Which Card Should I Get?

It depends on your resolution. If you're gaming at 1900x1200 or above, then the 1GB of memory will be helpful, otherwise you might as well go for the 512MB version.

However, you might want to watch out for the open box versions. The 512MB 9800GTX has a few things which are a lot nice about it:

1. Dual slot cooler - pushes the heat outside of your case instead of into in.
2. Lifetime warranty - Much better than what Gigabyte provides.
3. Free game. Ok, so this might not be a big deal, but if you don't have CoD: WaW it's still nice. ;)
4. New instead of open box - you get a 30 day return period instead of 15 days, and you don't have to worry as much about it being a dud which someone else returned.
 
DanW said:
It depends on your resolution. If you're gaming at 1900x1200 or above, then the 1GB of memory will be helpful, otherwise you might as well go for the 512MB version.

However, you might want to watch out for the open box versions. The 512MB 9800GTX has a few things which are a lot nice about it:

1. Dual slot cooler - pushes the heat outside of your case instead of into in.
2. Lifetime warranty - Much better than what Gigabyte provides.
3. Free game. Ok, so this might not be a big deal, but if you don't have CoD: WaW it's still nice. ;)
4. New instead of open box - you get a 30 day return period instead of 15 days, and you don't have to worry as much about it being a dud which someone else returned.
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i was wondering about those possibilities but wasn't sure. i do have a 1900x1200 monitor so the 1gb would help.

about the 15 day return period, if the 1gb card craps out, i won't be able to RMA it through newegg after 15?
 
haitu said:
about the 15 day return period, if the 1gb card craps out, i won't be able to RMA it through newegg after 15?
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Nope. Here is Newegg's open box return policy.

You may be able to get a replacement through Gigabyte. I'm not sure what their policy is for open box cards. Newegg isn't very clear about that, and Gigabyte's support site is broken for me at the moment. I'd try to find out what it is before ordering, though.
 
As far as i know, the 9800 cards didnt benefit at all from the aditional memory due to the castrated bus.
For a bit more, i'd suggest getting a 4870 instead.
 
The 9800GTX is a rather weak card. I would go for the GTX 260 (55nm gpu version).
 
haitu said:
i was wondering about those possibilities but wasn't sure. i do have a 1900x1200 monitor so the 1gb would help.

about the 15 day return period, if the 1gb card craps out, i won't be able to RMA it through newegg after 15?
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the 9800gtx+ isnt really strong enough to run games at settings that will utilize more than 512mb.
 
thanks for the input. i guess i will wait for more money or when there is a deal for 4870
 
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