New gaming graphic card DX10 required

[AndrewJ]

Great, is this true that the 8800GT the £200 version can match a GTX? got someone banging on in my WLM, that a top end OC'd 8800GT is superior to the GTX.

I doubt this is possible.

tell him to show you benchmark proof

looks like it might be close but an OC GTX would get the edge back

[damien c]

a top end gt thats oc'd will beat a gtx in certain things, but better of with a gtx or a gts rather than a gt as you can get gts's for about £220, and they are basically as close to a gtx as you can get without owning a gtx.

you can get GTX cards for 220 or less

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=56&subcat=877

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=548066 this one looks clocked and its still only 211 quid

[damien c]

i will correct myself there are no gts's at over £200
there is however this one that i think would give a gtx a run for it's money

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=56&subcat=927

[AndrewJ]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

you can get GTX cards for 220 or less

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=56&subcat=877

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=548066 this one looks clocked and its still only 211 quid

The second one in your link Zingle is what I plan on getting.

My rig now

3GHZ OC'd Q6600
Abit Ip35 pro
4GB Corsair XMS2 800mhz 2.1v
250GB HD * on way out may change for a 350gb spinpoint*

All on a Seasonic S12 600.

I am worried it won't handle the might of a GTX.

if it dont buy a better one lol it should manage my 580 wat runs 5 hdds 3 optical a Q6600 mobo and a GTS

[AndrewJ]

LOL, Should have no problem then

[damien c]

i have a 600watt psu and it handles mobo/cpu/2xgpu's/2xhdd's and a dvd drive and 8 fans in me case to keep it cool

[The Hitman]

Originally Posted by AndrewJ

The second one in your link Zingle is what I plan on getting.

My rig now

3GHZ OC'd Q6600
Abit Ip35 pro
4GB Corsair XMS2 800mhz 2.1v
250GB HD * on way out may change for a 350gb spinpoint*

All on a Seasonic S12 600.

I am worried it won't handle the might of a GTX.

Change to a 750gb spinpoint . I have one best drive I ever bought

[AndrewJ]

So far I am sold to the GTX, for that little more performance it seems worth the money.

While I see the GT is a good card, the single slot cooling worries me, and the fact it has less pipelines, while it's speeds are damn good, as are the GTS's clocks and pipelines the GTX is undoubtably the daddy of them all, and probally the card I want to put in this rig.

[damien c]

i use the gts's because they are pci-e 2.0 and so is my mobo so one gts on a pci-e 2.0 mobo technically should be faster, than a single gtx although for yourself there wouldn't be much point changing your mobo just for, the sake of the gpu where as i chose the pci-e 2.0 mobo when i changed from amd to intel.

[AndrewJ]

Well it has come to these two in my mind.

XFX 8800GTX

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=548066

Gainward 8800GTS

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=719261


Personally I am leaning to the GTX for the extra shaders and pipelines.