which one should i get?

[ICME]

I am trying to decide which one to get... I have been reading various reviews but each performs differently from game to game... my system spec is E6400@2.76, 2GB PC2-6400 and Intel 975XBX... I play games like NWN2, Splinter Cell and sometimes MS Flight Simulator X. I cannot do SLI on my MB but crossfire and I usually play at 1920x1200. The reviews online confuse me... should I get 2 X1950XT or a single X1950XTX or 8800GTS? Thanks.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

well dont get x1950 cross fire, you'd be better spending the money on 1 8800GTX

and well, for those resolutions your talkin about there simply is no other choice than to go for the 8800GTS, 8800GTS should last you longer at that res than a x1950 can and in some games the GTS is significantly faster than the X1950 (oblivion for example), and although no one has a clue what DX10 performance will be like, it doesnt really matter because the radeon wouldnt be able to do it anyway.

so if you were thinkin on X1950 CF.... id go for the 8800GTX

if you were thinking on the a single X1950 then id go for the 8800GTS

HOCP (www.hardocp.com) benched the new 8800's with flight sim X and well, the 8800's are the cards to have for that game http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTIxOCwxMywsaGVudGh1c2lhc3Q=

only trouble is with the GTS, nvidia really have made the gap between it and the GTX rather large.

usually the next product down from the top just has reduced clocks or a disabled shader quad, but this time they really went to town.....

GTS has 32 less stream processors and they are clocked at a slower 1.2ghz, 64bit smaller memory controller, 128mb less ram, and an overall core clock that is 75mhz shy of the GTX's

so buying the GTS and hoping to OC to bring it up to GTX speeds is gonna be difficult.

not that the GTS is a slow or bad card card or anything though lol

 

[ICME]

Thank you for replying; now its time for me to struggle between GTS and GTX... :roll: GTX is $150 more and hope I do not need to get a new PSU. THank you again.

 

[Dkcode]

What PSU do you have? Im just curious to how people are getting along with these cards on PSU's carrying around 450W. Anyone with Antec Neopower 480's running the GTS?

 

[tvdang7]

seems like a gts overclocked hovers around gtx so get that.

 

[beggerking]

I say GTS and OC.. GTX doesn't OC well at all.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: beggerking
I say GTS and OC.. GTX doesn't OC well at all.

havent people been hitting like 700mhz + on te GTX's? have a look in the overclocking thread (unless they have GTS's)

 

[beggerking]

I think there is only 1 guy who hit it...

From what I read, GTS/GTX hits about the same speed on core/memory.. I can be wrong though...

GTX still gets 25% more stream processors though..

 

[Xdreamer]

if you have the money get the gtx

 

[Captante]

Go for the GTX.

 

[brikis98]

8800 series hands down. they can run any virtually any game at 1920x1200 with ALL the eye candy on and the IQ is the best of any video cards yet. GTX if you can afford it, GTS (+ OC) otherwise...