Quakecon Videocard Rig

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Brantoc

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Well I'm going to Quakecon again, and need to rebuild box for it. Got the drives, got the everything, but need a good videocard.

ATI burned that bridge, going nVidia.

9800GX2 or GTX 280, both are less than 9 month old designs and both about the same price. Looks like the 280 would win, but why hasn't the GX2 dropped in price?
 
Issues with HD2900 over and over, and before that was an old 1650 I think that was just a dog with driver issues.

nVidia GF1 DDR, GF2, GF4200GT, 6600GT, and current 8800GTS have all been superb. Last ATI I owned and really liked was an old 9500GT way way back.

Really seems odd that the 9800GX2 has been out less than 9 months and already being replaced with the GTX 280 without a price drop...

On a side note, my Mobo is a BFG680i SLI, and PSU is a Antec Quattro 1000 (got cheap when CUSA closed). Plus it seems right being a Antec 900 case.
 
Brantoc said:
Issues with HD2900 over and over, and before that was an old 1650 I think that was just a dog with driver issues.

nVidia GF1 DDR, GF2, GF4200GT, 6600GT, and current 8800GTS have all been superb. Last ATI I owned and really liked was an old 9500GT way way back.

Really seems odd that the 9800GX2 has been out less than 9 months and already being replaced with the GTX 280 without a price drop...
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Brantoc said:
Well I'm going to Quakecon again, and need to rebuild box for it. Got the drives, got the everything, but need a good videocard.

ATI burned that bridge, going nVidia.

9800GX2 or GTX 280, both are less than 9 month old designs and both about the same price. Looks like the 280 would win, but why hasn't the GX2 dropped in price?
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I don't know where you are seeing them for the same price but on Newegg the GX2 can be found for $370 AR and the 280 is $445 AR. In most of the reviews I've seen the GX2 still outperforms the GTX 280 as a single card solution.
 
CamaroZ28 said:
I don't know where you are seeing them for the same price but on Newegg the GX2 can be found for $370 AR and the 280 is $445 AR. In most of the reviews I've seen the GX2 still outperforms the GTX 280 as a single card solution.
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minimum framerates are better and the framerate varies less with the 280, making it the better choice.
 
ATi's 48xx series is an utter triumph in price/performance ratio and NOW you're switching to nVidia? Wow. Anyway, GTX280 is going to be the best performer if you have unlimited funds.
 
2900 was ATIs worst product in a long time..X1600 was a low-end card that didn't offer very good performance even when it was released.

I agree, seems weird that you want to go Nvidia now that ATI has finally managed to produce some decent cards. If money is no object, by all means, go with the GTX280. I'd avoid the GX2..lots of problems like microstutters, inconsistent performance etc.
 
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