8800 Ultra whats the Equivalent?

Ok, so this morning my 8800 Ultra, started with the nvlddmkv, or w/e. Had the Red Lines all up on the screen with a little magic and a lot of luck, I got it to be stable, it runs games. But has sprites and other cool epileptic stuff, every now and then.

My main question is I have been using this for EVERYTHING. From Farcry 2, Bioshock 2, Mass Effect 2. Crysis. You name it, I've tried it, oh and Vanguard, but that really doesn't count cause no one can run that smoothly.

So What's the Best card on the Market that can come upto Par with the 8800 Ultra? I'm not a tech genius at all, just looking for a price tag maybe under $200 US.

Thank you so much for the help,

Cruc1al

A GTS250 1GB or a 5770 1GB would do you well. I personally would go for a 4870 1GB or a GTS1GB if I had the budget but any way they are on par with with your 8800GTX at the least so you will be upgrading over all. I do have a EVGA 8800gtx my self and it does well when I use it and is a joy when playing wow.

The GTS 250 would be my choice for $99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130539

Yeah, an HD5770 is the best choice for the money under $200. It's a good amount faster than the 8800 Ultra plus it is DX11 and will use much less power/run cooler.

Don't bother with the card you linked. It's more expensive because it has a factory overclock. You should be able to easily get a better OC by doing it yourself.

Both are fine but this one is $10 less and would be my choice;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161317

To the OP, yes that will be great. The 8800 Ultra was a great card 3 years ago, but it's not even close to the performance of the 5770 in any department (heat, watts, fps, cost, anything).

The HD5770 is both significantly better and in terms of lasting for a while it is much more recent tech and DX11 compatible.

There is basically no reason at all to buy a gts250 or any Nvidia card right now Cruc1al.

I hate Nvidia with a passion I truly do, but recently I've been giving them the benefit of doubt when a poster gives a preference to them.

If you really can't imagine life without an Nvidia card, the 250gts is a solid card that won't disappoint you. All you've really done is spend more than what you could have, but you also get PhysX at least while no ATI card ever will.

Btw, the 5750 is closest to the gts250 in pure performance. Check out This.

If you do go with the 5770 I hope you don't end up contributing to this thread with a tale of woe.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/274979-33-5770-problems

Naughty Mouse, linking to the problem without linking to the fact that it was fixed less than 2 weeks later.

That issue was fixed Cruc1al, don't let it bother you.

Mousemonkey is just doing what any fanboy would do and trying to make your choice less appealing.

I'm telling you straight, if you want to stick with Nvidia then the gts250 is a decent card - it's actually almost identical to your 8800 ultra in performance. You can get better performance for cheaper with ATI, it's just a fact and the 5770 is a very potent card that will beat your 8800 ultra in every game you've ever played.

The number of success stories far outweighs this, and it is reportedly fixed with a driver update.

The 5770 is a great card for the money, especially if you plan to keep it for 2-3 years. If you plan to upgrade in less than 2 years, then a 4890 or GTX 275 will give you more performance for a bit higher of a price, but they don't have DX11.

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http://www.amazon.com/XFX-RadeonHD [...] B002Q0V7SQ



They are 16-23% faster on average as you can see.

You don't need any of the extras so look for one of the new ones like I posted (HIS are very underrated, it's a great bundle and comes with a crossfire cable too).

I actually bought two 5770's a month ago, the HIS and a Powercolor Play edition one. I was quite unimpressed with the Powercolor in every way - the HIS has better boxing, better cooling (6 degrees C cooler in the same pc whether top or bottom card crossfire), a free Crossfire cable and looks nicer.

Otherwise the features are pretty much identical, ie the cards are just as powerful as each other in terms of fps.

Is that what you base your ideas on? Fair enough.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/281423-15-problems ohnoes the 260gtx is flawed only 5 minutes ago. Maybe you should spend more time helping these people instead of spreading FUD?

I'm just pointing out the inaccuracies in previous posts made by some that this problem with the 5 series has a) Only just come to light and that b)It has been completely resolved for all users.

Ummm, Mousemonkey. Back on topic?

Getting the 250 wonr get you much for improvements over your old ultra, but the 5770 will, plus newer features less heat, and better drivers to come in some games.
So dont get the 250 if you want to see noticable different fps

A GTS250/4850 is about the ballpark of an 8800 ultra probably a bit better here and there.

A 4870/GTX260/5770 would all be small upgrades to and likely to notice a small increase in fps half a few months ago 4870/260 would have been the easy choice but more and more the market is finding those to be rare and the 5770 is looking to be a decent deal as the price is fairly stable and you wont need to really shop around.

Either way it's just a matter of what you are willing to pay for hey if you're lucky maybe you can find a 4890 for 200 remember dx11 is only a selling point if you have it for your vista/windows 7, and frankly at higher resolutions for a 5770 it's not even a selling point.

either way a 5770 unless you can find a very cheap 4870 or find any 4890 for around 200. As current prices for GTX260/275 are way to high and the price of a 4870 is now = to a 5770 and performance diff is quite small and should get smaller as driver matures a bit more.

Hey if you ran dual 8800 ultras and at 1920x1200 you'd probably would have been set for another year or two skating by in fps. ofc that is the premium of paying 700 bucks for a card assuming you got it new not a reseller.

BF:BC2 is a DX11 game so if you want to play it at its best get an HD5000 card.

Good luck, I hope it works out for you.

Thank you very much.

lol
You managed to get them to give you $10 off for a promocode that expired almost a month ago? Good job

good job - my bro just recently got that card and is very happy with it ^^

LOL. I have no Idea how to overclock, is there a dummies manual? :