Dell 7800GTX

Hi.

I have been offered a Dell 7800GTX for my second system. I am in two minds on wether to get a normal one or this one, they are around the same price.

Are these Dell models any better or worse than the referance model? this particu;ar one is a X8764.

I have looked on google but not had much joy. I am well up to scratch on Nvidia cards but have no idea when it comes to ATI. I am looking at a Gecube HD 3850 Pro 512MB. What Nvidia card is this equivilant to? 8800? 8600? GT GS? or better / Worse?

The system is only a small core2duo 2 gig ram in a lan box so size is important. it will be mainly used as a media center but when my mate comes round it will be moved upstairs for LAN games.

Thanks fellas.

They are to the best of my knowledge nvidia reference parts

Yep, Dell use reference cards :)

so how would it compare to the ati 3850?

i think the 3850 is much faster

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Originally Posted by alsenior

i think the 3850 is much faster

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Yeah should be a fair bit better and can be found for £50 in the bargain section.

Don't dell sometimes have stupidly long versions of graphics cards though? or perhaps they are in a strange caddy.

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7079/e3ba1zd4.jpg

those are just used by dell so they can keep them in the slot during transport. they can easily be removed