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Dijonase

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So, I'm looking at getting an EVGA 9800 GT. First things first, if I decide on the 9800 GT, would anyone recommend a manufacturer other than EVGA? I lean towards then because I had a previous EVGA card and it treated me well.

That said, I don't really know if the 9800 GT is the card I should get, but it's price more than anything that's driving my decision. I've currently got an ancient system that I'm going to upgrade that has a 6800 GT, so anything would be a vast improvement. I don't want to spend much more than $100, so the 9800 GT seems priced to sell. Would it make more sense to get an HD 4830 instead?

Thanks in advance.
 
I'd pick up the 9800GT. Just make sure your existing PSU has the 6-pin connector, although, the card may come with an adaptor.
 
I use an EVGA 9800GT for my PhysX card. It comes with a 6pin to 4pin molex adapter...got Crysis free with it as well.

All 3 cards in my rig are from EVGA, not a single problem.
 
usually I am loayl to evga, however, I got an early christmas gift; a PNY 9800gt. So far, it has been looking good. Using the old 8800gts640 to handle PhysX.
 
9800gt is an excellent upgrade for your system. EVGA, XFX or BFG are all excellent choices for Nvidia so enjoy your card!

I do remember with fondness the Geforce 6800 and 7800 series!
 
Isnt XFX bankrupt... So scratch them from the list. Better to go EVGA or BFG with their legendary support. Else go with the lowest price available.
 
umm OK... thats news to me I must say.

@solo

Can you provide a link or article to confirm that XFX or the parent company Pine Technology are bankrupt? I have googled that and nothing has come up to affirm you assertion.

EVGA and BFG do have good step up programs tho :)
 
SyTyJedi said:
I use an EVGA 9800GT for my PhysX card. It comes with a 6pin to 4pin molex adapter...got Crysis free with it as well.

All 3 cards in my rig are from EVGA, not a single problem.
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Pardon the slight threadjack.:)

How well does it perform PhysX..Just splurged on one myself to add to my sig rig and it will be here tomorrow..Evga 9800GT SC.

FWIW,I sought out evga..Great company!
 
if you decide on the 9800gt with a single slot cooler, look into the accelero cooler for it. i'm not sure if it fits but from what i've read the 9800 and 8800gt are identical. this cooler is some sort of miracle for these cards. my loads temps went from 65+ to never over 43c. just my 2 cents. i love my 8800gt btw runs everything except stupid goddamn crysis on max setting at 1920x1200.
 
leetskeet said:
if you decide on the 9800gt with a single slot cooler, look into the accelero cooler for it. i'm not sure if it fits but from what i've read the 9800 and 8800gt are identical. this cooler is some sort of miracle for these cards. my loads temps went from 65+ to never over 43c. just my 2 cents. i love my 8800gt btw runs everything except stupid goddamn crysis on max setting at 1920x1200.
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So the dual slot card just has better cooling? Makes sense.
 
g1xx3r said:
Pardon the slight threadjack.:)

How well does it perform PhysX..Just splurged on one myself to add to my sig rig and it will be here tomorrow..Evga 9800GT SC.

FWIW,I sought out evga..Great company!
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I don't have much testing so far. Warhammer is smoother than it has ever been in large keep sieges with 100+ people on screen. I have my 2nd monitor on it as well so i can multitask while gaming, seems to work great.

I know there are some PhysX benchmarks I can run as well. I'll get some more data and post back here.
 
Dijonase said:
What's the benefit of the dual slot solution, and why is it cheaper than the one I linked? I'm all for cheaper, but I'm just wondering why.
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Generally dual-slot variants run cooler and quieter. They also exhaust portion of the hot air out of case instead of letting it heat the ambient temperature of other components.
 
Dijonase said:
Now that I look at it again, I see that this card has a note saying "See replacement item N9800GT 512M OC." What's that about? Why exactly was this card replaced, and does it have something to do with the fact that it's so inexpensive? Then again, the card that replaced it is pretty inexpensive as well.

So what gives?
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Any opinions on those two MSI cards? I've done some looking around and can't see a reason for the "replacement" comment on Newegg. I'd just as soon get the replacement card, but I'm curious what the difference is.
 
Get a dual slot.I had a single slot 8800gt before and boy o boy did that thing get hot.
I now have a bfg 9800gtx oc which is dual slot and it runs quiet and cool
 
Bman123 said:
Get a dual slot.I had a single slot 8800gt before and boy o boy did that thing get hot.
I now have a bfg 9800gtx oc which is dual slot and it runs quiet and cool
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My only problem there is that the motherboard I just bought doesn't have a whole lot of space, and I'm afraid a dual slot card might crowd the 2 available PCI slots.

When you say your 8800gt got hot, were you overclocking? I have no plans to overclock, so that could effect things.
 
Then again, I'll be using onboard sound, so I don't have anything that I'll need to put in those slots (right away, anyway). But even ignoring that, the price on that overclocked MSI card is pretty damn hard to beat. This EVGA dual slot card is competetively priced, but is the extra power of the overclocked MSI card worth it over the dual slot card, assuming I'm not worried about overclocking?
 
I see no reason why you could not achieve a good overclock with the dual slot evga card.
I would get the evga card since it is a very good brand,excellent warranty and the step up program.
 
evga has good warranty services. I currently have the card you were initially looking at. It runs extremely hot (100c) at stock fan settings, you have to crank that baby up to at least 50% to see reasonable temps in the mid 70's, but a case w/ good airflow and a fan speed of 55%~ can keep the card at ~65 under load.

All I can say is the card runs hot. Very hot. Get a dual-slot cooling solution, even if it does take up motherboard room. It's worth it.
 
I've probably changed my mind 1000 times, but I'm now leaning towards the BFG 9800GTX, but I don't know if the difference in speed makes up for the difference in price. The dual slot EVGA card is $95 with free shipping. The BFG card is $150 plus shipping, so it's probably a $60 difference. I just don't know that that's worth it, but I've basically narrowed it down to those two cards.
 
OK, I think I've narrowed it down to the following 3 cards:
EVGA 9800GT dual slot: $94.99, free shipping
BFG 9800GTX: $149.99, plus shipping
ASUS HD 4850: $129.99, free shipping

I'm trying to compare the cards now, but any opinions would be appreciated. Money is an option, so I'm leaning towards the 9800GT and the HD4850, but I haven't ruled the GTX out just yet.
 
Just a heads up, the dual slot 9800GT from eVGA only has two years of warranty instead of the full lifetime that their other offerings have. Keep in mind this is only on certain models and seems limited to the 9800GT dual slot and lower. The single slot 9800GT still has the lifetime warranty though.
 
AciDeX said:
Just a heads up, the dual slot 9800GT from eVGA only has two years of warranty instead of the full lifetime that their other offerings have. Keep in mind this is only on certain models and seems limited to the 9800GT dual slot and lower. The single slot 9800GT still has the lifetime warranty though.
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Good to know. Thanks for the heads up.

At this point, though, I think the ASUS HD 4850 might be the best card for the buck, though, so unless I see a strong argument otherwise that's the one I'll go with.
 
Seems like a pretty good choice, that card has been getting some really good reviews. I dont know if it helps or not but I just whipped this list up for a friend a minute ago, these arn't the hottest deals but should give you a good starting point for prices. :D

1) EVGA GeForce 9800 GT for $109.99 after MIR

2) ASUS TOP Radeon HD 4850 512Mb $129 after MIR

3) SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4850 1GB for $180

4) eVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB Core 192 for $219

5) GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB for $248

6) SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 for $210 after MIR

7) SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4870 1GB GDDR5 for $250 after MIR
 
Wow, nice list. As usual, I wish that money were no object, but of course it is. I'd definitely snap up a higher end card (not to mention a higher end CPU, mobo, PSU, RAM, etc.). Looks like it's the ASUS 4850. Thanks, AciDeX.
 
Speaking of WAR, i just got the BFG 9800 the GTX not GT but it runs really well for WAR at 1440x900. I get max settings and an average of about 60fps. It is one of the 2 slot graphics cards like you were talking, runs rather cool. You were speaking of the one I got so I figured that I'd mention it to you. It is a really fast video card for the price.Here is the link for my card.
 
I run two EVGA 8800GT dual slotters in SLI and they have been great so far.
 
Dijonase said:
So, I'm looking at getting an EVGA 9800 GT. First things first, if I decide on the 9800 GT, would anyone recommend a manufacturer other than EVGA? I lean towards then because I had a previous EVGA card and it treated me well.

That said, I don't really know if the 9800 GT is the card I should get, but it's price more than anything that's driving my decision. I've currently got an ancient system that I'm going to upgrade that has a 6800 GT, so anything would be a vast improvement. I don't want to spend much more than $100, so the 9800 GT seems priced to sell. Would it make more sense to get an HD 4830 instead?

Thanks in advance.
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Why not just get a 9600GT instead?
 
maleficarus said:
Why not just get a 9600GT instead?
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This is also some good info.If you dont have the cpu power to push the video card then the extra speed of the hd4850 is just wasted.


I dont know this is a funny situation for sure.For the price of the cards I can't really blame ya for going with the 4850,it is a god card.But depending on resolution you may only need the 9600gt.With the 4850 it will sell better later down the road but at the same time the 9600gt starts to struggle playing games the same will probably happen to the 4850,

Just get what you can afford and call it a day Bro
 
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