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    Which to go for...

    I have approx a £120 to £140 budget to get myself a new gfx card. Currently I have 2 x 7300GTS 256MB on each.

    Ones that I know are good are the 8800 and the newer 9600.

    One question I wanna know, is it better to go for the 9600 as it has more streams or the 8800 with the slightly faster clocks.

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    and the 2 x Palit 7300GTS running in SLI.

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    Re: Which to go for...

    They both give pretty much identical performance so just go for whichever you can get cheapest.

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    Re: Which to go for...

    the 9600 only has 64 streams and the 8800GT has 112 i believe.
    upto you though, i'd go 8800GT..

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    Re: Which to go for...

    8800GT if you can
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    Re: Which to go for...

    Another vote for 8800GT. Look for one with a longer warranty as some come lifetime.

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    Re: Which to go for...

    BFG have lifetime and their OC2 cards are very fast and have the new fan control firmware.
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    Re: Which to go for...

    eVGA also has lifetime warranties, and they don't get voided if you decide to overclock your card. I think, but am not sure, that you can replace the card's cooler and not void your warrenty. I'm using an eVGA 8800GT Superclocked and love it.

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    Re: Which to go for...

    Computer hardware and software at amazing prices, available online from Scan Computers UK

    lifetime warranty, even if you change the cooler or overclock the card.

    £138.
    and that's with free next day del. if you have 20 posts i think.



    i bought 1 btw.. VERY good card, overclocks higher than my XFX 8800GT XXX Alpha Dog Edition.
    and that 1 came pre-overclocked.

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    Re: Which to go for...

    Thanks, that one from Scan looks good. I dont have 20 posts so can't get free delivery, but I live like 10mins drive from the showroom at Middlebrook so easy to get to. Thanks for all the info peeps.

    One last question, I'll assume that no point in plugging a 8800GT in and then using one of the 7300GTS in SLI (if it can do that). I assume the 7300 would not make any improvements, more degreade the 8800 performance?

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    Re: Which to go for...

    that would be impossible, and pointless..
    they have to be the same card.
    8800GT will be a good 3 or 4x faster than your 7300 SLi set-up.

    edit: you have 37 posts. but going to pick it up would be better
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    Re: Which to go for...

    not paying attention lto how many, didnt think had that much

    I thought with SLI you could have a lower spec card or is that Crossfire?

    Yeah,c ome to think it would be crossfire.

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    Re: Which to go for...

    could be Crossfire, but tbh.. i know absolutely nothing about Crossfire, never owned a Crossfire capable board or an ATi card.

    but with SLi it has to be the same card with the same clocks.

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    Re: Which to go for...

    sli and crossfire is never a massive performance increase. Best to save and buy the next next gen card when it's out. 8800gt I'd say as well.

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    Re: Which to go for...

    Quote Originally Posted by moogle View Post
    sli and crossfire is never a massive performance increase. Best to save and buy the next next gen card when it's out. 8800gt I'd say as well.
    i dunno..
    have you seen the SLi results of the 9600GT?
    1 game got a 209% performance increase!
    average was about 176% or something like that.

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