I got a PC and the 8800 thats going bad. What are the GTX GTS naming conventions going on with these cards? I'm not looking to spend $400.00. My motherboard is an Asus premium vista edition.

300$-400$ Nvidia category on newegg has some nice stuff.

if its still under warranty, i suggest breaking it and sending it in ... they'll give you a more up to date card

Thanks for the tips. Basically I had 2 of them when I got the machine a few years ago. One of them started glitching so I took it out. Are there any cards out there that don't sound like jet engines when you launch a game?

Originally posted by Briansho

Thanks for the tips. Basically I had 2 of them when I got the machine a few years ago. One of them started glitching so I took it out. Are there any cards out there that don't sound like jet engines when you launch a game?

TBH I really like the Sapphire Vapor-x brand cards, I have a 4870 right now, and it has a 12% GPU OC and a 18 memory OC. It doesn't sound like a jet engine, it consumes pretty much though.

I have a GTX 260 now, and its working great for me. Had it since 2008. Get something around there, GTX 260-295 or something. Tried ATI, was good, but like Nvidia better.

Low Budget - GeForce GTS250

Mid-Low Budget - GeForce GTX260

High Budget - GeForce GTX275 - GTX295

or newer.... and if you have some time to spare wait for nVidia's new series  to come out with the GF100 GPUs ;-) but i would personally not go for ATI since my friend has one and it really did not impress me

Grats for upping an old thread.

And what comes to the subject, nvidia hasn't got anything good to offer atm, considering facts 5850 is the most balanced card atm. 

Originally posted by Briansho

I got a PC and the 8800 thats going bad. What are the GTX GTS naming conventions going on with these cards? I'm not looking to spend $400.00. My motherboard is an Asus premium vista edition.

Newegg.com has the XFX Radeon HD 5770 on sale today for $160.  It is comparable to the NVIDIA GTX 260. 

I bought a cheap ATI Radeon HD 4850 and threw my Nvidia 8800 out the window and haven't been happier.  Goodbye overheating issues.

Nvidia just use GT/GTS/GTX just to show differences in speed for similar types of card. They go GT->GTS->GTX. ATI do a similar thing with XX30->XX50->XX70

Best bang for your buck review here, as you can see ATI are dominant right now.  www.tomshardware.co.uk/best-graphics-card,review-31829.html

If you are going Nvidia though for $350ish your best bet is a GTX285, for $200ish you can get a GTX260

Originally posted by Kyntor

Originally posted by Briansho

I got a PC and the 8800 thats going bad. What are the GTX GTS naming conventions going on with these cards? I'm not looking to spend $400.00. My motherboard is an Asus premium vista edition.

 

Newegg.com has the XFX Radeon HD 5770 on sale today for $160.  It is comparable to the NVIDIA GTX 260. 

lol!comparing a dx11 card vs a dx10 card is like comparing a a mini vs a bmw!

Originally posted by drbaltazar

lol!comparing a dx11 card vs a dx10 card is like comparing a a mini vs a bmw!

I was talking speedwise against existing games.  Naturally, the 5770 is more futureproof.

Originally posted by viddster 

 

If you are going Nvidia though for $350ish your best bet is a GTX285, for $200ish you can get a GTX260

nvidia will announce new cards 26th of march and will be on market at april , not a good time to buy gtx285 or gtx260 .I would wait and look to price and performance of new cards before buying one now.

Originally posted by jagd1

Originally posted by viddster 

 

If you are going Nvidia though for $350ish your best bet is a GTX285, for $200ish you can get a GTX260

 

nvidia will announce new cards 26th of march and will be on market at april , not a good time to buy gtx285 or gtx260 .I would wait and look to price and performance of new cards before buying one now.

GeForce GTX 480 : 512 SP, 384-bit, 295W TDP, US$499 5-10% faster than 5870 
GeForce GTX 470 : 448 SP, 320-bit, 225W TDP, US$349 5-10% faster than 5850 
 

Will not change much, ati is still much better choice.

Originally posted by dfan

Originally posted by jagd1

Originally posted by viddster 

 

If you are going Nvidia though for $350ish your best bet is a GTX285, for $200ish you can get a GTX260

 

nvidia will announce new cards 26th of march and will be on market at april , not a good time to buy gtx285 or gtx260 .I would wait and look to price and performance of new cards before buying one now.

GeForce GTX 480 : 512 SP, 384-bit, 295W TDP, US$499 5-10% faster than 5870 
GeForce GTX 470 : 448 SP, 320-bit, 225W TDP, US$349 5-10% faster than 5850 
 

Will not change much, ati is still much better choice.

 

Curious, where did you get those prices?  There's no way Nvidia could be profitable with those prices on the GF100 parts.  They are going to need their other products subsidize GTX sales at those price points.

Also, independent benchmarks are not out yet; as far as I'm aware, those speeds are leaked out of the rumormill.

Lastly, considering the supply problems they are having and the limited production runs, March 26th will mostly be a paper launch, and wide availability of these cards will not likely be seen for many months.

Originally posted by ForceQuit

Originally posted by dfan

Originally posted by jagd1

Originally posted by viddster 

 

If you are going Nvidia though for $350ish your best bet is a GTX285, for $200ish you can get a GTX260

 

nvidia will announce new cards 26th of march and will be on market at april , not a good time to buy gtx285 or gtx260 .I would wait and look to price and performance of new cards before buying one now.

GeForce GTX 480 : 512 SP, 384-bit, 295W TDP, US$499 5-10% faster than 5870 
GeForce GTX 470 : 448 SP, 320-bit, 225W TDP, US$349 5-10% faster than 5850 
 

Will not change much, ati is still much better choice.

 

 

Curious, where did you get those prices?  There's no way Nvidia could be profitable with those prices on the GF100 parts.  They are going to need their other products subsidize GTX sales at those price points.

 

Also, independent benchmarks are not out yet; as far as I'm aware, those speeds are leaked out of the rumormill.

 

Lastly, considering the supply problems they are having and the limited production runs, March 26th will mostly be a paper launch, and wide availability of these cards will not likely be seen for many months.

 

 

there is a big problem here!the thing is dx11 card did the same thing processor did ,they went parallel

and this my friend is a lot harder to test since there is no benchmark yet for parallel gpu power

so we re stuck with single tread test when the card power and design werent really made with that in mind

hell i dont even know if there will be a game in the next 2 year that will utilise all that parallel power!

so good luck having the real picture here

if any know of a test that use the parallel processing power of the gpu please tell use that test

even unigen isnt using the parallel power of the gpu just single tread like all previous card

that why i laugh when tester test a 260 vs a 5xxx serie,one is a single tread card and the ati is a multiple tread card!

so until they dev an indepedent benchmark to test that feature one card is about as good as the next !

Originally posted by ForceQuit

Originally posted by dfan

Originally posted by jagd1

Originally posted by viddster 

 

If you are going Nvidia though for $350ish your best bet is a GTX285, for $200ish you can get a GTX260

 

nvidia will announce new cards 26th of march and will be on market at april , not a good time to buy gtx285 or gtx260 .I would wait and look to price and performance of new cards before buying one now.

GeForce GTX 480 : 512 SP, 384-bit, 295W TDP, US$499 5-10% faster than 5870 
GeForce GTX 470 : 448 SP, 320-bit, 225W TDP, US$349 5-10% faster than 5850 
 

Will not change much, ati is still much better choice.

 

 

Curious, where did you get those prices?  There's no way Nvidia could be profitable with those prices on the GF100 parts.  They are going to need their other products subsidize GTX sales at those price points.

 

Also, independent benchmarks are not out yet; as far as I'm aware, those speeds are leaked out of the rumormill.

 

Lastly, considering the supply problems they are having and the limited production runs, March 26th will mostly be a paper launch, and wide availability of these cards will not likely be seen for many months.

 

 

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2010/3/15/geforce-gtx-480-has-480-cores2c-aibs-confirm.aspx

http://vr-zone.com/articles/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-final-specs--pricing-revealed/8635.html

It's a fact that nv can't compete against 5000 series with fermi, considering the huge chip and current yields.

Originally posted by drbaltazar

there is a big problem here!the thing is dx11 card did the same thing processor did ,they went parallel

and this my friend is a lot harder to test since there is no benchmark yet for parallel gpu power

so we re stuck with single tread test when the card power and design werent really made with that in mind

hell i dont even know if there will be a game in the next 2 year that will utilise all that parallel power!

so good luck having the real picture here

if any know of a test that use the parallel processing power of the gpu please tell use that test

even unigen isnt using the parallel power of the gpu just single tread like all previous card

that why i laugh when tester test a 260 vs a 5xxx serie,one is a single tread card and the ati is a multiple tread card!

so until they dev an indepedent benchmark to test that feature one card is about as good as the next !

Jesus Christ, how about you inspect gpu architecture and history of them before commenting.
 

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Originally posted by dfan

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Originally posted by drbaltazar

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there is a big problem here!the thing is dx11 card did the same thing processor did ,they went parallel
and this my friend is a lot harder to test since there is no benchmark yet for parallel gpu power
so we re stuck with single tread test when the card power and design werent really made with that in mind
hell i dont even know if there will be a game in the next 2 year that will utilise all that parallel power!
so good luck having the real picture here
if any know of a test that use the parallel processing power of the gpu please tell use that test
even unigen isnt using the parallel power of the gpu just single tread like all previous card
that why i laugh when tester test a 260 vs a 5xxx serie,one is a single tread card and the ati is a multiple tread card!
so until they dev an indepedent benchmark to test that feature one card is about as good as the next !

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Jesus Christ, how about you inspect gpu architecture and history of them before commenting.
 

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Anyway, I'm still taking GTX 480/470 prices/performance with a grain of salt, the specs I'm sure are true, shader count has been gone over for months, performance I'm accepting 5-10% since multiple sources have been pointing in that direction already, but price is totally up in the air to me.