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nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB or the nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX?
nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX or the nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB? which one should i get? I have them compared on the following link on gpureview.com but i need someone with experience to make sense of it lol. So far i'm leaning towards the "gts 512" but i'm not sure. Could someone please help me out? the link is: http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=548&card2=474
RobinBredin
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September 23rd, 2009 07:00
Hi bknaka, The 8800gt requires an 400w PSU, also you need Supplementary Power Connectors 6-pin & 8-pin to power the card. What you can get in is the 8600GT, or the 9500GT, or the ATI 4650. Though the 9500 requires an 350w PSU, manufactors do overstate the power for their cards, and dell do under state the power for their PSU's.
I copied this from your other post.
JMICHAEL
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September 23rd, 2009 08:00
These cards are very close in performance and the differences are probably not much at all. Some would say that the 8800 GTX would be slightly ahead, but I really say it's too close to call. I would probably prefer the newer 8800 GTS with the G92 GPU versus the older G80 of the GTX. However, neither of these cards should be a choice for buying today since they are old. The 9800 GTX+ cards have already replaced these and the GTS 250 has already replaced the 9800 GTX+. Therefore, if you are looking at getting a video card at this level today, it should be the GTS 250 (G92b GPU). It will give you better performance and be much more power efficient.
Unless you are looking at getting the above mentioned cards used from somewhere, you should be thinking about something else since I don't know where you would get them new because they have been discontinued.