8800: GTS vrs GTX

Link please.

 

I dont want to go back to that thread but.. here it goes
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=228361&page=7

read the comments

anyways, if anyone wants to compare again. then i'm ready.

 

Yes, oryginall clocks on 8800 GTS are GPU Core/Memory 500/800. Mine was a little higher (GPU Core/Memory 600/900). In this card people set clocks even higher (GPU Core/Memory 640/960), but I didn't try yet. Temp during test or play are always cool - CPU max 55, GPU max 73.

 

just keep an eye on the Card lockin, make sure it doesnt go over 75c i heard it'll get a bit dangerous for the card above that temp

 

Hi all,

I am new to this forum and getting into graphics cards. Just a layman question. Why are graphics cards so popular. Meaning why do people just jump onto it as soon as they are out even though they are so costly.

I understand the fact that it improves the gaming experience, but is it worth to spend 500$ extra for just a gaming experience which would be available to you with just 150$ extra in may be next 4-6 months.

I want to understand the rationale behind it.

Thanks for your help.

 

4-6 months is normally the window in which the graphics card can show off its full capabilities in recent games, after that developer technology surpasses the card's capabilities leading to the slow road of video card obsolescence.

 

the better the Graphic card, the better the games will run, and the better they look.

 

very useful information. wow.

 

ha ha.

Well but I would like to know who are specifically the people who go for these expensive cards which costs about 500$. I mean today the desktop itself costs about 300$. Good decent one. Wont be a gaming one though.

And on top of that after buying that 500$ card you are already outdated after 6 months. Do they go for the new one available or do they stick around with the one they have.

I am missing some link somewhere. I am not a complete layman, I understand the importance and the thrill of the latest technology but just trying to understand if its worth it. If its really worth, i am missing a link somewhere.

 

You are not "outdated" in 6 months. See, this is just uneducated banter.

The 8800m GTS was refreshed with the 9800m GTS. Almost identical specs, but runs cooler. Now, by "card", yes, you are outdated. By performance, you are in no way outdated. Look at the 7950's. They still run every game at high-max settings, even two years old.

Laptop GPU's are not upgradable. Well, when a GPU comes out, I want to try it out. I don't want to wait months for it to go down in price, mostly for the fact that it won't. Since they are built in, and un-upgradable, they rarely go down in price.

 

if your talking about where we ran our test (using dx10 all high)..... i went back and did them test in dx9 and was at 90+ frames on that same screen we had up.

 

I agree to all your comments. Just elaborating and taking it forward.

So for the laptop side, yes you cannot upgrade, but if you can run it for 2-3 years with the relatively low end card, why would somebody go for the triple cost high end one. And 2-3 years is the average age of the laptop. And if you are too much into gaming its even less.

If you can run every game with cheaper card why would you go for a high end card. Well yes, you might not be able to run a game or two in near future with that old card. Who cares ? Yes, that's exactly my question. I would like to know who are the people or which is the market which cares about the high end graphics card so much and how many of those. If its a small market, its understandable and I have no questions. But with the kind of thrill and media attention it takes, it doesn't look like a small one.

I just looked at some card release by nvidia ..(some 280) which is about to cost $650. The cost really drives me insane. I mean even if you have big pockets ...

I understand the importance of all these high end cards from an industrial perspective in health and research. Else I am finding it a little tough. $650 for a card which is going to drive your desktop/laptop nuts with the heat it produces and eventually reducing the life of the pc by half in case of laptop.

 

I agree, $650 is way to high for a GPU. But that is desktop, and irrelevant to laptop. We buy a high-end notebook now, so in 3-5 years, we can still be gaming. Sure, we spend an extra $500-$1,000. But better than replacing our notebook every year and half to keep up.

And if you take care of a notebook, they will last longer than 3 years. I have owned 7 notebooks, and (knock on wood) not one of them has died. (Even still have a PII Dell Latitude running great, with a whopping 128m of RAM)

 

The GTX 280 released at $650 but when the HD 4870 showed up and gave out ridiculous performance for under 1/2 the price, the GTX 280 got a nice price cut.

People want the newest thing because it the companies/media tell them they want it.