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Old 04-21-2008, 03:59 PM
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Video Card Conundrum...
Well I got enough money for my birthday (~210) for me to get my MP3 player (Archos 604 $130) and possibly a video card. I'm looking in the 100-130 range. Now this opens up a range of cards I could get. I'm looking at several cards.

1) 9600GT
2) 8800GS (to be renamed the 9600GSO)
3) 8800GTS 320
4) 3850/3870.

Out of the nVidia cards I am leaning towards the 8800GTS 320 since according to this uber-comparison, it wins in the games I play the most.

G80 VS G92: Med to high end GeForce GFX cards round-up! - Expreview.com (9)

But then there's the ol 3850/3870 cards. I don't know where they fit in to the whole equation.

Right now prices for the cards are

1) 9600GT $150
2) 8800GS $130
3) 8800GTS 320 $145 (retail) ~$100 (ebay)
4) 3850 $130
5) 3870 $165

Any thoughts/ideas?
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Old 04-21-2008, 04:08 PM
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in the link ,its a 9600GT 256 mb, i've never heard of that, i thought they only had 512. double the memory would change a lot in those benchmarks...
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Old 04-21-2008, 04:10 PM
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this 8800gts 320 looks nice in budget 145.00 - 30 MIR
Newegg.com - EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics

Edit: the 320's are nice but sometimes have problems with AA cranked up since AA eats memory.

But to tell you the truth I've been eyeballing this one it's an msi but man a 8800gts (g92) under 200.00 after MIR
Newegg.com - MSI NX8800GTS 512M OC GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics
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All those are good cards, but id either go with the 9600 or the 8800gs.
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single gpu the nvidia wins. 8800gts would be my pick.
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single gpu the nvidia wins. 8800gts would be my pick.
the G92 or the older one?

if the G92, i agree.
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the G92 or the older one?

if the G92, i agree.
It would be the G80, I found one for $100 that I'll probably pick up. Then I'll also grab my archos 604 and be done with it
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8800gts over a 3870? orly?

g92 is 200-250 dollars, slightly better.
g80 is really no good at all and only 30 dollars cheaper, but if you fond it for 100 bucks, go for it.
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