Decide for me

[tylerhskate]

I have 442 bucks to spend on upgrades, i have 2 lawn jobs - 1 i do once a week and the other once every two weeks so i will have more money later. Anyways should i spend 400 of the 442 on a BFG/eVGA 6800GT or buy this http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=14-127-127&DEPA=1 9800 pro? It's a MSI and ppl have been having good overclocking results, i dont know what do to!

 

[oVerCaffeinated]

6800gt

 

[emorphien]

Well, how much gaming do you do? Do you need a high end card, do you expect to play new games at high resolutions? If not the 9800 may be fine, and is certainly not a bad deal.

Otherwise the 6800 will be a better choice because it'll allow you to keep running future games at higher resolutions and will support newer features.

 

[Filter]

depends how big of a gamer you are.

9800 pro is a good card. and you can get it for about 220.

 

[tylerhskate]

Im leaning more towards the 195 dollar MSI 9800 pro which does xt speeds stock so ppl are saying. I play at 1024x768 but will play at 1280xwhateveritis if my hardware can support it. Yea im gonna get back into gaming once i have the hardware to play farcry, hl2, doom3 blah blah blah

 

[emorphien]

Yea im gonna get back into gaming once i have the hardware to play farcry, hl2, doom3 blah blah blah

In that case you might want the 6800... or an X800 pro or something. Something a bit more up to date will help you with those more, and if you're buying now I'd lean towards suggesting one of the newer architectures.

 

[ShowMeThe$$$$$$]

If you have the cash, get the 6800GT. If you wanna save some cash, get the 9800Pro. The GT will be much better for todays games though. The 6800GT should be a decent card for Doom, HL2, yadda yadda.

 

[Sniper_Merc]

6800 Gt

Reason?

Click Link http://snipershide.free-universe.com/remote_pics/far_cry/FarCry 2004-06-30 00-37-52-07.jpg

 

[tranCendenZ]

6800gt.

 

[KoDt]

6800 Gt

Reason?

Click Link http://snipershide.free-universe.com/remote_pics/far_cry/FarCry 2004-06-30 00-37-52-07.jpg

looks same as my 9600pro 2 me. only 23 fps?

 

[Sniper_Merc]

looks same as my 9600pro 2 me. only 23 fps?

Try yer 9600 pro at 1600x1200 8xAA 8xAF and tell me if you get more than 12 FPS

 

[yevaud]

Always pick the one on the left.

 

[TheRapture]

Forget the fanboy replies....if you are going to play D3, HL2, FC, at 1024x78 or better and want good eye candy...get at least the 6800GT (16 texture pipes and a good clock speed, think AMD) or the X800 Pro (12 pipes but a higher clock speed, think P4). Both of them will rock those games....

Me... I went the 6800GT route because of the 16 pipes, SM3.0 and HDR lighting support...it *should* be a bit more future proof than the X800p...but nothing is really...so get one or the other and enjoy it.