What to get?

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Ndel

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So it looks like the 9 series offers minimal performance increase over the 8 series. I know the cards arent out yet, but honestly I cant justify spending 600 for a 9800gx2 when something better is waiting around the corner. The 9 series definitely looks like an interim solution till new architecture arrives.

I currently own a 7950gx2 (rma'ed a 7900gtx and received this instead), but because of the poor driver support and the card technically being a sli card is causing me some grief in vista 64. Namely massive fps loss enabling AA in some games.

The dilemma I face is what to do? hold of for the 9800gtx and wait for actual benchmark results or get one of these cards:

Which is the best for price/performance? The most im willing to spend is 350.

8800 GT
8800 GTS
9600 GT

Which of the cards is best for 1920x1200 gaming? Also factor in the 8800 GT 1 GB oc'ed versions as those are rumored to perform better at higher resolutions. Or wait till end of march for the 9800gtx if it does release for msrp of 350, im not willing to spend more then that for an interim card.

Thoughts?
 
8800GTS 512MB is the fastest among the 3 you listed. You can push 1920 x 1200 resolutions with that 1 card alone. However, do not enable Anti Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering as these will really slow down the card. You can but, start with a low setting at 2X and see how it goes.
 
That's what im afraid of, that I wouldnt be able to turn on AA for games.

When I switched to Vista, the poor driver support from Nvidia I cant seem to turn AA on, namely source games, CS source, etc. What I find really odd is in Half Life 2 there is an elusive 6 MSAA option when enabled runs better then 2 MSAA? None of the other source games have this option.

How much of a loss can I expect from turning AA with those cards? Can you direct me to some benchmarks as well, I cant seem to find any.
 
Ndel said:
That's what im afraid of, that I wouldnt be able to turn on AA for games.

When I switched to Vista, the poor driver support from Nvidia I cant seem to turn AA on, namely source games, CS source, etc. What I find really odd is in Half Life 2 there is an elusive 6 MSAA option when enabled runs better then 2 MSAA? None of the other source games have this option.

How much of a loss can I expect from turning AA with those cards? Can you direct me to some benchmarks as well, I cant seem to find any.
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when you enable 6x AA you are actually getting 0 AA. Nvidia doesnt do 6x AA.
 
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