Graphics card better or not?

[zeta333]

This one is what im looking at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130482&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL082709S&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL082709S-_-VideoCards-_-L10B-_-14130482

This is what i have, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500007

I herd that some of these new cards wernt as good as the 8800's or they were just as good.

Also im running 4 gigs od ddr2 1066 wolfdale 3.0 and im wondering what really would be the best and top card for this system before it gets bottlenecked.

 

[obsidian86]

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/best-graphics-card,review-31661-7.html and for your system to bottle neck maybe anything higher then a gtx 275/4890

 

[megamanx00]

The GTX 260 is bigger and better. Since it's bigger make sure it will fit in your case .

 

[zeta333]

Im using an antec 900 im know alot of people use that any advise?

 

[zeta333]

Sorry about double post but after sifting through newegg for awhile I became fond of this card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102801

is that a significate upgrade to the 8800 gt i have?

 

[4745454b]

Yes. Depending on your games and settings you might not notice it however. (like if you game at 1024x768)

 

[darkvine]

It is better, and has more overclocking head room as well, but yeah it comes doesn to what res you game at and what games.

 

[zeta333]

Now my questions is drivers, I herd from everywhere that ati has terrible drivers , is this true?

 

[darkvine]

The first few sets of drivers for 4000 series sucked but the last two were good. In fact the newest drivers are amazing, they overall optimized how the card ran very nicely. There was (in some games) a 15 to even 20 fps jump in minimum frames and 2-5 max frames.

However what a lot of people don't really understand a lot of the times is that the minimum frames getting that much of an improvement is where your power is really at. Because the minimum is where you get lag.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Now my questions is drivers, I herd from everywhere that ati has terrible drivers , is this true?

Spend a week checking the 'Graphic & Displays' front page and make your mind up on that one.

 

[Guest]

The 260 is 4.375 wide (double wide) and 10.5 inches long. Your current card should be 9 inches long, no idea on the width.

I have a 9800 GTX+, which is the exact same size as the 260, in an antec 900 case. There is no room to put a hard drive or CD in the bay at the end of the card. On the plus side, there is an air intake at the end of the card so the 900's front fans can push cool air through the open drive bay and into the GPU. I love how the air flows in that case.

The 260 or 4870 should benchmark approximately twice as fast as your existing card. What that means in real performance is very dependent on what you will be doing and what resolution you run at.

Also make sure you have enough PCIE power plugs. Your old card only needs one 6pin. Both of those new ones require two 6pin PCIE power connectors.