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 Posted: Tue, 23rd Jun 2009 13:10 Post subject: Nvidia GTX buying advice |
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I've currently got a 8800GT which is struggling now with the latest games, i 'm on a very limited budget so is it worth getting anything below a GTX 285??
Which card would be a good buy without breaking the bank..
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| Posted: Tue, 23rd Jun 2009 13:25 Post subject: |
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get 260 instead, it's cheaper and about same lvl
what games really put your GT to it's knees? if it's ghostbusters then it run like that on 260 too, just coz some pc games are unoptimized turd doesn't mean u need to upgrade
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| Posted: Tue, 23rd Jun 2009 13:28 Post subject: |
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I had to make the same decision as you, had an 8800 GTS 640 and yes those 8800 cards are beginning to struggle. I got myself the Zotac GeForce GTX 275 AMP for only 220€ last week, its a lot cheaper than the GTX 285 but just as fast. It has 128mb less vram than the 285, and I don't know how this is going to affect performance in future games. But if you ask me, I doubt that both 896 or 1024mb vram will be enough for games in 2011/2012. And I personally don't think its smart to buy something as expensive as a GTX 295 now, since DX11 games will be out sooner or later, maybe in 1-2 years.
Here are some benchmarks:
http://www.ocaholic.ch/xoops/html/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=292&page=5
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zotac/GeForce_GTX_275_Amp_Edition/6.html
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| Posted: Tue, 23rd Jun 2009 13:55 Post subject: |
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Buy a GTX 295, worlds fastest graphics card 
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| Posted: Tue, 23rd Jun 2009 14:29 Post subject: |
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your main problem is 2gb especially if u use vista, it's just won't cut it, ram is so cheap these days it's a crime not to get an xtra at least 2 gb, i would get 6 just to be on the safe side
also i'd suggest to get quad cpu as well, arma2 is mainly relying on cpu power
make sure your psu can take all that otherwise u have to upgrade it as well
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| Posted: Tue, 23rd Jun 2009 14:43 Post subject: |
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Damn this is starting to get expensive lol, i have ddr2 atm is it worth dumping that and getting ddr3 performance wise..
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| Posted: Tue, 23rd Jun 2009 15:01 Post subject: |
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Get, GTX260, 275 or 285. All will give you a huge performance boost in GPU heavy games. Especially if you play at 1680x1080 or 1920x1200, 8800GT doesn't cut at those resolutions.
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| Posted: Tue, 23rd Jun 2009 20:35 Post subject: |
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GTX 295, you can find it for some 80-100 euro more than the GTX 285, but the diference in performance justifies it, it really runs faster than 2 GTX 285 in SLI.
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| Posted: Tue, 23rd Jun 2009 21:54 Post subject: |
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I just ordered a gtx260 core216, should be good enough for 1280x720 ArmA2, right ?
This is gonna be GREAT !
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| Posted: Wed, 24th Jun 2009 09:50 Post subject: |
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just bought myself a gtx275 just for arma2
i can play it at 1600x1200 fine with full detail with postprocessing off (ugly and laggy) and fillrate at 100%
the game looks damn fine
and that's with stock clocks
will look into overclocking later
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| Posted: Sat, 27th Jun 2009 00:02 Post subject: |
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old card was...VGAdeadcafe?
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| Posted: Sat, 27th Jun 2009 00:09 Post subject: |
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He had an ATI 9800 Pro.. Good times.
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| Posted: Sat, 27th Jun 2009 00:11 Post subject: |
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LOL????
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| Posted: Sat, 27th Jun 2009 00:47 Post subject: |
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I had an ASUS 7800GTX. I had bought it for 525 euros some years ago, lol !
Now, it's so used,dirty and yellowish, I put it on my desk while playing Fallout 3, adds to the atmosphere.
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| Posted: Sat, 27th Jun 2009 00:50 Post subject: |
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i had a defective ASUS 7900GT .....didnt noticed after a few years...now it's an 8800GT wich'll make 2 years in december...dunno if i should upgrade when hittin the 2nd year...
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| Posted: Sat, 27th Jun 2009 00:55 Post subject: |
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"525 euros"! Thats like crazy money now!
Just shows how much hardware depreciates in value.
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| Posted: Sat, 27th Jun 2009 03:00 Post subject: |
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Get either a GTX 260 or GTX 275.
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| Posted: Sat, 27th Jun 2009 08:25 Post subject: |
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| Mortibus wrote: | | your main problem is 2gb especially if u use vista, it's just won't cut it, ram is so cheap these days it's a crime not to get an xtra at least 2 gb, i would get 6 just to be on the safe side |
Correct me if i'm wrong but isn't it pointless getting above 4gb memory as xp,vista and win7 can only access 4gb of memory unless you go the 64bit route?
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| Posted: Sat, 27th Jun 2009 09:48 Post subject: |
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These are the prices listed in our fav Spanish place,"PC GREEN".
Note that all of these prices are from XFX,not sucky n defective ASUS
260 GTX: 163€
280 GTX: 310€
285 GTX: 303€
...WTF?,285GTX 7€ less than 280GTX?,more sucky?...
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| Posted: Fri, 10th Jul 2009 05:45 Post subject: |
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well, there's still some software that won't run on 64bit windows
sandboxie, which i simply can't live without (and won't)
ppjoy, which is required to get freetrack headtracking in arma2
err, some others
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| Posted: Fri, 10th Jul 2009 11:09 Post subject: |
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| shole wrote: | well, there's still some software that won't run on 64bit windows
sandboxie, which i simply can't live without (and won't)
ppjoy, which is required to get freetrack headtracking in arma2
err, some others |
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| Posted: Fri, 10th Jul 2009 14:21 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Buy a GTX 295, worlds fastest graphics card |
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| Posted: Fri, 10th Jul 2009 15:45 Post subject: |
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Well i ended up buying a XFXgtx275 xxx for £168 delivered, can't afford anything higher atm so it will do for a while.
I've now come to realise my amd x2 6000+ is my bottleneck!
thinking of buy either a AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition or AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition
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| Posted: Sat, 11th Jul 2009 12:37 Post subject: |
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so what card's worth buyin for substituting the 8800GT?,260GTX or 280/285GTX?...Unless its a fAAAAARM
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| Posted: Sat, 11th Jul 2009 12:45 Post subject: |
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GTX260 core216 is the best bang for the buck right now. It's insanely cheap and fast.
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...i have a question!...what's fasteR?,280 or 285?...can someone put those > things applying the "Quality/Price" filter? X3
