So i currently have the nvidia 256 meg 7800 GTX vido card and i am running windows vista ultimate on my computer. How ever it is a little slow (although my new cpu ahs not arrived) and my frames per second on counter strike source went from 100 or so to 35. i was looking and have seent he 8800 512 meg video card by nvidia and i was wondering if it was worth the upgrade or if i need to just wait for drivers and such from nvidia and updates from windows?
I have read that the 8800 gets really hot and is hudge lol?
2007-03-19 02:50:16 · 5 answers · asked by lyd285 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
and as far as older games like counter strike source for instance that uses directx 9 buying a card that is directx 10 compatible is bassicaly just preparring for the games that will be coming out later?
2007-03-19 03:20:33 · update #1
Hi.
I upgraded from a 7900GTX to a 8800GTX and the performance boost was very noticeable I must say. There's vista drivers available for nvidia's 8 series and I have yet to encounter issues with them.
My idle temp is 38c and 55c with full load (I don't consider
2007-03-19 02:59:21 · answer #1 · answered by INOA 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-15 03:38:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I should wait for drivers update from nvidia (or just try the beta releases from guru3d...). I wouldn't go for the 8 series just yet because the only major difference is that they support DX10... It's 90% driver problem because simply they are not fully ready.. (for example Sli is still in beta release for vista and it doesn't even work in some cases...)
2007-03-19 02:59:34 · answer #3 · answered by agent-X 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There will no no REAL difference as this chart proves:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html
after 30-60fps you cannot tell the difference anyway.
The REAL problem is vista itself, it's NOT a gaming OS, and again, this article proves it:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/01/29/xp-vs-vista/
A faster cpu might help, according to what you have (or will have), but memory might have more advantages, as Vista is a resouse hog. 2gb of memory is really minimum for Vista.
2007-03-19 03:35:50 · answer #4 · answered by computertech82 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a link on ebay's reviews & guides where you can read reviews of them.
2007-03-19 07:10:38 · answer #5 · answered by frank m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋