very cheap 8800 gts

[UpTheToon]

deffinatly..im not clocking my gfx card anyway but my cpu might need lowering in summer

Theres a cold snap coming, everyone raise their clocks 5%...

[staffsMike]

well its lower them or get a couple of these

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...id=57&subcat=4

[Blitzen]

I picked up the eVGA 8800GTS Superclocked for a little over £200 at Scan and its amazing!

If you look around aswell, at resolutions under ones for 22" monitors its actually faster than the 640mb aswell.

[staffsMike]

its the same card..

once there is a decent driver to allow shader overclocking your no better off with a superclocked over a stock one.

[UpTheToon]

Blitzen is talking about the 320mb version.

[Sumanji]

If you look around aswell, at resolutions under ones for 22" monitors its actually faster than the 640mb aswell.

Yeah for resolutions less than 1280x1024 you're probably better off pocketing the extra £60 and getting a 320MB version

[Blitzen]

Yeah for resolutions less than 1280x1024 you're probably better off pocketing the extra £60 and getting a 320MB version

All the reviews and comparisons say the difference isnt evident until you get to much higher resolutions than that.

[Sumanji]

I suspect that won't hold true with the upcoming generation of titles (UT3, Crysis etc.)

[Blitzen]

I suspect that won't hold true with the upcoming generation of titles (UT3, Crysis etc.)

Spose not.....im only on 1400x900 so i'll be fine at that anyway thank god

[staffsMike]

Blitzen is talking about the 320mb version.

lol.. my point was apart from the memory its the same card so with the same clocks they will perform the same and at higher resolutions the 640mb will be better.

I have no doubt that the 320 is a great card...i argued its case on quite a few threads and if I hadn't found the cheap 640 i never would have bought one.. or got one for a present

[Blitzen]

lol.. my point was apart from the memory its the same card so with the same clocks they will perform the same and at higher resolutions the 640mb will be better.

I have no doubt that the 320 is a great card...i argued its case on quite a few threads and if I hadn't found the cheap 640 i never would have bought one.. or got one for a present

I was running Oblivion last night on Highest settings at 1400x900 and the game play was perfect.
If ..... like you say though, when Crysis and UT3 arrived and its not up to it at those resolutions (which i doubt but possible), then i will go for the step up program.

[staffsMike]

I think you'll be safe at that resolution..I think (hope) Crysis will be a bit like Vista...not the hardware monster everyone thought it would be.

[V-5]

Got the Leadtek running at a nice 600 core and 1000 memory, which incidentally also clocks the shader clock automatically...also got it at the original £226
Excellent value !!

[staffsMike]

nice..what temps do you get?