how much of a perf gain am I looking at?

[razorseal]

moving from a 8500GT 256mb to a 512mb 7900GS?

I'll prolly be making the purcahse this week, bu I was just curious what kind of improvements overall :)

I'd really like to go for a 8800, but I don't have the funds to get one right now... if anything maybe a 8600GT, but I heard the 7900GS outperforms it (posted about it here myself)

This is the one i'll be getting

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127277R

[razorseal]

oh and let me add that I STILL can't really decide if I want to go for the 7900.... something inside me says go with 8x series heh

I wish I could go for the 8800 but I need to upgrade my cooling system too so :(

[eightballrj]

Save for 8800gts 320 or 640... They don't need water cooling either. Factory air cooled gts would run circles around a water cooled 7900gs.

JM2C

[razorseal]

Save for 8800gts 320 or 640... They don't need water cooling either. Factory air cooled gts would run circles around a water cooled 7900gs.

JM2C

then I'm gonna have to settle for a 320mb instead of 512mb. I just can't spend that much money for the 640mb version (or 768) not anytime soon that is...

[ChinStrap]

I would buy an 8 series myself if I was in your position.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130084

This card after MIR is about the same price as the card you were looking at + step up program + life time warranty.

Here is a pretty good review with the GTS paired with a 7900gt
http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4883&s=2

/edit i'll vote for the 8800gts 320mb card too. :)

[Deanzo]

then I'm gonna have to settle for a 320mb instead of 512mb.

Yes, but that 320 will just kill anything a 7900gs can do.

8800 are just that much better!

[||Console||]

Yea Trust me Im playing with a 8600gt It has to be have one gell of a oc to keep up with the 7900gtx's . I might try the 8800 320mb out in a few weeks .

[razorseal]

I see... so a 320mb 8800 will wipe out a 512 7900 eh

ok, I think I can do that.... just was going to save for a 640 because I like to run my res high, but I really don't wanna have to wait that long with this crappy GFX card that I have

I guess 320 it is... :)

I'll get it very soon I hope :)

[razorseal]

what is a cheap 8800 320mb you guys recommend?

really, the cheaper for me the better :) I still need to get my swifttech heatsink, a laser gaming mouse, a 6850 (hopefully) and a pump and a radiator to replace this POS thermaltake crap

[razorseal]

anyone knowthe diff between the

320P2N811DX vs 320P2N811AR?

circuit city has the a 8800GTS for just 20 more bux then newegg. I also have a 8500 from them which means I can return it for store credit, making the 8800 cost me 100 bux less to roughly 200 bux :D

[razorseal]

well, my 3dmark06 score went from 3306 to 9597

I was hoping for a bit more. (that is with 620/1000) I think I can pull out a bit more from the GPU.

[Mathersalan]

Wow so you went ahead and bought one ........Thats a good score my 7950GT oced hits 6.3k on 3dmark06

Try ocing it and you'll hit 10k easy

[razorseal]

Wow so you went ahead and bought one ........Thats a good score my 7950GT oced hits 6.3k on 3dmark06

Try ocing it and you'll hit 10k easy

yeah man, I got it for 160 after a 10% disc and just told them I was going to upgrade the 8500GT i got from them for a better model. got a 20 dollar rebate too, so it'll be like 140 bux after said and done.... not bad i'd say!

what is a 'safe' high temp for this thing? i'm at like 650/1050 and GPU won't go over 63. i heard it can go pretty high

[Jacobman]

What rez will you be running? And congrats.

[razorseal]

What rez will you be running? And congrats.

in games that demand alot (like GRAW 2) 1290x800, games that demand less from teh GPU (like flight simulator which I play alot) I'll check out how 1650x1080 is, it just might work. it ran it just fine @ 1440x900 on my 8500GT so I can't see why this thing can't run it full res :D

I'll basically just run as much as I possibly can. 1st I need to get this GPU OC'd in perfect. and I just found out 711/1070 was a bit much :D

[ps2cho]

yeah man, I got it for 160 after a 10% disc and just told them I was going to upgrade the 8500GT i got from them for a better model. got a 20 dollar rebate too, so it'll be like 140 bux after said and done.... not bad i'd say!

what is a 'safe' high temp for this thing? i'm at like 650/1050 and GPU won't go over 63. i heard it can go pretty high

For the stock heatsink, anything up to 80c is ok. Any higher and you want to get an aftermarket heatsink for it.

GPU's run hotter than CPU's so 80c for a CPU would be RIP, but for a GPU its within reasonable limits. They can go all the way up to 120c before the core slows down to reduce heat.

[razorseal]

For the stock heatsink, anything up to 80c is ok. Any higher and you want to get an aftermarket heatsink for it.

GPU's run hotter than CPU's so 80c for a CPU would be RIP, but for a GPU its within reasonable limits. They can go all the way up to 120c before the core slows down to reduce heat.

dang!

well I was at 63ish @ 700/1050 and anymore then that, it just freezes up....

I assume it needs more voltage. How do I up the voltage on the GPU? according to everest GPU Vcc is at 3.28. if 80 is a safe high for vid cards and i'm t 63, my only limiting factor seems to be teh voltage now, but I don't see a voltage option (or now of any) to up it

[razorseal]

ok, seems like I pretty much stalled. I upped the clock onthe PCI slots and now at 11084 with 650/1020 and 160 PCI clock.

I did 660/1020 and actually went from HDR:4837 to 4833 and SM2:5046 to 4995. Apparently the GPU is kicking back to slower speeds or something because I'm seing losses after 650/1020. Well I'm happy enough, near 11100 is good in my book :) I could prolly get more because with this setting my GPU is only at 65 at full load, but I don't know how to up the voltage for the GPu :( lol