Nvidia 8800gt video cards

[ZANYMASTER]

Man,I need to upgrade my 7600gt's to at least 8600 or 8800's.Tried playing Area51 Blacksite and it ran like a snail and I have a decent AMD FX-55 at 2.6ghz and 2gb of ram but the cards ran slow.Will the cheaper 8600 in SLI be good enough to play these new games?Willing to trade both my 7600's for two 8600's or one 8800gt.:irked:

 

[NYreefNoob]

zany i would check and see if there is a bios update for your's, i have the gt6600 oc and play fear which is one of the high res games and draws with no problem your's are the bfg's ? also running amd 3200 processor. what power supply do you use ?

 

[ZANYMASTER]

I played fear with no problem either,it's these new games require demanding power from your system.I have a Antec 550w ps.I don't like overclocking mine.Mine are EVGA.Trust me,I need to upgrade the cards.I bet you can't run Area51 Blacksite either.Was playing timeshift and crysis ok but Jericho gave me a bit of little problems.

 

[NYreefNoob]

i dont run my card oc either, from factory the bfg's are oc'ed, was asking about power supply cause that was part of my problem. fear is the last game i bought cause i am a war craft fan since 94, not WOW though. your running dual cards and still having problems ? you might check the sync on them also. i didnt go with the sli myself, cause plan to upgrade board next year { asus } what i have now and will buy again. also are you ram sticks same brand ? and what type ?

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Max out the systems ram first and if you are going to go with a new card the 8800 is better than anything on the market now. And 2 8800's in SLI mode rocks. I wouls also try to go in and shut down as many programs that you have running in the background while you are playing A51 to free up system memory.

 

[ZANYMASTER]

But can I get good results with 8600's on SLI?Those 8800's are still pretty expensive you know.I have my board full with Corsair at 2gb,Only use the best.Kingston is ok too.

 

[Dj Orion]

I have an 8800 gtx card with the ageis phys-x card... soo worth it. takes gaming to a whole new level.

 

[Dj Orion]

i didnt go with the sli myself, cause plan to upgrade board next year { asus }

asus makes sli boards

 

[NYreefNoob]

yea i know. my computer is almost 2 yr's old, that's why i will update next year, sticking with the asus board. really like it. will never own a dell or the fact any company computer. i like piecing them together. and cost less for what your after. id go one card up, so you have a extra year worth of use :banghead: for the price difference. not to get off subject, but any of you plan war craft 2 or 3 ?

 

[asianer]

Not sure if this promotion is still going on but Dell was having a good sale:

Item Number Quantity Item Description

A1348853 1 GeForce 8800GT 512 MB GDDR3 Graphics Card Dell Home Customers: Save 20% off Select Gaming Accessories! - $52.00 $50 off any Electronics, Software or Accessories item - $50.00 [FONT=arial, helvetica]Order Subtotal: $157.99 Shipping and Handling Total: $4.99
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[ZANYMASTER]

Can I see a link for that?Can't seem to find that.

 

[Davidl919]

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/504827778.html Selling it for $200

What is your Hard Drive array? How Much on board mem on the card? You can also overclock your memory not just your processor.

 

[ZANYMASTER]

I stopped messing with my bios a long time ago.It's an Asus board,there is a auto mode for that anyway.It might go to 4gb but I have 2gb right now.Should be enough.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

I bought a EVGA 8800 gts 320mb card a few months ago and I have yet to find a game that makes it finch on maxed settings. Was less than $300 off newegg and It's running with the original pentium dual core running at 2.8g and 2gigs of crucial ram. The comp is the original Dell XPS 400 model. That card is worth every penny and the other plus is that it will be a few more years before I "need" to upgrade it unless I just run it SLI. Not worth it to mess around with the smaller cards when you can get one of these for a few bucks more.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Check out www.pricewatch.com

 

[yeahcheetah]

I'd wait a couple of months and get 2x8800, 4GB RAM to play Crysis.

 

[ZANYMASTER]

I was able to play Crysis with mine except once in a while it would freeze up on me graphically but the 8800's is the way to go until they make 9000's I'm sure.We can never catch up with the tech:frown:.

 

[pmui]

i ws also thinking of upgrading my video card, i currently have EVGA 7600 series. I was looking into doing a Crossfire with 2 ati boards. Any comment on the ATI crossfire technology? should i bother or just get one 8800 GTS video card. If i went the route of using crossfire, i need to upgrade my powersupply. Currently playig crysis and Hellgate london.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

SLI is better, easier and the Nvidia cards are beating the ATI cards for performance and reliability right now.

 

[pmui]

Here's another question:
THe 8800gt card, do they requires a connection to the power supply, even if i don't run them in SLI mode?