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I am thinking replacing my Nvidia 8800GTS (Revision 2 aka NV92) in December. I am a bit unclear on what I want to buy... Should I look into cheap SLi setup (e.g 2x 9800gt or 2x 9600gt), a GTX 260/275 or ATi 4870?

Currently the LeadTek 9600gt can be purchased @ R877 while the LeadTek 9800gt @ R1128. the GTX260/275 go for about R2.5k and the 4870 and just under R2k.

Currently my rig rocks out a 40k score in 3Dmark03 and a 14k score in 3Dmark06. Vantage mark gives me a E29k, P8.5k and H5.9k. All scores in default settings offcourse. Perhaps I should wait a bit more?

Any feedback will be appreciated,
Roobir.
 
Roobir said:
I am thinking replacing my Nvidia 8800GTS (Revision 2 aka NV92) in December. I am a bit unclear on what I want to buy... Should I look into cheap SLi setup (e.g 2x 9800gt or 2x 9600gt), a GTX 260/275 or ATi 4870?

Currently the LeadTek 9600gt can be purchased @ R877 while the LeadTek 9800gt @ R1128. the GTX260/275 go for about R2.5k and the 4870 and just under R2k.

Currently my rig rocks out a 40k score in 3Dmark03 and a 14k score in 3Dmark06. Vantage mark gives me a E29k, P8.5k and H5.9k. All scores in default settings offcourse. Perhaps I should wait a bit more?

Any feedback will be appreciated,
Roobir.
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so you willing to spend in the R2.5k region? Hmmm, maybe wait a little while for the HD5850 to come into stock... it trounces the GTX260, and it's around the R3k mark now... so come Jan, we looking at around just under R3k :)
 
Roobir said:
I am thinking replacing my Nvidia 8800GTS (Revision 2 aka NV92) in December. I am a bit unclear on what I want to buy... Should I look into cheap SLi setup (e.g 2x 9800gt or 2x 9600gt), a GTX 260/275 or ATi 4870?

Currently the LeadTek 9600gt can be purchased @ R877 while the LeadTek 9800gt @ R1128. the GTX260/275 go for about R2.5k and the 4870 and just under R2k.

Currently my rig rocks out a 40k score in 3Dmark03 and a 14k score in 3Dmark06. Vantage mark gives me a E29k, P8.5k and H5.9k. All scores in default settings offcourse. Perhaps I should wait a bit more?

Any feedback will be appreciated,
Roobir.
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Stay with Nvidia;)
 
Thanks for all the replies so far, its appreciated. I'd also like to add I've never had a multi-gpu setup and im quite keen to try one out. Can you guys tell me anything about running 2x 9600gt or 2x 9800gt or even a crossfire setup please?

Seems like its good timing for grabbing 2x Nvidia @ ~1k each. :)
 
2x9600gt 1gb scales very impressively...check out tomshardware charts on that story.
 
Silverlight said:
What's the rest of your system specs?

Personally I'd go for a 4890
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Intel Core2Quad Q6600 @ 3.15GHz (1.4GHz FSB)
4GB DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1.1GHz (5-5-5-15)
Gigabyte P35 DS3R - soon to be replaced for a SLi board if needed
etc.
 
9600 does not offer anything over a 8800.

Get two HD5970 cards when they become available :D
 
So you don't have an sli board at the moment.

Get a 5970 as mentioned above or if you can't wait get a 4890/5850
/5870

The PCIE 1.0 slot will bottleneck those cards though
 
scotty777 said:
so you willing to spend in the R2.5k region? Hmmm, maybe wait a little while for the HD5850 to come into stock... it trounces the GTX260, and it's around the R3k mark now... so come Jan, we looking at around just under R3k :)
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It kicks the GTX 285's ass.
 
blaaislaai said:
ATi,

Its cheaper than Nvdia,
beats some of Nvidia's expensive cards

ati ftw
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Yup.

You could always add the money that was supposed to go to the SLI board for a better single GPU configuration;) ATI> Nvidia at the moment for price/performance.
 
HAHA! 9600gt in SLI - wow!
why not QUAD-SLI four 8400gs cards!

dude - get a 4870 / 4890 / 5850 - seriously, listen to Zenbaas because he knows what he is talking about.
 
blaaislaai said:
ATi,

Its cheaper than Nvdia,
beats some of Nvidia's expensive cards

ati ftw
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I've been an NVidia fanboy since day 1. Although my next card is going to be ATi.

RocketBoy bought himself the HD4890 from Prophecy for R1999 (incl. shipping). It's a kick ass card!

I'll prolly only get the 4850 or maaaybe 4870. @ R1200-R1400.
 
i got the 4890 OC as well. My first ATI. I wont go back.

PS - if you're planning on gaming on linux though i do believe their nvidia support is by far superior so factor that in.
 
yep, same story with me - been a nvidia fanboi since day two (riva TNT 2 Oeltra) but since I got my ATI I will not go back.
 
Keeper said:
yep, same story with me - been a nvidia fanboi since day two (riva TNT 2 Oeltra) but since I got my ATI I will not go back.
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LOL...I'll go to whoever has the best card(price/perf) at a particular time. ATM ATI are way ahead of Nvidia, but it may swing back the other way once again in the future. (Eventually, I doubt fermi will achieve this for Nvidia)
 
Zenbaas said:
LOL...I'll go to whoever has the best card(price/perf) at a particular time. ATM ATI are way ahead of Nvidia, but it may swing back the other way once again in the future. (Eventually, I doubt fermi will achieve this for Nvidia)
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+1

3 billion transitors doesn't come cheap.
 
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