The PC Builder's Guide

[Rashed801]

so spychi.. do you say no no to the Geforce 9800 GT? or should i go ahead and purchase it? what do u think of the card?

[spychi]

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...-824-_-Product
this
or this
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...-539-_-Product

[Rashed801]

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...-824-_-Product
this
or this
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...-539-_-Product

Thanks!!...hmmm.. I noticed you go after the 256 bit cards... The Geforce 9800 GT is 256 Bit too and 1 GB GDDR3.. isn't that better than the two cards your showing? i mean it should max out SC 2 right?

[spychi]

256bit memory bus is a standard now, alot of great cards have it
my 5870 1GB has 256bit memory bus, but on GDDR5

[PhanttoM]

BTW - The 9800 GT is just a rebranded 8800 GT. They were quite excellent. (They're getting old though, since they're from 2007)

I was fully able to play Crysis with an 8800 GT in late 2007 - and wss definately able to max out all the very few RTS games I have. (C&C3 & Red Alert 3 amoung the newest)

But if you wan't to remain future proof, you really should get one of the DX11 supporting cards. (None of the Nvidia cards currently support it)

[spychi]

um not true
9800GT is based on a new chip, different memory bus and alot of improved stuff

[EvilGenius]

I'sn't the last card in a series usually based on new tech? 9600's ARE rebranded 8800s though

[PhanttoM]

I'sn't the last card in a series usually based on new tech? 9600's ARE rebranded 8800s though

I hope you mean 9800

Just to mention a few dry things I remember off the hat.
8800/9800 - G92 / 256 bus width / 112 stream processors / around 600 Mhz core clock

The 9600 only has 64 stream processors IIRC.
BTW, Nvidia also seems stuck with GDDR3 :-/

[spychi]

8800 has a 448bit memore bus

[PhanttoM]

The only ones I've heard of having 448 memory bus is in the 200 series - The 8800 Ultra had 384 which was the highest back then. (Apart from that superversion which you seem to have found or heard of)