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donimic
Member Posts: 15
what is the differences between the the different types of 8800
... so far i see stuff like the GT, GTS, GTX,
and the numbers like 512 kb, 640 kb,
and some say "adapter" insted of "card"
what is the major difference between these? will i notice any substantial difference betwen them while playing? and would it be worth the extra money?
thx!
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google is your friend
GS, GT, GTS, GTX, GTX Ultra.
The difference between them basically lies in the power of the core clock, shader clock, number of shaders, texture fill rate, and memory bandwidth. To translate all that to English: the better the card the more things it can draw at once, and the faster it can draw them.
The numbers (512mb, 640mb, etc) refer to how much video memory the card itself has (by the way, the words card and adapter are interchangeable, they mean the same thing)
Think of these two the wya you would the CPU and RAM of your computer.
Will you notice a difference between two cards? it depends. You're better off taking a side-by-side look at 2-3 cards. Or, decide on a price range for a card and start comparing all the ones in that range.
This site has a nice tool for comparing cards:
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php
Edit: BTW, while you will generally want a card that has more memory (640MB > 512MB), you need to check the chipset and other architecture of the card too. For example, currently there are several variants of the GeForce 8800GTS card out. The versions with 320MB and 640MB of video memory actually use an older chipset (G80) than the version with 512MB (G92). So a new 8800GTS 512MB (G92) performs better than an 8800GTS 640MB (G80).
IIRC the numbers are the on board ram. This is memory on the video card used exlusivly for processing the graphics.
Just get the cheapest 8800 or 9600
There is a difference in how many frams per second you get when playing, but there is not a different in how things look. Frams per second is how many pictures your computer put together in a second on screen. Of course at around 60 frams per second the human eye see's it as fluid motion. There are some cases where a video card can play a game, but it shows so few frams per second that every thing looks like a slide show though.
If you want to upgrade there are a few things to consider though: Will your power supply support such a large video card?, Do you have the type of slot needed for the card you want? (a PCI express ( AKA PCI 16X ) ) , If it is the kind of card that needs to be attached with a power cord to the motherboard do you have an extra power slot on the mother board?
The jist of it is, if you computer is capable of running a 8800 any one will do.
You are gonna have to have someone who knows a little about computers look at though
Um...I can agree with this up to a point. That being: what graphics settings and framerate do you want? With an 8800 GTS 640mb I get 15-30 fps at maxed everything. Try that with an 8800GS 256mb and you'll be lucky you can move.
Question:
I have an amd athalon 64 x2 (dual core) processor. Does that mean I could run windows xp 64bit?
Think so. Question is though: Why? Unless you want more than 4 gigs RAM, there's not much use (from a gaming standpoint) on 64-bit.
Was just wondering... I only have slots for 4gigs of ram anyway so it dont matter.
well if your mobo supports (which it should if you were thinking about 64-bit) you could put 4x2gb sticks in for a max of 8.
Generally you don't need to pay attention to the amount of RAM on a video card. More VRAM is only needed for playing at higher resolutions, most people will be fine with 512MB of VRAM.
Um...I can agree with this up to a point. That being: what graphics settings and framerate do you want? With an 8800 GTS 640mb I get 15-30 fps at maxed everything. Try that with an 8800GS 256mb and you'll be lucky you can move.
I can see that everyone else gave much better information than I did. When I posted that I hit reply than I went and did something else and came back and finished the post
The 8800 is a horrible video card compared to the 9800gx2
You wanna play this game at over 100fps...then buy the Nvidia 9800 GX2
forget about the gx2, its nice for now, but in no way its worth the price. and in 2 months when nvidia brings out the next gen cards a single gpu card will probably beat the gx2 again. so itsjust a card for people with too much money that cannot wait for next gen cards.
2 months for the next line really?
I thought it would be at least 10.
In any case, I agree there is no good reason to spend over 300 on gfx cards .... then again I only make like 9 bucks an hour
If you can get 2 9800s then god bless you.
I think I am gonna get two 9600s pretty soon.
from worst to best
8800gts 320mb, 8800gts 640mb, 8800gt 512, 8800gts 512mb, 8800gtx, 8800ultra
not sure where the 8800gs goes, i imagine between the 8800gts 320 and 640
www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GeForce_8800_GS/7.html
www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GeForce_8800_GS/7.html
I agree 8800GS is the best deal you can make if your only upgradeing to play this game, there is no real reason to pay more for a card if your not insanly ritch or just want to show of your epeen on the net. You cant beat the price/performance ratio on the 8800GS.http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/graphics-card,1923.html
honestly i recomend the 8800gt it is the best bang for your buck as far as im concerned ive got 2 of them in sli but when i had just one of them i could run most games at 1680x1050 on the highest setting with no problem. Or you could wait until july when the new 9 series cards come out and get one of those because either of them (i think there will be 2) will lay down the law on any card.
The 8800GT and 512 Meg version of the 8800GTS both are neck and neck with the GTX which uses an older chip. The 8800GT is definitely the way to go. I have seen them for $140 after rebate.
here is an article confirming ati launching in early june and nvidia aiming for mid june:
www.dailytech.com/Nextgen+NVIDIA+GeForce+Specifications+Unveiled/article11842.htm
but it will probably be july till you can really get these cards as usually with these gfx card presentations.