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musti33
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n°1866753
09-21-2008 at 04:47:24 AM

Hey Everybody.. I have an urgent question which needs to be answered.. im thinking of buying a new graphics card but I've got two selections.. I dont know which one is better and which one I'll have better performance with.

First one:

Asus GeForce EN8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] =GX-142-AS

Second one:

Asus 1024Mb nVidia GeForce 9600 GT PCI-Express Card
http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/pr [...] A-XN96GT10

Please check these out and let me know as soon as possible.

Thanks.

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n°1866756
09-21-2008 at 04:52:43 AM

8800gt is significantly faster. The 1gb ram on 9600gt is meaningless.

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n°1866759
09-21-2008 at 04:56:43 AM

dagger wrote :

8800gt is significantly faster. The 1gb ram on 9600gt is meaningless.



Thanks for your reply... just for your information... my computer:

Motherboard: Asrock AliveXfire-eSata2
CPU: Amd Athlon x2 64 bit 6000+ dual core
RAM: OCZ 2x1GB DDR800mhz Dual Channel (Might upgrade to 4x1GB dual channel soon)
Display: Acoustic Solutions 19" HD TV (Supports MAX 1440x900 resolutions i think) I will connect using HDMI or VGA

Is the 8800GT still the recommended one?

Thanks Once again..

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n°1866761
09-21-2008 at 05:05:24 AM

Yes, don't let the ram amount throw you off. The 1gb version of 9600gt use the same processor as 512mb version. 8800gt's g92 gpu is more powerful than 9600gt's g94. 9600gt can't run the kind of resolution necessary to make use of 1gb anyway.

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musti33
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n°1866762
09-21-2008 at 05:09:21 AM

dagger wrote :

Yes, don't let the ram amount throw you off. The 1gb version of 9600gt use the same processor as 512mb version. 8800gt's g92 gpu is more powerful than 9600gt's g94. 9600gt can't run the kind of resolution necessary to make use of 1gb anyway.



Ok, thanks alot for your help..

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n°1866768
09-21-2008 at 05:42:22 AM

Definitely the 8800GT. It's the better graphics card.


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n°1866775
09-21-2008 at 06:02:44 AM

8800 GT.


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musti33
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n°1866819
09-21-2008 at 12:08:34 PM

dagger wrote :

Yes, don't let the ram amount throw you off. The 1gb version of 9600gt use the same processor as 512mb version. 8800gt's g92 gpu is more powerful than 9600gt's g94. 9600gt can't run the kind of resolution necessary to make use of 1gb anyway.



What about the 9600GT 512MB version? If its 8800GT again i'm not going to do any comparisons, i'm just going to go for that one...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] -%20Retail

johnyeah
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n°1866825
09-21-2008 at 12:41:19 PM

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/prod [...] subid=1008

Is cheaper and better.

Don't let the 96xx series throw you off, 8800GT is by far the best choice for that price range without doubt.

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n°1866830
09-21-2008 at 12:58:27 PM

johnyeah wrote :

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/prod [...] subid=1008

Is cheaper and better.

Don't let the 96xx series throw you off, 8800GT is by far the best choice for that price range without doubt.



Okay, thanks alot for everybody's help, i understand now which one i should go for :) I will be ordering my:

Asus 8800GT 512MB on wednesday, along with my new 250gb sata hard drive and another set of OCZ 2x1GB RAM :))

These will be my computer specs by friday :)))

Motherboard: Asrock AliveXfire-eSata2
CPU: Amd Athlon 64-bit 6000+ dual core
PSU: 450W
GPU: Asus 8800GT 512MB
RAM: OCZ 4x 1GB Dual Channel
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
Case: Galaxy III
Screen / Monitor: Acoustic Solutions 19" HDTV (720p,1080i supported) with resolutions upto 1440x900.

I'm very excited :) Thanks again everybody for the help :))

johnyeah
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n°1866832
09-21-2008 at 01:00:32 PM

One question, what PSU do you use?
You might want to make sure it has a PCI-E connector before you order the video card.

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n°1866834
09-21-2008 at 01:10:01 PM

johnyeah wrote :

One question, what PSU do you use?
You might want to make sure it has a PCI-E connector before you order the video card.



I'm not sure.. the PSU was on the case when i got it, is the PCI-E connector a wire with 4 connectors?

Thanks.. if you want, i can send you a picture of what im talking about... btw i think the graphic card comes with the little power adapter for the PCI-E connetor...

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n°1866835
09-21-2008 at 01:14:05 PM

A picture would work.
Anyhow, if it comes with a power adapter, you should be fine. 450W PSU should handle your setup sufficiently.


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n°1866836
09-21-2008 at 01:14:11 PM

johnyeah wrote :

One question, what PSU do you use?
You might want to make sure it has a PCI-E connector before you order the video card.



Ok, I've checked and somewhere on my PSU it says "WIN Power" as brand i think.. then somewhere else it says
Model: atx-450

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n°1866837
09-21-2008 at 01:21:00 PM

Yeah, I tried looking up the specs for your power supply, but I couldn't find it anywhere.

Wattages only mean so much, but I'd say it should be fine.

If you can find the specs on the PSU that'll help clarify things.

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n°1866838
09-21-2008 at 01:23:06 PM