ninjageek Posted February 18, 2008 CID Share Posted February 18, 2008 Been thinking of chaning out my video card. Jumping from a 8600gt to a 8800gt. Just not sure if the upgrade is necessary. So far I can run crysis on medium settings. Also considering the release of far cry 2. With ram becoming so super cheep. I have already decided to jump my machine from a 2 gig to a 8 gig outfit. The video card is the iffy part. Should I go ahead and get that as well or wait?? What do you guys and gals think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunted 2 Posted February 18, 2008 CID Share Posted February 18, 2008 The 8800 gt is a good card for the price and my friend showed me some benchmarks comparing that with the 8800 gtx and ultra and they weren't much better for way more money. If you want to run games better and have the money for it then go for it. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150252 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130318 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130319 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150253 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted February 18, 2008 CID Share Posted February 18, 2008 I would wait, the 9600GT is going to be coming out real soon. So prices will drop on the current stuff, and they are not suppose to be that expensive. What do you need 8GB of ram for? And are you running a 64bit OS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjageek Posted February 19, 2008 Author CID Share Posted February 19, 2008 So dlewis you think I should wait and buy the 9600gt?? or Wait til it hits then get the 8800 gt? Yea 8 gig of ram is a bit of a over kill. I ran across some "extra money" and thought I would use a small part of it to go ahead and upgrade my computer. Plus 8 gig of ram just sounds cool. Its a Tim Taylor thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunted 2 Posted February 20, 2008 CID Share Posted February 20, 2008 I think he meant wait till the 9600GT drops and then get the 8800 GT because the price should drop on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted February 20, 2008 CID Share Posted February 20, 2008 even tho its a tim taylor thing...honestly do you really need it? you can always save that money and get like 3 or 4 gigs..... or if its burning a hole in your pocket spend the extra on the card..... but yeah, thats what i want to do...wait till the 9600 comes out and wait for a price drop and get the 8800GT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikjim Posted February 26, 2008 CID Share Posted February 26, 2008 if you'll pay only the difference could be a deal. i mean to make an exchange and pay only the difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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