9800GTX+ Sucks and GTS 250 PWNS

[Dekasav]

....Ok. It's not a terribly old thread.... but is that even relevant?

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Will physx work on DX10.1? heheh

 

[meodowla]

Will physx work on DX10.1? heheh

Havok Physics works... he..he..

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Shhhh

 

[The_Blood_Raven]

The video card market is a big racket if you ask me. People keep buying cards that represent such tiny incremental increases in performance..When is the last time you bought a card and went "holy crap, this blows my old card away!"?

7600 GT to an 8800 GT, yeah that's right.

 

[JofaMang]

2600 PRO > 4870 512

3 months later I still crap myself just a little bit every time I start a game. I just recieved my 4870x2 yesterday morning, If it gives me 10% of the joy I got from my last upgrade it will be worth it 😀

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Lessee, in cpu terms thats what? C2D to C2D. Max, in only a few apps is what? 10+%? Hmmmm From 07 to 08. Big Racket?Maybe that term could be better applied to cpus, not gpus

 

[invisik]

GMA950 to CF 3850 to Sli gtx260. (big jump every time hahah)
=]

 

[wh3resmycar]

If you can have the ati card run nvidia physx than you will be very unuque.

you mean you're not going to have sex for the rest of your life?

 

[wh3resmycar]

DP'd

 

[fudgeman]

Just installed my new GTS 250. Got it for $67 shipped after MIR and code along with COD4. Replaced my BFG 7950GT oc. crushes that card (as it should). sold my old card to a friend for $28 (with a sweet super quiet copper zalman cooler I added). so, it cost me 40 bones for a card that smokes every game I have and everything looks sweet on my 28" monitor. card seems to somehow run cooler too. not sure how that is possible - maybe it just naturally underclocks in non-game setting automatically? either way, very please with this purchase. I guess I would expect newer tech if I paid > $100

 

[bildo123]

The video card market is a big racket if you ask me. People keep buying cards that represent such tiny incremental increases in performance..When is the last time you bought a card and went "holy crap, this blows my old card away!"?

Thats exactly what I thought when I picked up a 4870 For $121 less than a month ago to replace my 8800GT...
The gain was unimpressive. I learned my lesson though. Normally I go at least 3 years before upgrading to get that "holy crap" sense going. But I look on the brightside, when I do my 'real' full system upgrade at the end of next year I will be able to CrossFire another 4870 and still pack a punch on my 24".

 

[marcusl_07]

you mean you're not going to have sex for the rest of your life?

I knew there was somthing wrong with that spelling. That joke was clever.

 

[marcusl_07]

How come prototype dosn't run smoothley on the gts 250 and runs smoothley on the less fast ati radon 3850 that overclocked 200 Mhz less that the GTS 250? Faster is better. Is that ture?

 

[liquidsnake718]

Is it true that you can upgrade your 9800gtx+ by simply using the GTS250 driver.... haha so on the properties display it would really state GTS250?
Facelift upgrade. Nvidia is really squeezing this G92..... for 4 years and still going strong.

I bought this card last July when it was fairly new and now its on the "S" side of things in the 200achitecture. Its sad because it didnt really make a drastic improvement from my 8800gt and I wasted $300 on it.

I guess Nvidias trend is to make BIG strides and completely revamp their cards EVERY OTHER EVEN CYCLE. Meaning the ODD numbered cards will just be smaller and upgraded versions of their EVEN counterparts, or at least in terms of preformance. the 6800XT's were revolutionary while the 7000's were crap, the 8800gt was great for such a long time, the 9600-9800gx2's were just revamped, then the gtx260-gtx850 are the next evolution but the GTX300 cards might just be juiced up 200 series cards w better preformance numbers making way for GTX400 while will be the real paradigm in Graphics computing.





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"from Mini Monster to Midrange 2yo PC"

E8600 C3D
Intel DG35ec
9800GTX+
Coolmaster 550W
4 Gig Ram
Gigabyte I-solo, fans, ram cooler
Vista 32

 

[striker10001]

so, gts 250's are good for ultra hd gamming at 1360x768. or its worth for nothing b'coz am about to buy it...