be up to the task right? It's the max res my 19" can achieve. But I just like to play @ 1280x1024, mostly.

 

[nightsilencer]

Basically what I want to know is: The 8800GT is a great card, no doubt... but is it worth 80$ nowadays? I don't think I could get a better card for that price. At the 80$ range, I can only think of the Radeon HD 4670, and the 8800gt, just smokes it.

 

[spathotan]

8800GT is starting to show its age in modern games but its still good. At $80 I suppose its worth it, its still like $110 new.

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

Yes, if the card is good then it's worth it. It won't be the fastest, but I've got a 9600gt and I'm gaming at 1680 x 1050 and it does decently to be honest and it's slower than the 8800gt. Now at higher resolutions you won't be able to crank up the resolutions, but for 80 bucks I don't think you'll find a card that will beat it right now. And at the resolution you are playing at, I think it'll still allow you to get a little eye candy on most of your games but don't expect it to be as fast as the gtx 285. But for a budget gamer card even my 9600gt is a good card.

 

[nightsilencer]

Here is the comparison between the 8800GT, HD 4850 and the 9600GT.

Like ohiou_grad_06 said, the 9600GT is a very good card, and the 8800GT is even faster, despite being older.

The 8800GT is consistently faster than the 9600GT (no surprise here), but it never falls far behind the 4580.

For 80$ I'm gonna get a really nice card

Thanx guys!

 

[nightsilencer]

Forgot to add the link on the previous post

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[ohiou_grad_06]

As I said, the 8800gt is not the fastest card, but I know the card I had before my 9600gt was a 7300LE. But it is a night and day difference. I think you will be a very happy camper. And if you have an sli board, then you could later on add a second to do sli.

 

[mikecs]

I may be upgrading my 8800 gts 512 which is vitually identical to your 8800 gt but really if you back off a few settings here and there on newer games they still play at high resolutions good enough. 8800 gt's will by no means be enought to play at max settings anymore but if that doesn't bother you, your good to go enjoy the compy!