8800GT or HD3870 ?

[Nadeem97]

you guys are confusing him...

[Dark Ride]

Thank you all for your replies.

Seeing how most people suggest the 8800GT, I'd go with that. But it's not as widely available as the HD3870. So if there's no way to get hold of a 8800GT I'd get the HD3870 instead.

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

I would go for the HD3870, as you have a crossfire motherboard, so you could add another one if needed at a later date...

definitely not worth the extra money for the performance increase you'd get...

get the 8800GT

[HyBry]

definitely not worth the extra money for the performance increase you'd get...

get the 8800GT

From what I have seen it scales much better than 8800GT in SLI, but it seems not to have driver ready for many games in which case it is waste...

[Dark Ride]

Can someone link me to some benchmarks that compare the 8800GT to the HD3870 so I can compare them ?

[RadishTM Veteran]

Decent review - http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardw...ce-preview.html

Radish?

[Valerus]

Haven't heard anything negative about the GT.

I use the GTX and it's grand, so I'm thinking the GT is just as good of a product for the price.

[Andre S. Veteran]

They're both worth what you pay for them, so take the one that best fits your budget (or the one you can find ;))

[Dark Ride]

Decent review - http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardw...ce-preview.html

Radish?

Thanks.

[kingofmyworld324]

are there any x38 boards with sli? i wanted to get 2 ati cards but im now leaning towards nvidia. also, when is the 9 series coming out?

[HyBry]

you need nvidia board to get SLI.. I think that was one of the reasons why their new chipset is delayed, cause intel wants in on the action as well...

9 series are out in February for enthusiasts and June I think for rest..

btw you should consider xfire as it seems to scale very well on the new 38xx series....

[Dark Ride]

Finally found a 8800GT in a shop. They got a CLub 3D one and a Gainward Bliss one. The Club 3D card is slightly cheaper.

Is there any major difference between the two brands ? Or can I just pick any one of them ?

[RadishTM Veteran]

Go with the Club 3D version, GPU speeds can be overclocked later.

Radish?

[Dark Ride]

Go with the Club 3D version

Why ?

[RadishTM Veteran]

Because it's cheap and can be OC'ed to the other versions.

Radish?