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I have the HP w2408 monitor. I currently have been waiting to build a new rig, and have been using this nice monitor to view the horrible gaming I have been doing through a free Dell 1520 laptop....

I'ver read post after post, and thread after thread....I just want what ever video solution is the best for gaming @ this monitors native resolution with all eye candy turned on....COD4 looks like shit @ 800x600....PLEASE HELP, i just want the best graphics solution.

Here is the rig I have had in mind for quite some time now, and video card has been holding me back just as long...thanks in advance, it's much appreicated.

P.S.....please don't turn this into a GX2 bashing thread, I want to know what is my best option, right now 2 8800gt akimbos overclocked to the whatever it is, 720 mhz or something is whaat I'm leaning towards....anyway here's the planned rig.

Antec 900
PC Power and Cooling 750w
EVGA 780i
Q6600
Tuniq Tower
2 raptors, raid 0
8 GB 2(2x2gb) Gskill DDR2 1066
Vista 64 ulitimate.

....please, please, please, this might be a duplicate thread, but I just can't figure out if the 8800gt's are my best bet.

Thanks again in advance.
 
What is Your budget?

Your best bet would be 2 8800GTS's or a 9800GTX2
 
heck, you could look around the forums and see if you can get 2 8800GTX's. That would work perfect also.
 
I would say go for the two GTS 512's, better than the GT and you can SLi them. Also for the price you are getting a LOT! If you really have some money to burn go for the GX2.
 
My 8800GTS 640 runs just about all games perfectly fine for me at 1920, most without AA, but don't really need it in most cases at that res in my opinion, YMMV of course.
UT3
Bioshock
COD4
Assasins creed
need for speed, pro street
hellgate

obvoiusly not Crysis =(

Just to name a few games I've played in the not too distant past that are modern that I have been perfectly happy with at 1920

If you want more performance, or better guarantee... I would personally do everything I could to stick with an intel chipset, P35 or such. And then get a 768MB GTX, or failing that a 9800GX2.
 
You can run COD4 just fine with 1 gtx...

i would get the 9800 though

off topic...look into getting a lian li case, they fun to build in, and looks much nicer and cleaner...

when you get COD4..if your like me, and you want 70-80 fps all the time...turn off dynamic lighting...

everything else on, AA, ect...dynamic lighting kills your frames,
 
for decent 60+ fps in most things at pretty high settings:

2x 8800GT
2x 8800GTS 512
2x 8800GTX
2x 9800GTX
1x 9800GX2

any of these will do the job perfectly.

If you want a single card of any of the above (apart from the GX2) then you might have to put down the detail a bit in some games for 1920x1200.
 
Here is a 8800GTS for 214.99 after rebate. Get two of these for a total of $429.98

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127323

They are by MSI, if you want EVGA (inorder to have the stepup feature look below)


E-VGA 8800gts = 229.99 for 2 its 459.98

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130312

Evga comes with crysis (you will get 2 copies lol) and Msi comes with Witcher.


Either way its a great buy. I wish these were the prices when i bought mine....lol maybe i would have gone SLI. just maybe.

If you buy Evga, you might as well use the step up feature lol.
 
I didn't even realize those cards come with games. OP, you should get one from each company to get both games :D
 
lol.Or get 2 evgas, step em up to 9800GTX...overclock both GTX's and then sell crysis for like 20-30 bucks each to forum members here, it would lower the price of it.
 
2wiced said:
lol.Or get 2 evgas, step em up to 9800GTX...overclock both GTX's and then sell crysis for like 20-30 bucks each to forum members here, it would lower the price of it.
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When is th e9800gtx supposeed to come?....and is the word of mouth for it worth it for me to continue waiting?
 
Ditch the Raptors. Get yourself the WD 640GB drive(s). It is faster and cheaper than the Raptor for single-user machines (multi-IO server workloads are the only ones that benefit from the Raptors increased seek, its sustained transfer is slow compared to the new 320 and 332GB per platter tech.)

Plus there are rumors of a new Raptor based on the 320GB/platter tech used in the WD 640GB, so you can get one or two later on. But for now avoid the current Raptors as there is little reason for any new gaming rig to have them unless you already own them and are transferring them over.
 
For everything maxed in COD4 in the most affordable solution, I think you should consider getting two 9600GT's.

[H]ardOCP's findings link
$300 for two from Newegg link
 
You can go with the 2 x 8800GTS 512mb which would be really good for running games at 1920 x 1200. Heck, even 1 x 8800GTS card will do nicely. You may not run at 1920 x 1200 at high setting but, at 1680 x 1050 with 4X AA and 4XAF COD4 looks very nice already at this resolution. I have a 28" LCD with 1920 x 1200 resolution playing COD4 on a single 8800GT card at 1680 x 1050. It looks really good. On a 1920 x 1200 LCD, anything below 1280 x 800 looks crappy. If you can play above this resolution then the games look alot better, Crysis I also I play at 1440 x 900 with all settings on high looks good. Even UT3 at 1920 x 1200 res with NO AA enabled looks very good. GOW at 1920 x 1200 on high settings NO AA enabled. All these games on 1 x 8800GT card on a 28" (27.5") lcd.
 
Being your a 1920 x 1200 guy, you might like this post? :)

TalonMan said:
Congradulations guys!!

You know I think we have a winner on our hands...

Using this review's numbers: http://publish.it168.com/2008/0315/20080315000604.shtml
It still holds true that the 3870x2 does well in 3DMark06, but slower in actual game play.

If my calculations are correct, and looking only at 1920 x 1200 res... (What I need)

---------------------------------------------- 3870x2 --------- 9800 GX2 --- %Diff
3DMark06 ------------------------------ 14,190 ---------- 14,167 ------ 23 Points lower
Crysis ----------------------------------- 13FPS ---------- 22FPS ----- 69% faster
Lost Planet ---------------------------- 24FPS --------- 31FPS ----- 29% faster
Lost Planet 8xAA/16xAF--------- 11FPS --------- 13FPS ----- 18% faster
Company of Heros ------------------ 56FPS --------- 77FPS ----- 37% faster
Word in Conflict ---------------------- 34FPS -------- 41FPS ------ 20% faster
Word in Conflict 4xAA/16xAF -- 14FPS -------- 26FPS ------ 85% faster
Half Life ------------------------------- 111FPS ------ 115FPS -------- 3% faster
Half Life 8xAA/16xAF ------------- 73FPS -------- 76FPS -------- 4% faster
NeedForSpeed ---------------------- 48FPS ------- 102FPS ----- 112% faster
NeedForSpeed 4xAA ------------- 33FPS --------- 91FPS ----- 175% faster
Unreal Tournament -------------- 112FPS ------- 109FPS -------- 2% slower
Quake4 ------------------------------ 115FPS ------- 120FPS -------- 4% faster
Lost Planet -------------------------- 11FPS --------- 13FPS ----- 18% faster
FEAR 4xAAx16xAF ------------- 87FPS -------- 79FPS ------- 10% slower

On average, the GX2 is currently 40% faster than the 3870x2 at 1920 x 1200 res.

I still think the GX2 is the best single card to have right now... :D



Using the anandtech review's numbers: http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3266&p=1

Putting the 8800 Ultra against the 9800 GX2...

If my calculations are correct, and looking only at 1920 x 1200 res... (What I need)

---------------------------------------------- 8800 Ultra --------- 9800 GX2 --- %Diff
Call of Duty ---------------------------- 70FPS -------------- 110FPS --------- 57% faster
Call of Duty 4Xaa--------------------- 55.7FPS ------------- 83.1FPS ------ 49% faster
Crysis High Quality----------------- 25.8FPS -------------- 39.4FPS ------ 52% faster
Oblivion --------------------------------- 46FPS ----------------- 84.3FPS ----- 83% faster
Oblivion 4XAA ------------------------ 36.1FPS -------------- 63.9FPS ---- 77% faster
Quake Wars -------------------------- 85.2FPS ------------ 120.4FPS ---- 41% faster
Stalker ---------------------------------- 48.8FPS ------------- 73.3FPS ----- 50% faster
Word in Conflict ---------------------- 30FPS --------------- 33FPS ------- 10% faster.

On average, the GX2 is currently 52% faster than the 8800 Ultra at 1920 x 1200 res.

The 8800 Ultra is no longer the single fastest card, and nVidia hit their 30% minimum speed increase over the Ultra.... :cool:
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4870X2 only measly 10% faster than 9800Gx2 if 4870X2 is only 50% faster than current 3870X2, oops ATI in big trouble. I´m sure it will be better, acctually hope that so NV is forced to do better as in mening put out GT200 and not doing more money on G80 hybrid G92b core.
 
TalonMan said:
Being your a 1920 x 1200 guy, you might like this post? :)
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Thank you very much for this, I think the gx2 is the choise....last thought though...I might as well wait just a few more day right?...just to see what the 9800gtx can do?
 
Quality said:
Thank you very much for this, I think the gx2 is the choise....last thought though...I might as well wait just a few more day right?...just to see what the 9800gtx can do?
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I'd say yes, wait. The 9800gtx may turn out to be a good card.
 
Quality said:
Thank you very much for this, I think the gx2 is the choise....last thought though...I might as well wait just a few more day right?...just to see what the 9800gtx can do?
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YW... Thought you might enjoy that. ;)
 
Did anyone try to game at 2560 x1600 with a 9800GX2 Card.
If they did, what is your benchmarks thanks
 
Quality said:
I have the HP w2408 monitor. I currently have been waiting to build a new rig, and have been using this nice monitor to view the horrible gaming I have been doing through a free Dell 1520 laptop....

I'ver read post after post, and thread after thread....I just want what ever video solution is the best for gaming @ this monitors native resolution with all eye candy turned on....COD4 looks like shit @ 800x600....PLEASE HELP, i just want the best graphics solution.

Here is the rig I have had in mind for quite some time now, and video card has been holding me back just as long...thanks in advance, it's much appreicated.

P.S.....please don't turn this into a GX2 bashing thread, I want to know what is my best option, right now 2 8800gt akimbos overclocked to the whatever it is, 720 mhz or something is whaat I'm leaning towards....anyway here's the planned rig.

Antec 900
PC Power and Cooling 750w
EVGA 780i
Q6600
Tuniq Tower
2 raptors, raid 0
8 GB 2(2x2gb) Gskill DDR2 1066
Vista 64 ulitimate.

....please, please, please, this might be a duplicate thread, but I just can't figure out if the 8800gt's are my best bet.

Thanks again in advance.
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I'd grab a GTX used or new if you can find a decent deal price wise,otherwise I'd get a G92 GTS 512,with lifetime warranty,and oc it.
 
I'd say 8800GTS 512Mb SLi, a 9800GX2 or a HD 3870 X2 + HD 3870.

You may want to see how the 9800GTX does. You will likely be able to use those in Tri-SLi. I think the 9800GTX is going to be around 349usd.

They should be reviewed this week,
 
Blacklash said:
I'd say 8800GTS 512Mb SLi, a 9800GX2 or a HD 3870 X2 + HD 3870.

You may want to see how the 9800GTX does. You will likely be able to use those in Tri-SLi. I think the 9800GTX is going to be around 349usd.

They should be reviewed this week,
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That's what I think i should do, just out of curiousity and this way all top end cards will be out for my viewing first.
 
Take 2x 8800GTS 512MB. If you can spend a little bit more - then 2x9800GTX - they will be just a few bucks more than GTSs....
 
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