Recommend a Card

Jaffa1978

Member
I've been looking at Cards for the past 2 months trying to decide which 1 to buy,at 1st it was a 8800 gt over-clocked,but now I'm tempted by the GTX 260?:confused:
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Own
    CPU
    AMD FX 8120 Black Edition,3.1GHz oc'd to 4GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7
    Memory
    Corsair Vengeance 12GB DDR3 1600Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GTX 570 HD SuperClocked
    Monitor(s) Displays
    24" BenQ EW2430 LED Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 Barracuda 7200,SATA 3 6GB/s.
    128GB OCZ Octane, 2.5" SSD.
    PSU
    850W Powercool PCPC850AUBA
    Case
    Xclio Touch 767 Full Tower,With Touch Panel.
    Cooling
    Antec Kúhler H2O 620 Watercooler
    Keyboard
    Razer Arctosa Black Edition Gaming Keyboard
    Mouse
    Sharkoon FireGlider Gaming Mouse
    Internet Speed
    Virgin 30-35Mb/s
    Other Info
    Krator N4-21U26W Neso4 Avante Garde 2.1 Speaker
Well, it really depends on what your needs are. I actually have an overclocked Zotac 8800GT AMP! edition card and I love it. However I am about to be upgrading to an EVGA 9800GTX+ very soon. This 8800 is just fine for most games but I want a bit more performance in Hellgate:London with settings maxed at 1600x1200 and this card just can't cut it. If you really need a nice new card, I'd reccomend the 9800GTX+ or a GTX260. Those are the new big boys on campus. The 8800 is simply older technology.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom 9600 - 2.3 GHZ x4
    Motherboard
    Biostar T-Force 8200
    Memory
    4GB OCZ Platinum DDR2 1066
    Graphics Card(s)
    Zotac Geforce 8800GT 512 - OC'ed to 700/2200MHZ
    Sound Card
    Realtek 888 HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic Graphics Series G810
    Screen Resolution
    1600x1200
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital Caviar 250 GB, 7200 RPM, 16 MB Cache
    PSU
    Rosewill Turbo Series 550W SLI
    Case
    Rosewill TU-155 Full ATX
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Comfort Keyboard 4000 - Bluetooth
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 5000 - Bluetooth
    Internet Speed
    3.0 Megabit
Hi jaffa,

If you provided us with a maximum budget, we could be of more assistance. And off course as jsh said, what will you be using the card for? As for the 8800 GT, if I were you I´d go for a 9800 GTX+ or 9800 GT Ultimate (as for an online store, I recommend www.aria.co.uk) because the 8800GT has got a very noisy little fan. You could replace it with an aftermarket cooler off course, but you can save yourself the trouble...

Let us know your max budget! If you can afford a GTX260, GET ONE! It´s an excellent card! Ask the users on the forum who have one, xguntherc for example..

Cheers,

Amplid
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 3.2 GHz (for now)
    Motherboard
    Asus ROG Striker 2 Extreme
    Memory
    2 x 2Gb Patriot DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    XFX GeForce 9800 GTX+
    Sound Card
    Creative Supreme FX 2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Neovo F417 17''
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SP2504C SATA 7200rpm
    PSU
    Pc Power & Cooling 750
    Case
    Coolermaster CM 690
    Cooling
    6 120mm's, Xigmatek HDT 1283 with crossbow backplate
    Keyboard
    Logitech G11
    Mouse
    Logitech Cordless Trackman Wheel
    Internet Speed
    ~1000 Kb/sec
Back
Top