8800 GT, PCI E 2.0, and my motherboard

Willz · 14-11-2007, 03:22 PM

Hi.

DX10.1 is nothing to worry about, it does now make a card better for having it.

The 3870 may well run cooler than an 8800GT, but it's proberbly going to be slower.

Also an 8800GT or 3870 will be sevearly bottlenecked by your rig, my 8800GTS was with a 3700+ amd at 2.8Ghz, also upgrade your ram, if you are going to be playing any games that will take advantage of the 8800GT or 3870's power you'll need up to 2GB+ ram.

rimmer · 14-11-2007, 02:39 PM

Hi, yes I am upgrading my CPu to a 4200+ Athlon 64 X2, and overclocking it perhaps. And I will be running Dual channel 4 x 512MB PC3200 DIMMs 2.5CL, Team Group Inc - Home

Anyway, we shall see the results from these new babies, see if they are in fact better/similar to an 8800GT with a better Bang 4 Buck

Willz · 14-11-2007, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rimmer

Hi, yes I am upgrading my CPu to a 4200+ Athlon 64 X2, and overclocking it perhaps. And I will be running Dual channel 4 x 512MB PC3200 DIMMs 2.5CL, Team Group Inc - Home

Anyway, we shall see the results from these new babies, see if they are in fact better/similar to an 8800GT with a better Bang 4 Buck

We shall see reviews start to appear within the next couple of days I expect.

My 8800GT cuts through everything, Crysis on high in XP at 1680x1050 is playable, glad I got rid of that junk 2900XT.

rimmer · 15-11-2007, 12:09 AM

I bet that looks friggin sweet.

I heard about the HD 2xxx Series being crap. Lets hope ATi can regain their old repuation with cards like the 9800 Pro/XT, x800 Series, x1600 Series, x1800 Series and x1900 Series cards.

They were good cards, exceptional bang 4 buck on most, let's see if the HD 3xxx series are going to continue this legacy, and not kill the company into something along the lines of those HD 2xxx's

gazaway · 16-11-2007, 03:05 PM

The HD2xxx series isn't as bad as most people think. The drivers are. ATI literally has better hardware going into their cards than the nvidia cards do. They just cant write the software to take it's potential for some reason.

rimmer · 21-11-2007, 12:22 AM

maybe I should wait even longer for nVIDIA to take the fight with DirectX 10.1, I have used nVIDIA cards since my old humble TNT RIVA, and GeForce 2 MX 220 Series cards, all the way up to the 7600GS in my other system. I have never had a problem with any of them. Just update my drivers every couple of months and I was sorted.

14-11-2007, 03:22 PM	#16 (permalink) Top
Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 4,234 Times Helpful: 150 My Mood: Lurking Status: Offline My Computer	Hi. DX10.1 is nothing to worry about, it does now make a card better for having it. The 3870 may well run cooler than an 8800GT, but it's proberbly going to be slower. Also an 8800GT or 3870 will be sevearly bottlenecked by your rig, my 8800GTS was with a 3700+ amd at 2.8Ghz, also upgrade your ram, if you are going to be playing any games that will take advantage of the 8800GT or 3870's power you'll need up to 2GB+ ram. __________________

14-11-2007, 02:39 PM	#17 (permalink) Top
rimmer Big Geek Join Date: Aug 2006 Age: 18 Male Posts: 302 Times Helpful: 5 My Mood: Amazed Status: Offline My Computer	Hi, yes I am upgrading my CPu to a 4200+ Athlon 64 X2, and overclocking it perhaps. And I will be running Dual channel 4 x 512MB PC3200 DIMMs 2.5CL, Team Group Inc - Home Anyway, we shall see the results from these new babies, see if they are in fact better/similar to an 8800GT with a better Bang 4 Buck __________________

15-11-2007, 12:09 AM	#19 (permalink) Top
rimmer Big Geek Join Date: Aug 2006 Age: 18 Male Posts: 302 Times Helpful: 5 My Mood: Amazed Status: Offline My Computer	I bet that looks friggin sweet. I heard about the HD 2xxx Series being crap. Lets hope ATi can regain their old repuation with cards like the 9800 Pro/XT, x800 Series, x1600 Series, x1800 Series and x1900 Series cards. They were good cards, exceptional bang 4 buck on most, let's see if the HD 3xxx series are going to continue this legacy, and not kill the company into something along the lines of those HD 2xxx's __________________

21-11-2007, 12:22 AM	#21 (permalink) Top
rimmer Big Geek Join Date: Aug 2006 Age: 18 Male Posts: 302 Times Helpful: 5 My Mood: Amazed Status: Offline My Computer	maybe I should wait even longer for nVIDIA to take the fight with DirectX 10.1, I have used nVIDIA cards since my old humble TNT RIVA, and GeForce 2 MX 220 Series cards, all the way up to the 7600GS in my other system. I have never had a problem with any of them. Just update my drivers every couple of months and I was sorted. __________________

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