DX10 Cards

[RSi Dave]

Are they worth it yet?

No games out yet, am i better off saving £50 and getting a DX9 card and wait for the DX10 cards to come down in price or just go balls out and get the DX10 card?

Thoughts!!!

 

[Adam K]

no, the 8800gts 320mb is amazing value for money right now at around £200.

get is.

 

[RSi Dave]

exact card im looking at

 

[Bloooor]

Hey, My Dad has Flight Sim x and It doesn't play very well on his machine. Would this graphics card be good for it or would you suggest a better one? maybe with more memory or the GTX version?

Cheers, Adam

 

[Adam K]

gtx is overkill for most people at the moment unless u have a spare £370+ to spend.

an overclocked 320mb gts will still be slightly faster than a standard clock rate 640mb gts, although at resolutions above 1600x1200 the 640mb gts might have a slight advantage.

a 320mb gts is £200, a 640mb is about £250. up to you, but a 320mb will be fine for most stuff now.

 

[Darren S]

As Adam says - buying a DX10 card really should be your only choice at the moment. Unless you were offered say a 7900GTX or 7950GTX at a very decent price.

That, or you had an existing DX9-gen card and wanted to go down the SLi or XFire route.

D.

 

[RSi Dave]

The next one down from the 8800GTS is the X1950 XT however its DX9 and being the Mobo im getting is SLI this card is an Xfire slave. So there isnt any point in it.

Defo getting the 320mb GTS

 

[Gareth]

i'm going for an 8800 GTX methinks.

 

[SimonV6]

Hey, My Dad has Flight Sim x and It doesn't play very well on his machine. Would this graphics card be good for it or would you suggest a better one? maybe with more memory or the GTX version?

Cheers, Adam

A fast graphics card helps ( I have an 8800 GTX) however FSX is also very CPU intensive.



Simon

 

[Munson]

My next upgrade to TheBeast2 will be a DX10 card. I currently have a 7950GX2. I will see how the whole Vista/DX10 thing pans out, but the clock is ticking and you can't stop progress. I may end up building TheBeast3 later this year with a conroe heart pumping inside (cvurrently AM2 64)

 

[wozzaa]

Theres little difference between conroe / AM2 unless you start clocking them up. I've even seen benchmarks putting the AM2 at same speeds ahead of conroes. But as soon as you start overclocking its a different story the AMD's are bad clockers the intels on the other hand are usually stupid and just take whatever you want to throw at them.

Just a word of warning may need to upgrade mobo if you want dual cards and possibly PSU depending on what PSU you have. recommended for 8800's in SLI is 800w minimum. And they need a PCI-E 16x slot not a 16x slot working as a 8x need the full 16 lanes from what i have read.

 

[RSi Dave]

I read different on the 8x speed and 16x PCI-E slots, they will work fine in either and even in 4x apparently, power wattage seems about right a single card require 450w/500w

 

[rich[182]]

The 320Mb GTS is quicker than ATI's flagship in most tests, If your buying now then it's got to be the GTS

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/geforce_8800_gts_320mb_roundup/

 

[Munson]

I might still throw in another 7950GX2 for some Quad SLi goodness with 1000xAA and 1000AF at stupid fps. One last hurrah before TheBeast3 starts taking shape later in the year :approve:

EDIT: WTF? Can you still buy a new GX2?