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13. September 2007 @ 03:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The 8800GTS is only a bit below the 8800GTX. So I'd say you'll have no problem on Ultra.



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13. September 2007 @ 03:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is there really such a difference? Honestly, is it worth it?
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13. September 2007 @ 03:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The 8800GTS is the better card for the money. I just got the GTX because I wanted the very best at the time.



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13. September 2007 @ 04:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No, I meant playing on Ultra.
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13. September 2007 @ 04:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I usually max out the settings on all games if I can, but with Quake 4 it doesn't bother me that it's only on high, because I can't tell the difference.



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13. September 2007 @ 06:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by REAM:
OK some one has to help me.

i am making a decent computer and i need help.

i have a budget of £500, and am making a nice gaming system.

i have just taken up computer building and upgrading as an after school class, and i am 17 yrs old, so the class is advanced. i have partially built computers, and upgraded, btu never a whole system from nothing.

i am deffinat;ley getting a BFG 8800GTS, that costs £200, so i have £300 left.

i need 2GB RAM (notsure what brand or whatever.
a mobo that has to support and include a dual proccessor, and a pci-e 16x. i am guessing caus of the parts i will need a 550W silient PSU, and i need a sata rator 100GB or 200GB hdd (what ever will come in the budget) and a seperate 100GB (internal or external) HDD for storage.

i dont care for a fansy case, any would be suted.

WHAT CAN I DO, AND CAN I DO IT FOR UNDER £500?
(about $980 USD)

I feel like killing my self after reading this. What a n00b was I?
I wanted a mid-high end comp for £500...HAHAHAHA
and a 100/200GB raptor..HAHAHAHAHA
I didn't care about the brand of RAM, and for me any 550W PSU would have done....EEEEEKKKKKKK

I am amazed how much i have learnt after what i wrote thier.
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13. September 2007 @ 07:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Indeed, that post had 'noob' written all over it.



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14. September 2007 @ 08:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Wow, I just never said anything because I didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings.

But yes, "n00biest" post I've seen in a long time...



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14. September 2007 @ 14:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Has anybody noticed a large drop in core 2 duo prices, or am I just late in spotting it? I looked a couple of days ago and spotted an E6750 for almost the same price I paid for my E4300!



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14. September 2007 @ 14:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The E6750 is as much as a E6400 was 3-4 months ago! I'm trying to sell my old E6400 so I can get a E6750.
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15. September 2007 @ 03:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by sammorris:
Has anybody noticed a large drop in core 2 duo prices, or am I just late in spotting it? I looked a couple of days ago and spotted an E6750 for almost the same price I paid for my E4300!
22nd July was the date that happened
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5. November 2007 @ 11:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by sammorris:
Has anybody noticed a large drop in core 2 duo prices, or am I just late in spotting it? I looked a couple of days ago and spotted an E6750 for almost the same price I paid for my E4300!
lol, it happened long time ago, you could get a Q6600 for the price of E6600.

OK guys the new 8800GT 512MB(G92) rocks! it outperforms 8800GTS 640MB (G80), i wonder if it will outperform the new GTS 112 Stream Processors?

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5. November 2007 @ 11:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Who knows? The 8800GT has proven a very strong performer so far...



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yeah and it is using the latest and newest core the G9x, is this rumor still on that there will be a new graphics card coming out on Xmas?

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5. November 2007 @ 14:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I doubt that the GeForce 8 series will be replaced so soon. They have yet to release a game that these cards won't handle at max settings and resolution (plus eye candy.) But I bet that the G9x core will end up as our 8900GTX.

*EDIT*

Looking at an 8800GT review now... WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

And the price!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even though I like having a high-end build, I feel really stupid now for paying $600 for my 8800GTX... oh well :P



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i am assuming you have not herd of a game called crysis?
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5. November 2007 @ 17:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
AN 8800GT will run Crysis just fine.
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5. November 2007 @ 18:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
when a GTX is finding it hard, i doubt a GT will pull through
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More here: http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/29/g..._gt/page13.html

8800GT all the way my friend!

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5. November 2007 @ 21:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Quote:
i am assuming you have not herd of a game called crysis?
Check out the graph...

Doesn't exactly bring the cards to their knees, does it? The 8800GTS 320MB will run it buttery smooth at 1280 x 1024(from looking at 1600 x 1200 performance). And also from looking at performance, I think the 8600GTS would handle it well at 1280 x 1024 at medium detail.

I will be running at 1600 x 1200(maybe 1920 x 1200.) I'm also planning on SLi when I get Crysis(several months from now). SLi will handle it at least 1.5x as well, hopefully.

It does seem to scale well. Rumor is, low detail in the game is the same as cranked detail in FarCry. So, in the end, even the guys barely able to get it smooth in 800 x 600 at lowest details(the GeForce 6800 crowd) will get a decent looking game.



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the graph backs my point... you buy a £400 gpu and you cant run a posible GOTY at a good resolution with full eye candy... its just not good enough that it dont go the magic 60fps for four hundred GBP. just like when farcry came out
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but hey crysis(Crytek) took a huge leap, the best in the game industries, it is challenging the latest and the greatest technologies...

i need help with this one...8800GT is PCI-E 2.0 x16, will it be able to run on a normal PCI-E x16?

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yep it works on pcie x16 verisons 1.0 1.1 and 2.0
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6. November 2007 @ 13:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
cool...but its PCI-E 2.0 and running on a PCI-E will the performance increase a little? and what PSU do i need to run this monter smoothly?

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6. November 2007 @ 14:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No nothing will change, it's just a move my Nvidia to support PCI-E 2 and make people try to move to that.
 
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