8800gt to gtx 260??

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#1 BAm-bAM_
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A few months ago my 8800gt packed in, so now i'm wanting to buy a new card. Can only afford the gtx 260 since prices in south africa are high!!! Grrrrrrrr.. The 8800 gt gave me about 28-35 frames in crysis with high/some medium settings. What can i espect from this little ole card?..

If there something better in more or less the same price range, please let me know. Thanx

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#2 --Anna--
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Here are the benchmarks for the 260gtx:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/geforce-gtx200-games.html

I would take a look at the HD4870.

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#3 BAm-bAM_
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Thanx, just for the record i'm not open to sli and crossfire... I just want the quickest single for the price range..
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#4 BAm-bAM_
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Last thing, my resolution is 1024x1028.. :D
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#5 X360PS3AMD05
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Cards might be overkill for that, check out the 4850/9800gtx+.
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#6 PointedCow
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WHY THE FRACK WOULD HE NEED TO UPRGADE FROM 8800 GT? @ THAT RES?

anyone telling him to do so is dumber.

Save your money not worth it AT ALL.

overclock your 8800 gt and your cpu, what is your processor? because i get 29-40 with my 8800 gt on all high.

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#7 BAm-bAM_
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Uhm its a intel +4400 duo core, the thing is i'm not upgrading my graphics card, it broke. I'm buying a completely new one, so what will give me the best frames for my res??

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#8 marcthpro
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what ur budget ? il give my opinion like i made mine for nehalem future build in a thread wiating opinion i wrote down pretty big stuff even if it take me only 1 minute and half to read what people say when it take like 5 paragraph of 5 Lines of word.
i read fast & type fast sometime it why i lack strucutre in my word. it a imperfection of word at the cost of reading fast
but i adpated my strucutre month by month to my speed i get better as ESL so if you got a budget.
il give my point of view even anna can tell you that i saw previous of her post she know lot about pc.

but even someone who know allot pc as me i rather have opinon of other people to increase my knowledge no one is perfect
everone as there speciliaty in skill you can call them retard / idiot / newbee they must know stuff in life you don't
so when a peopel say someting incohereant about pc i benchmark it like if osmeone say 3870x2 ! DEFEAT 4870 :)
id be what is he talking about ?? did he smoke something good?

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#9 MajinFix
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get 4850 you don't need more for that ress(well 4850 is an overkill but its best price/performance since you are looking for an upgrade)
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#10 Helbrec
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If it broke and your playing at that res, just buy another 8800gt or 4850.
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#11 marcthpro
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yeah you coul paly 1280x1024. with a 8800Gt in most of game.
and 4850 well it almost as two 8800GT A 4850.
Because sli 9800GTX is outperofmr one 280GTX
and 4850 under 280GTX so if in theory you add two 8800Gt and have the psu in sli mobo
you can get more power hten 4850 it why they say sli is futuer proof but not really it more like a way to avoid 1 year not anything else they should say : Avoid 1 year of upgrade and buy two video card instaed of most powerfull
but since they like say more futureproof they say futureproof it marketing words.
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#12 IQT786
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i play every game at 1920x1200 4xaa 16xaf with the 88000gt except crysis
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#13 Staryoshi87
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You don't need a GTX at that resolution. A HD4850 would suffice if you MUST upgrade, but aside from Crysis an 8800GT should max everthing at that res.