8800 GTS 640mb? 320mb?

dazftw

Which would be better for me? Im trying to save a bit of money and ive already been able to save quite a bit!

My friend told me the other day they have the new 320mb cards and theres not much different! So im just curious to know should I save the money and go for the 320mb card which is a €130 cheaper than the 640mb one

I will be playing games such as bf2 counter-strike source and half life 2

Also will be playing on a 20" monitor with max resolution 1680x1050!

Heres a review I read just now you could take a look at! Are those performance ratings in fps?

linky.

Thanks

o1s1n

Well, my Radeon 128mb runs battlefield 2 CSS and half life 2 perfectly fine. I can't see you needing something that powerful to try and max out those games.

Company of Heroes on the other hand....

dazftw

Well its really just incase I decide to get new games(which I probably will)

I honestly don't think I would be wasting my money cause it started of €500 for a graphics card now its €305 so I think thats quite a saving for me

I just want to get peoples opinions to whether it would be a money save to go for 320mb one!

yea I was looking at the coh chart ive never even seen screenshots of the game.. must be great if this card doesn't get alot of fps out of it!

christophicus

For the bang for buck the 320MB version is supposed to be alot better.

8T8

There will be a small drop in performance ranging from 5-20fps depending on the title due to the lower amount of RAM but you are still getting more than playable frame rates at 1680x1050 with 4xAA/16xAF.

Especially for BF2, HL2 and CS:Source which are not very demanding games so yeah go for it.

dazftw

Yea actually I was thinking that all the brands have different prices im wondering will there be any difference in performance wise that way?

christophicus

Yes possibly. Some Brands such as XFX and BFG pre overclock their cards so that they run faster then their competiters who's cards are at standard clock.Also I know with XFX at least they use very good quality components. other possibilities include manufacturers that fit their own or different cooling methods to the cards. HIS are a prime example of this as they fit Arctic cooling fans/heatsimks/ducts to some of their cards. Then the are the bundles to take into account some have many different leads and a few games whereas others may simply have the driver cd and manual .


These are all factors that add to the cost of graphics cards

Captain Chaos

I got the XFX 8800GTS 640Mb in my new PC three weeks ago and its great. It can run anything. The XFX comes slightly overclocked.

If you want to play games like Crysis then the extra texture memory will be a big help especially at higher res.

HL2 and BF2 will use 512Mb on a card at high settings.

If you want to future proof get the 640Mb.

I recommend you get the XFX 8800GTS 640Mb from Komplett.ie

They have it at a good price.

To get the best out of the card get a good CPU aswell or you will be bottlenecking the card.

I have a Core 2 Duo E6600 so as to let the card do its thing to the max without braking the bank too much.

dazftw

Heres the setup I plan to get!

Antec 900 case
2 gig Corsair 6400
Gigabyte nForce-680i sli
Intel core 2 duo 6600 same as you!
and the 8800GTS.. Still deciding on which one to get but will choose depending on funds!

Im getting the XFX one though!

christophicus

Nice rig man!! I dont suppose you have an in anyway decent rig( anything better then my sig) at the moment you want to give to me for free/cheaply??

dazftw

hmm yea actually I was thinking of selling mine to get more moeny also you see my sig :P

Its a

Pentium4 3.0Ghz
1 gig PC3200 ram
Nvidia 6200 256mb
80 gig hard drive
40 gig one just added!

the oldest thing is the 80 gig hard drive which is three years old!

the rest are a year old

€300 too much for you?

christophicus

Yeah I think its too much , I can probably give you €200 for it in a week or two. How does that sound?

dazftw

200.. hmm Tempting! Heres the story I wont have this pc for awhile so if you could make 300 within like the next month or so it would be great

I have like 700 for this pc and its going cost me close to 1800 Im looking for a job and selling all stuf I dont want anymore (guitar, games, my monitor(already kinda sold to my friends dad), this pc by itself and a desk) so I really need all the money I can get :P

christophicus

I actually dont have a job either so I cant actually make any more money over time. I have lent €200 to someone and am expecting it back soon thats why I have to wait a week or two.

Does the pc have a PCI-E or AGP slot?

TerrorFirmer

It'd have to be AGP really from those spec's I'd say

christophicus

OK cheers havok, yeah i just noticed the old ram.

dazftw

Yup its agp! I was "told" by the guy in pc world that 3200 was top notch gaming ram :rolleyes:

christophicus

LOL a little advice, NEVER GO TO PC WORLD!!!!

so do we have a deal then?

dazftw

220? I can buy my ram then!

The thing is I wont be selling it until I have the money to buy the pc and I actually have it bought and setup nothing wrong cause if I sell the pc and buy the new one and it doesn't work ill have nothing to fall back on lol

Plus its only the pc on its own aswell...

Other than that I have no problems selling it to ya!

christophicus

What do you mean

"Plus its only the pc on its own aswell... "

By the way I know this may seem angry but its not i just want to knowwhat you ment by that.

dazftw

Its not the monitor or keyboard or mouse..

The keyboard and mouse I have now go on the new pc and my friend is interested in the monitor unless you wana give me 300 for the pc and monitor 17" flat screen?

I assumed you already had the monitor keyboard and mouse?

christophicus

O yeah thats grand i already have the moniter keyboard and mouse.

how long do you think it will be before you get your new pc?

dazftw

I couldn't tell ya to be honest! It all depends really if I get a job anytime soon! Im actually applying for one tomorrow!

Like I have 700 so im trying to sell of a good few things to make up for it! Most likely within maybe a month or two!

Thats probably too long for you to wait?

christophicus

I can wait for a month id say.

dazftw

Ill see what I can do! I trying for this job tomorrow if I get it within a week you will have it within a month other than that I dont think I could make up a 1000 in a month

christophicus

let me know what happens either way.

dazftw

Will do man! Your usually in the battlefield 2 forums

christophicus

Yes I have been there once or twice .