need upgrade options from 8800GTS

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samduhman

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Hi,

My evga 8800GTS 640mb has been a total headache since I bought it last summer. Even after multiple rma replacements none of the cards worked flawlessly. I would blame my system but the cards displayed the same symptoms on two different configured pcs. I went to the extent of buying a new power supply but still I had problems. I also have 2 other cards that do work great.

Anyway thats a long story and not my question. Just wanted to give you a feel of where I'm coming from. I've been out of the video card arena since last summer. What has come out thats better than the 8800GTS. Any that don't cost a fortune? I'm not ready to dump another $300+ on a video card. Heck, Im not ready to dump $200 if that is possible. ;)

Thanks
 
So you want to upgrade a card that still costs around $120 (varying a lot of course) and not spend more than $200? Wait for the new ATI card to come out and it will drive the other prices down. You won't get much of an upgrade right now for under $200. About the only thing you could do now is a mostly horizontal move to a 8800GT 512MB for $140 after some sort of rebating lots of places. The 9800 GTX would likely be upwards of $250
 
What is this ATI card you speak of and when is the ETA?

At this point just a horizontal move is fine with me. So a 8800GT 512 is equivalent to a 8800GTS 640 as far as performance? What about ATI, which card would be comparable if any>

Thanks!
 
I think you can get the 8800GTS G92 (512MB) for under $200 AR in some places. Mine was like $195 AR (before shipping though) from NewEgg. It's certainly an upgrade... the G92 has much faster clocks than the other 8800GTS models.
 
samduhman said:
What is this ATI card you speak of and when is the ETA?

At this point just a horizontal move is fine with me. So a 8800GT 512 is equivalent to a 8800GTS 640 as far as performance? What about ATI, which card would be comparable if any>

Thanks!
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all the benches i have seen, show the gts 512 being almost on par with a gtx(8800)

the 3870 smokes the 88gts (320/640) because my dads got the 320 and i have a 3870 and i play everything maxed, with his card in my computer, i cant max it all and still play.
 
samduhman said:
What is this ATI card you speak of and when is the ETA?

At this point just a horizontal move is fine with me. So a 8800GT 512 is equivalent to a 8800GTS 640 as far as performance? What about ATI, which card would be comparable if any>

Thanks!
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4850 is due in a few weeks. If you can wait then at least the cost of the other cards should drop. but the 4850 is "supposed" to be one hell of a mid range card. If it lives up to the hype at all it will be a good choice, at least you should see Nvidia drop its prices
 
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