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Offline whels

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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #15 on: May 01, 2010, 04:45:35 PM »
my 2 picks would be either ATI 5770 or NV 285 gtx
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #16 on: May 01, 2010, 04:55:10 PM »
Thanks for the reminder guys I have three evga cards on the way now.  :D
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #17 on: May 01, 2010, 05:00:21 PM »
It isn't just AH that I play though.  World of Warcraft was taking my 8800 to low single digits in some cases at high detail settings.  In a place where the 8800 did 10-15 frames per second, the 7800 was doing 1 frame every 5 to 10 seconds.

Basically, I want to get a card that will last a good while, at least as long as the 8800GT did.  Because of that it should be a DX11 part, so really I think I am looking at the ATI 5850 or nVidia GTX 470.
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #18 on: May 01, 2010, 05:33:18 PM »
I think PC Games did a benchmark of WoW back in March...

yes here you go (German I think):



Of course they got better results than you on the 8800 so you may have other things you could update too.
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #19 on: May 01, 2010, 05:37:21 PM »
My CPU, motherboard, memory and OS are all due for replacement too.

My framerates in WoW were usually in the 30s, but in high stress situations they tanked if all detail was maxed.  I run all games at my native 1920x1200 resolution.
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #20 on: May 01, 2010, 05:48:14 PM »
I have to suggest you upgrade everything now (if you can) because it sounds like you have a bottleneck that is not the GPUs fault. It does look like a 270 would be plenty of card as would a 4890 or 5850 or whichever direction you intend to go.

Im buying the 480s to (hopefully) peg the fps on FSX. I havent had a problem with 8800s or 9800s or 295s either one and the guys that I have talked to that actually use the 480s for FSX are all happy (and no one reported a DOA card).

If you do go with Geforce I would get an evga just because of the lifetime warranty.
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #21 on: May 01, 2010, 06:05:29 PM »
Which reminds me.. have you checked into warrantying your 8800?  They'll likely send you a GTS250 as a replacement.. or perhaps a 9800.. or maybe something better?

Maybe consider going that route and upgrading the rest of your system with the money you were going to spend on a Fermi...
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #22 on: May 01, 2010, 06:07:13 PM »
Pass week ,  my 8800 GT also as you said had a stroke , looked around and I ordered the  MSI R5770 Hawk Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit , what sold me was the ability to Overclock, but not realy a must and the twin fan and heat tubes was nice and low power consumption.. I ordered it on NewEgg.ca.. for 189$ plus shipping and regular taxes...
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #23 on: May 01, 2010, 06:08:20 PM »
Quote from: Tigger29 on May 01, 2010, 06:05:29 PM
Which reminds me.. have you checked into warrantying your 8800?  They'll likely send you a GTS250 as a replacement.. or perhaps a 9800.. or maybe something better?

Maybe consider going that route and upgrading the rest of your system with the money you were going to spend on a Fermi...

Oh! Dont know how I missed that.  :D
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #24 on: May 01, 2010, 07:43:31 PM »
Thats why you don't buy from amazon?
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #25 on: May 01, 2010, 08:00:38 PM »
Dont blame Amazon for that sellers price! I have saved quite a bit of money shopping there and found not only hard to find items like video cards but excellent deals on a lot of items. When the evga mother boards I liked to use became hard to find I found them on Amazon even after newegg and tigerdirect ran out.
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #26 on: May 02, 2010, 01:29:43 AM »
If money is no object go ATI HD5970. Make sure you have 13" of lenght room in your case and a beefy PSU.

If you can't warrent spending £500 on a HD5970, go GTX480 or GTX470. The new Nvidia cards are the best price/performance right now.

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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #27 on: May 02, 2010, 02:43:32 AM »
Yeah, I am leaning towards the GTX 470 right now.  Money is an object.   :P
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #28 on: May 02, 2010, 12:52:53 PM »
Quote from: Karnak on May 02, 2010, 02:43:32 AM
Yeah, I am leaning towards the GTX 470 right now.  Money is an object.   :P

I wouldn't plan on the GTX470 making that huge of a difference with that dated hardware.

BTW if you do go that route, can you send me your broken 8800 so I can get it replaced under warranty?  Thanks!
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Re: 8800GT died, need a new video card
« Reply #29 on: May 02, 2010, 01:00:24 PM »
Quote from: Tigger29 on May 02, 2010, 12:52:53 PM
I wouldn't plan on the GTX470 making that huge of a difference with that dated hardware.

BTW if you do go that route, can you send me your broken 8800 so I can get it replaced under warranty?  Thanks!
I am going to try to get it replaced under warranty before I spend any money, sorry.  Only if it is out of warranty will I spend money on a new card right now.

As to not making that much of a difference, well, it would only be the first step in the upgrade path and it will make the largest initial difference.
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