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MrHood22

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I have an x850xt that is somewhat broken. It gives me these annoying lines when i'm not gaming and then when i'm gaming SOME textures are distorted but I can still play the game a bit.

I have that bench warming. My card I have in is an 8600GT OC.

I have until 12/01 to RMA it for the (full) price back which is $110.

Should I...

a) keep the 8600GT
b) RMA The 8600GT and buy a 3850 (or 3870 if I find one)
c) RMA the 8600GT as late as possible (12/01) and try and run COD4 on my x850xt until 8800GTs drop.


Any ideas?
 
Depends on what your priorities are.

If you're mid to high end value customer, you can consider buying an 8800GT and then RMA the 8600GT

If you're a low to mid range value customer who doesn't care that much about gaming graphics and has a low resolution monitor anyway, just keep the 8600GT.

Option C doesn't make much sense unless you are a "very" low end (i.e. cheap) customer who doesn't mind terrible graphic performance. Sure you can wait for the 8800GT to eventually drop in price, but considering it just came out, and is considered to be good value, you will be using that x850xt for a long time.
 
I don't know. I figure it will drop to $250 in a few weeks mainly because of the amount of people willing to pay $300 for a card that was said to be released at $240 are dying down.

I basically want something good for gaming while still being in the $250ish max.

I play games like COD4 and plan to play Crysis.
 
Good point that the GT prices have been pushed upwards.

If you're looking at $250, the GT "might" come down to this level in a few months.

If you want to save a bit of money and get a decent card, option B is also quite a good one. I'm half surprised I'm saying this but the 3850/70 cards are good value for money (although not in the same league as the GT).
 
I suggest RMA it and try and grab 3850 or 3870 depending on what you want to spend. The 3850 is a ton better the the 8600GT.


I can't see supply or price improving much on the 8800GT this side of Xmas, and of course it will be over double the price of the 8600GT no matter what.
 
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