9800 GTX+ or 9800 GT XXX?

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LX Five.Oh

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Hey guys,
I gonna be getting some money here for christmas pretty soon, and all I need to do to finish my rig is get my graphics cards. Which ones do you guys recommend I get? Do I go with a 9 series or a 8 series like the 8800 GTS Alpha Dog edition from XFX? Input very much appericated.

-Thanks, 5.0
 
tknick90,
ummmm, within the range of 400-500. But I want something I can run like L4D on, FarCry 2, WoW (sad but true), and something I can also run CS3 on for video editing and stuff.

-LX 5.0
 
hackapelite said:
If it has to be NVIDIA get GTX280 or GTX260 (Core216 I believe the better version was called), those are the best options with your budget.
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Hackapelite,
Arent those cards like 400 a pop??!?!?! Im gonna only be able to spend anywhere from 400-500 and I want two cards. The whole reason i went with the FTW board was for multiple SLi. If not I woulda gone with the normal SLi, and thats just stupid.
 
LX Five.Oh said:
Hackapelite,
Arent those cards like 400 a pop??!?!?! Im gonna only be able to spend anywhere from 400-500 and I want two cards. The whole reason i went with the FTW board was for multiple SLi. If not I woulda gone with the normal SLi, and thats just stupid.
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Err just to clear things up Normal SLI is still two cards and Tri SLI is three. Using one card isn't called anything special.:)
 
shenry said:
Err just to clear things up Normal SLI is still two cards and Tri SLI is three. Using one card isn't called anything special.:)
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shreny,
The whole point I bought the FTW edition was to put out better benchmarks. Note the vdroop control for oc'ing, the 1333 fbs, and the 8-phase solid state capacitors. If I wasn't PLANNING on OC'ING I would have just gone with a normal EVGA 780 SLi board.

-Thanks, LX 5.0
 
Hackapelite,
Arent those cards like 400 a pop??!?!?! Im gonna only be able to spend anywhere from 400-500 and I want two cards. The whole reason i went with the FTW board was for multiple SLi. If not I woulda gone with the normal SLi, and thats just stupid.
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Yea, that's the point, get a great single card now so you can upgrade to SLI later on when you have the money - if you do SLI now, you won't have room for an upgrade later (or does the FTW edition allow 3/4-way SLI? Regardless, by the moment when -and if- you'll upgrade, availability of those cards may be questionable...). I would shell out heaps monies for a single great card that does the job and use SLI as an upgrade option...

Also, I just had a look at newegg prices, there are heaps GTX260s (even core216 versions) for less than $250 including shipping, those in SLI would absolutely destroy anything you care to throw at it... and would blow any 9-series cards in SLI out of the water. Are able of buying from newegg?
 
LX Five.Oh said:
shreny,
The whole point I bought the FTW edition was to put out better benchmarks. Note the vdroop control for oc'ing, the 1333 fbs, and the 8-phase solid state capacitors. If I wasn't PLANNING on OC'ING I would have just gone with a normal EVGA 780 SLi board.

-Thanks, LX 5.0
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you can fix vdroop yourself, and what size moniter do you have?
 
just a noob,
I don't have a monitor which is what I was going to get when I get paid next week so any suggestions on a good gtx 260 and a 22' monitor that is tight please PLEASE recommend it to me!! I have no idea what to buy but I can figure out how to put it together I hope :/
 
Well if you are going to SLI them both eventually, make sure your Power Supply has at least four 6-pin PCI-e connectors. If it doesn't, two 9800 GT's will flatten one 9800 GTX.
 
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