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ati 3870 vs nvidia 8800

Discussion in 'Computers & Modding' started by equitypetey, Nov 29, 2007.

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  1. equitypetey

    equitypetey Well-Known Member

    i have an ati 9600 and never had it crash on me


    this post is now obsolete realy as i now don't have the money to buy the pc components i want and by the time i do there will be better cards out. i think i'm going to have to buy a 360 of my brother for 60 pounds (don't have a pound sign) and flash it. i know i'm a hypocrit wanting a 360 but he lent me a flashed one the other day and i think it will do as a stop gap till i can affored my pc. but i do need a pc before spore comes out that game will own
     
    equitypetey, Mar 16, 2008
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  2. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    my ATI was a 9600Pro.
     
    Loonylion, Mar 16, 2008
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  3. equitypetey

    equitypetey Well-Known Member

    yeah i had the pro aswell befor this one but had a power surge and it killed my card and only had the money to get the normal basic chipset one
     
    equitypetey, Mar 16, 2008
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  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Ok, so here is the shootout: (all benchmarks done using Aquamark 3 at standard settings)

    Single Nvidia Geforce 7800GTX 256MB:

    http://s36.photobucket.com/albums/e10/llion9x/?action=view&current=256MB7800GTXforceware16921aquamark.png

    dual Nvidia Geforce 7800GTX 256MB in SLI:

    http://s36.photobucket.com/albums/e10/llion9x/?action=view&current=256MB7800GTXSLIforceware8195aquamar.png

    Single Nvidia Geforce 8800GTX 768MB:

    http://s36.photobucket.com/albums/e10/llion9x/?action=view&current=768MB8800GTXforceware16921aquamark.png
     
    Loonylion, Mar 19, 2008
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  5. equitypetey

    equitypetey Well-Known Member

    wow so worked out the same as the sli 7800's but then again it never really works out like that in real life as the new games run better on the new cards (I'm guessing).

    I'm surprised that there is not that much difference in the score between all of the setups

    but really how does it feel cause stats mean nothing, whats the play like and what games have you compared
     
    equitypetey, Mar 19, 2008
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  6. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    World of Warcaft looks fucking amazing after playing it at minimum settings for the last 3 months (laptop can't handle it above minimum). New card allows 8x antialising whereas the 7800GTX setup only went up to 4x. WoW does not make use of SLI so the 8800GTX is a significant improvement. Going to try Crysis soon :)
     
    Loonylion, Mar 19, 2008
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  7. equitypetey

    equitypetey Well-Known Member

    oohhh
     
    equitypetey, Mar 19, 2008
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