best is subjective... I mean, on what kind of budget? Best bang for the buck may be an i5-750/p55 combo.
Sent via BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "Veech" <ve...@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:33:40 To: <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> Subject: [H] Best board and chip going right now? thanks Boz... I have pretty much decided on getting the ATI 5850 graphics card at this point. Now the question is, do I want to upgrade the board and chip while I'm at it? If I decide to do so, I would really prefer to not have to upgrade OS as XP seems to be working ok for me for now and I just don't want to have to hassle with reloading all my programs.. *sigh* So based on going with the 5850 graphics card, what board and CPU is the way to go at this point? If I *have* to go to Windows 7 then I will, but I just want a quick fix at this point. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Veech" <ve...@earthlink.net> To: <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 10:03 Subject: Re: [H] Replacing 2 Geforce 8800 GTS in SLI, what to get? > ok I forgot to mention that my budget is around $300, and I see the ATI > 5850 is available for that from NewEgg, any opinions? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Boswell" <torazch...@gmail.com> > To: <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 02:16 > Subject: Re: [H] Replacing 2 Geforce 8800 GTS in SLI, what to get? > > >> the 8800GT has 112 shaders >> the 8800GTS320/640 has 96 shaders >> the 8800GTS512 has 128 shaders >> >> >> the GTS250 has 128 shaders, and has had a die shrink so it's cooler and >> the clocks are a chunk higher, it's the one to get if you want an nvidia >> card of that level IMO >> >> OR look at a radeon 4890, which will be around the same performance >> level (I think) as your pair of 8800GTS's were and use a hell of a lot >> less power... or even a 5770, which is a little slower (10% or so) than >> the 4890 but runs cooler and has DX11 support for whenever you >> eventually get off of XP >> >> On 8 Feb 2010, at 08:06:310, Veech wrote: >> >>> I'm thinking two of these 8800 GTs in SLI would work just fine.. >>> opinions? Seems like they might spec higher than the two GTS cards even >>> though they have 512MB RAM as opposed to 640MB on the GTS cards. >>> >>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143118&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Video+Cards-_-BFG+Technologies-_-14143118 >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Veech" <ve...@earthlink.net> >>> To: <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 23:28 >>> Subject: [H] Replacing 2 Geforce 8800 GTS in SLI, what to get? >>> >>> >>>> I had two Geforce 8800GTS 640MB PCI-E cards in SLI in my system which >>>> was built about 3 years ago. About 4 months ago one went bonkers, >>>> probably overheated, so I removed it and am now running with just the >>>> other one. I play a lot of Team Fortress 2 online and after a recent >>>> Steam update I was getting some strange artifacting in the game and >>>> now am having trouble staying connected, and often the game and the >>>> computer freeze and I have to reboot. Oddly enough, the card seems to >>>> work fine under all other conditions and apps such as internet, DVD >>>> movie playing etc, but when playing TF2 online it goes nuts. >>>> >>>> So I'm thinking it may be about to go and I should consider replacing >>>> it. I haven't shopped for video cards in 3 years. I have an EVGA >>>> nForce 6801 SLI board and Core2 x6800 2.93G CPU, running XP Media >>>> Edition. >>>> >>>> What would you folks recommend for replacement video cards? I would >>>> probably stick with an SLI configuration unless a single ATI card >>>> comparably priced would blow it away. >>>> >>>> thanks!! >>>> >>> >> >
