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whats the better video card..8800 gts, 8800 gt or 8800 gtx..performance wise.

I have the 8800 GTS. It's a poor cousin to the GTX, as I recall, but it's still a good card. I can play Oblivion just fine with the 8800 GTS. Also, I have to worry less about heat and power issues with the GTS.

If money, heat, and power usage are not an issue, the GTX is better than the GTS. I am not familar with the "GT".

I want to say gtx, but I have no stats to back that up.  Also, isn't gts for AGP, where the other two are for PCI-E?

Originally posted by KorovaMB

I want to say gtx, but I have no stats to back that up.  Also, isn't gts for AGP, where the other two are for PCI-E?

I think they're all PCI-E... isn't AGP old? It's been over a year since I built my computer and can't quite remember but I'm pretty sure...

Simple answer to your question:   GTX

Originally posted by Kien

 

Originally posted by KorovaMB

I want to say gtx, but I have no stats to back that up.  Also, isn't gts for AGP, where the other two are for PCI-E?

 

I think they're all PCI-E... isn't AGP old? It's been over a year since I built my computer and can't quite remember but I'm pretty sure...

I believe nvidia stopped making cards for AGP at 7600 GS so all 8 series are all PCI express.

www.tomshardware.com/charts/graphics-cards/3dmark06-v1-0-2-hdr-sm3-0-score,538.html

Originally posted by Kien

 

Originally posted by KorovaMB

I want to say gtx, but I have no stats to back that up.  Also, isn't gts for AGP, where the other two are for PCI-E?

 

I think they're all PCI-E... isn't AGP old? It's been over a year since I built my computer and can't quite remember but I'm pretty sure...

Yep, all PCi-e... my pos 4yr old pc i agp, it does have the x1950pro... best agp card available

I am running dual GT's. They are not standard though, as each one has 512 mb of DDR3 RAM.

Even so, together they were still cheaper by a fair margin than a single GTX, and together perform better than a single GTS. I can easily run CRYSIS, UT3, and pretty much anything else at max settings. AoC should be cake.

I imagine a single GT would still perform admirably! Anything in the 8800 series, really, ought to be fine.

Originally posted by tkreep

Originally posted by Kien

 

Originally posted by KorovaMB

I want to say gtx, but I have no stats to back that up.  Also, isn't gts for AGP, where the other two are for PCI-E?

 

I think they're all PCI-E... isn't AGP old? It's been over a year since I built my computer and can't quite remember but I'm pretty sure...

I believe nvidia stopped making cards for AGP at 7600 GS so all 8 series are all PCI express.

Thanks for clarifying.  I haven't been graphics card shopping since I built my current rig with duel 7800 GTX's a couple of years ago.  I just remembered the "s" in the postfix as belonging to AGP cards at the time.