Which of these would be better? GDDR4 128bit or GDDR3 256bit

[Spawn-Inc]

Link? :p

i believe he is talking about the two cards in your first post, this one.

[xRyokenx]

Oh. /duh

EDIT: I'll take a look at both of them later. In the middle of cooking, lol.

[Outlaw]

I know this is over a week old now, but, have you looked at the ATI 3850's at all? The 256mb version. Here is a review that shows it competes pretty well for a sub 200 dollar card. It even fairs decent against the 2900 XT. Just a thought.

3850's at Newegg. $170-$195

[xRyokenx]

I was actually taking a look at one of the 3850s made by MSI. I think I'm gonna buy one after Christmas. I really could use a new card, lol.

[Outlaw]

Here's a CNet review with a few games including Crysis.

[xRyokenx]

Hnh. I guess I'd need an 8800GT for Crysis to run at its best... hunh. I could probably fork out another $xx for the 3870. I'll look at prices after Christmas and then make a decision.

[Outlaw]

Even the 8800GT is only at 24FPS. And remember it was 1600x1200 with High settings. And if you are willing to spend the $xx which would be about $80. Why not spend the extra $10 for the 8800GT which will perform better then the 3850 and 3870. I am not trying to talk you into buy a card you do not want/can't afford. Just trying to show you that for 10 bucks you can get the card that the review show is quite a bit better in almost every test.

8800GT for $270 on Newegg.

Another review with the 8800GT and 3850/70 in Crysis(DX10)

[xRyokenx]

Oh yeah. I was getting frustrated with a bluetooth pair of headphones I was installing so I didn't read the review as thoroughly. I may as well get that 8800GT, especially since it will go down after Christmas. I've just had a lot on my mind, so bear with me, lol.

[NightrainSrt4]

Remember they also released a 256mb version of the 8800GT. Right around $200.

And there is a lot different with a 3850 and the 8800gt 512 in price. 179ish for a 3850 or 279+ for an 8800GT at this point. I hate how they jack up prices because they know its a hot item.

Id say 3870 if you can find one thats not to jacked up in price. 210ish is the normal price for one unjacked. 2 slot cooler that works better than the 8800gt's and as far as I saw it has better power consumption. Also is only like 5 frames off the 8800gt in most games.

But all this really depends on what is jacked up and what is msrp when you go to buy it in my opinion.

[xRyokenx]

Yeah, I'm gonna go berserk comparing prices come Boxing Day (I live in the US, whoop dee doo... syaing "the day after Christmas" is just annoying :F). Hopefully I get something before they run out and hopefully I don't get yelled at for buying a vidyur card with no sound.