Getting NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Need Help?

Question

I Am Going To Be Getting NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS And I Am Wondering If That Is Good Will I Be Able To Play Things That Are Out And Coming In The Future I Dont Want To Have To Update Any Time Soon I Want To Know Will I Bet Set With This cards For Years To Come ? To Play High End Games

Answer 1

Get the 640MB version. Yes it may cost more than the 320MB version, significantly more in fact, and the difference may not be that big in DirectX 9 games

But check out the latest DirectX 10 benchmark, Call Of Juarez (something like that, forgot how it's spell)

The 320MB card was left in the dust, looking miserably lagging behind the 640MB version. There was also another DirectX 10 benchmark earlier on that shows the same pattern, so whatever you do, stay away from 320MB version. There's just not enough memory and the card starts swapping data on and off the card and that cripples its performance under DirectX 10 games, so far.

8800GTS looks fine though in that CoJ benchmark, which is a real DirectX 10 game, which gives an indication of how it will run upcoming games such as Crysis, Alan Wake and the modern CoD.

Of course you can't crank up the AA and resolution the way you can do with the Ultra version, at least for that benchmark, but it's fine if you don't need fancy ultra sharp resolution.

Answer 2

normally I would say "sure, youi're good to go!" However, I recently read some new test that were done by MaximumPC show up to 40% framerate loss on directx 9 games while running vista with directx 10 using these higher-end cards. What remains to be seen is whether or not these results are just the result of playing directx 9 games on a directx 10 system (like some sort of software conflict that could be fixed by a patch in the future) Since the 8800 GTS is one of the best options available now, I would go ahead and do it, and if you find out that it doesn't perform as great as you would like on a game like UT3 or Crysis, then simply get asecond one and run an SLI configuration (by then the 8800s will be considerable cheaper!)

Answer 3

You should be fine for a year or two, but there's no guarantee when it comes to technology. You'll most likely be able to play the new games at highest/high settings without any problems now, but things might change down the line. Whenever I purchase high end video cards, I can usually play on high settings for about a year, then switch to medium settings down the line. It depends on how the programmers wrote the game, too. But that card is a good way of preparing yourself for the future.

Answer 4

instead of GT 520, bypass with 6670 HD, or attempt for 6750 HD if it suits your value selection favored manufacturers sapphire, xfx,msi going from 8800 GT to GT 520 is improve (useful components smart , you may have extra memory, extra contemporary technologies help) , yet overall performance smart it extremely is a downgrade and in accordance on your value selection you're in get right of entry to/mid point pics card, a million GB variations are nice for you

Answer 5

You're good to go... the 8800GT series is pretty much the standard for high-end gaming now. There are faster cards like for $300-500 but that's too much money and those expensive cards will be cheap in 1.5 years.

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Answer 6

I have one of those right now and I have absolutelty no problem running anything at this time. It is basically impossible to find anything at a reasonable price which will be good for years to come. Just look at how far things have developed in the last 5 years.

Answer 7

the 8800 series is nvidias top of the line cards right now, it's the best you can get, but if your looking for the one that i recomend for it's value and it's longevity is the GTX 756MB card they run about 500 and will run just about anything you can throw at them in full AA

Answer 8

the 8800gts is a good card, BUT only go with the 640mb version. the 320mb version isnt worth it and ur better off with an 8600gts 512mb ddr3 version.

Answer 9

Yes, but make sure that it is Window Vista compatible, because you might need to change you OS in the future.

Answer 10

what?? how can you ask that? go NOW and buy the thing...