256mb vid mem, or 512?

256mb, or 512mb

  • 256mb

    Votes: 3 30.0%

  • 512mb

    Votes: 7 70.0%
  • Total voters
    10
Dystopia

Dystopia

Active Member
The other day i was disscussing vid cards with my brother. I told him i planned on getting the 8800gt 512 vid mem, and he said that i sohuld get the 256mb, reason being i have a 17" crt(i know, but hey, it was free) and that 512 wont help me. so what do u say? will hte 512 help me no matter what kind of fps i get with a 256?
 
The difference in framerates will be negligible.
What you want to think about instead is have you got the kind of money to upgrade for the sake or maybe 2 or 3 extra fps?
 
So then 512 will hardly even make a difference compared to the 256, because of the resolution im running it at(1024x7680, right?
 
Oh yeah most definitely, I assumed you were @ 1280 x 1024, but at your resolution the difference will be even smaller. Save your cash and get a TFT for gods sake lol.
 
No you don't understand - a CRT is a Cathode Ray Tube monitor - IE it's about 2 foot deep, and weighs half a tonne. A TFT (or LCD) monitor is much, much thinner and sexier.
 
Like said above the 256MB will be just as good at lower resolution but if you upgrade to a larger monitor later you will wish you got the 512mb.
 
Langers2k7 said:
No you don't understand - a CRT is a Cathode Ray Tube monitor - IE it's about 2 foot deep, and weighs half a tonne. A TFT (or LCD) monitor is much, much thinner and sexier.
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CRT:
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LCD:
viewsonic_vg712s_17inch_lcd_monitor_detailed.jpg
 
If the resolution is smaller then 1280*1024 then I'd suggest the 256mb version... But are the costs that much different?


(ps I voted 512 because I was stupid enough to vote first and then read the question.... =| )
 
Lol, I prefer CRTs to TFTs my brother has a 17" TFT and mine's a 19" CRT. Whenever I play games on his PC it just feels so fake :P like... ugh it's hard to describe but the games just seem to have more depth on my CRT :rolleyes:

Sounds silly but I doubt I'll ever get a TFT unless I'm in a situation where I'll need to move it around a lot. :cool:
 
Timo said:
(ps I voted 512 because I was stupid enough to vote first and then read the question.... =| )
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I thought he was gaming on 1280 x 1024 wherein the 256 still bottlenecks the GPU in certain games. Read....

Ok then get the 512mb version and get a larger res CRT. :rolleyes: Having a 8800gt and a 1024 x 768 monitor is so funny I'm going to laugh.. Ha. Ha. :D
 
i think anyone buying a new card should go with a 512Mb one,especialy if playing at higher res and is a gamer.

im sure it would take advantage of more than 256Mb of ram with some games like Crysis today.
 
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