New graphic card help!!!

[bharatwaja]

Summary says it all....
here's the Long version....

I am gonna build a new PC. would be purchasing the stuff next week... I have decided on the ASUS 8800GT... but there are 3 variants...

1. 8800GT 512 MB standard
2. 8800GT 512 MB over clocked
3. 8800GT 1 GB standard

which of these 3 shall i be better off buying? not asking a price wise question... but performance wise suggestion needed...

I am using a 17" Dell LCD, 1280*1024 resolution....

Which card would be good for me?

thanks...

 

[RussianSensation]

Is there a particular reason you went with Asus over say EVGA? Generally speaking all these cards use the reference design and therefore the quality of the components is standardized. The warranty and software that comes with the graphics card does vary. For the resolution you will be gaming at get the 512mb card. As far overclocked variants, that depends on the price increase. Say if the card is 10% faster with 10% price premium, then it seems like a decent deal. It's up to you to decide. Of course you can always overclock the card yourself while gaming with Riva Tuner.

 

[bharatwaja]

I am india.... (please laugh all you want later, ppl use computers to do what calculators do)... EVGA is not available here... ASUS, XFX, Lead-Tek, Big-tek, Giga-byte... these are the ones available... and XFX does not have the famous double-lifetime warranty in India... so help me choose....

As to price difference, the overclocked variant is just 8% more than standard... performance wise, does it sound a good deal?

 

[ja1484]

512MB standard

 

[Gomeler]

I'd just go with the cheapest one you can find, so long as the warranty is decent. Get the 512MB also and just overclock the card yourself either with a BIOS flash or with software. Those cards are beasts with proper cooling but it'll run pretty hot under the stock cooler so you may want to get the cheap card and use the funds saved to buy a nice air heatsink.

 

[munisgtm]

yea just buy the lowest priced 8800GT , 512mb is really enough for that 1280*1024 , just ne sure that warranty is reliable because these big cards do get problems (like my 8800GTS 320mb)

 

[MarcVenice]

512mb is all you need, especially at that resolution, don't go for 256mb though, coz then you would be shooting yourself in your foot when newer games come out. Overclocked version might be worth it, depending on the price. You can overclock yourself as well of course, but personaly, I'm not to happy about oc-ing my videocard. Dunno, I feel fine oc-ing my cpu, but videocard, somehow kind of scares me. So if a faster videocard is worth it's money, I might buy an overclocked one, with warranty on it.

 

[secretanchitman]

512MB for sure.

 

[sutahz]

1280*1024 resolution....

is the 256MB version availible? If not, 512MB all the way.

 

[bharatwaja]

if i buy a 512 standard, would it hold good for me for another 18 months? or wud i be better of getting the 1 gb version?

 

[AnotherGuy]

1 gig is not faster for ur resolution.... u only need 512 for ur monitor... 1 gb would be needed if u had a 24 inch monitor or bigger and a resolution of 1900 x 1xxx and wanted to play crysis at that resolution...

 

[Quiksilver]

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