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    Re: New PSU & GPU

    Sounds good

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    Re: New PSU & GPU

    Quote Originally Posted by TooNice View Post
    Point taken, I've not been following GFX card overclockability into account. In my experience, GFX cards are less consistent in terms of overclocks than CPU and also more troublesome to check: can't really just run Orthos for a few days to see if the system returns and error, actually need stare at screens for artefacts - hence I don't bother these days.

    Driverheavens did a comparison of the GS against the 256MB Pro. It's a shame they did not through the 512MB Pro into the mix, but RAM generally just allows the card to perform better at higher settings/resolution. It's not the fairest of the the comparison though, as they were tested a factory overclocked model (to their credit, they did overclock both cards to their limit, and the GS still came on top).

    But I don't think I'd be far off to say that the GS would remain at least competitive with the 3850 512MB performance wise (though if both card is only 'on par' then I would probably go for the 3850 because it would fit better in a 'media centre' PC if I choose to build one in the future).
    Another biased review IMHO!! You can get a HD3850 256mb for £91 which makes it nearly £30 to £40 chepaer than the overclocked XFX 8800GS which costs between £120 to £130.

    The HD3850 512MB costs around £110 which still makes it cheaper than the 8800GS. They were testing the HD3850 256mb in games and at resolutions where the extra 128mb RAM of the 8800GS would make a difference. The HD3850 512mb would be a more even match and still cost less. You can get HD3870 cards for around £130 to £140 also.

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    Re: New PSU & GPU

    I'm going for the HD3850 512mb card. I compared the two and for around the same price it's loads better

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