well ive decided to buy a new graphics card before i rip this blinky cod4 playing machine out of the wall and throw it in my banana tree grove . on a serious note ,im running a nvidia 512 7600 gs and simply isnt cutting it,very blinky and laggy. i dont know if my budget is with the 8800 gtx although im very tempted. is there a cheaper card thatll play this game awesome ? could i get another card and run it with my current card?

i need suggestions at a budget of about 200 to 300 is more reasonable.im actually begging .

Nvidia 8800GT

Nuff said.

Take a look at the 8600 GTS also.



But if you have the means, get that 8800 GT

Undead its funny you brought this subject up.

I am in the same boat and was going to ask the same question last night.

With some help from Capt. krueger pointing me in the direction to up grade my pc so i can run cod4.

Bestbuy has the 8800gt priced at $279.00.but you have to wait 1 to 2 weeks for deliveryThe model up from that 8800gts was $299.00.that can be shipped in 1 to 2 days.the model up from that the 8800gts qc i think its called is at $329.00.

I went to microcenter also and amozon neither gave me a better price.

I have a radeon x800xt now and if i recall i have had to replace it 2 times.

So i think im going to go with a nivdea this time around.

if you find any other better prices please let me know.

O yea Thanks alot Krueger.



"T.M."

Some confusion in this thread. Take a look at this:

8800GT vs 8800GTX

(and that is for the standard 600 Mhz version of the 8800GT)

Now tell me why anyone one would buy the 8800 GTS or 8800 GTX instead of the new 8800GT card.

I have two 8800 GT superclocked cards (650 Mhz) in shipment for testing next week and will report the results. They were $299 each with free shipping.

Old Man Mike

Thank You Mike ! Puts things into perspective.



"T.M."

If you can find an HD3870($219-239) From ATI!! Im an ATI Man

Kicking Ass

Sorry, P - couldn't resist.....

Old Man Mike

I'm running a XFX GeForce 256 MB 7600 GT GDDR3 and it works ok.
I can't blame the graphics card for getting killed a lot -

But my laptop can't run CoD4 at all..... -

lol,you can if all you see is a blinky mr harvey all over the screen! lol,could be the wrinkles.

Mike ,

The very fact that you have already bought TWO 8800 GT already for testing is enough evidence to me that you stand buy these cards with great hope.I'm probley already sold on th 8800 GT.

I have a few questions for you.

1. I think its called sdram speed 320 mb or 512 mb...go with the higher # ?

2.then the clock speed they vary the GT that im looking at has two 400 mhz clock speed some are like one single 550 mhz and the one you spoke of the 8800 GT has one 650 mhz.What is the differance and how important are they.I mean would i really notice the diffence between a twin 400 as opposed to a single 650.?

3.Most importantly i have read a few posted comments at best buy about these cards running HOT.

Now my Dell xps stock computer box seems to have very few ventilation slats and it seems a hell of a small fan in it.Would i have to install a secondary fan as well.aside from breaking out my trusty old rotozip and going to town on this computer case?



"T.M."

TM,

Are you sure you are looking at the 8800GT? I don't think they have a core clock of less than 600 Mhz. I wonder if you might be looking at the 8500GT instead.

Old Man Mike

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id...sc=abcat0500000



This is where i have been..



"T.M."

Oh, you are talking about a sub memory clock. Most 8800GT companies list the combined memory clock speeds and they are typically 1500 Mhz to 2000 Mhz. I had not seen the BFG way of specifying it and can not speak to it. In fact, I don't even see a core clock frequency listed for the BFG. I much prefer EVGA products.

OM Mike

Thank you Mike,

Im off to EVGA now !!

Would some like to build me a computer?

Just kidding...lol.



"T.M."

Funny Graphics card commercial

http://www.break.com/index/breaking-the-ov...ing-limits.html

I am finding that processors seem to be more of a factor in the smoothness of COD4 than the video cards

The better cards will give you the higher resolutions. Seems like even the awesome cards have low frames on this game.

The way I read the last page of this review the 38xx series is better bang for the buck than the 8800gt.

Well, let's take Big P's mid price for the HD3870 = $229

and a higher than average price for the 8800 GT superclock (8% faster than std 8800GT) = $299

with the faster clock, the benchmark for the 8800 GT will be up a little higher than the 8800 GTX reference.



Being conservative, I'll use 70 fps (will actually be around 73) for the 8800 GT and 49.4 fps for the HD3870.

So:

8800 GT cost 31% more but is more than 40% faster than the HD3870

How is the HD3870 better bang for the buck?

By the way, I have two of the 8800 GT cards in SLI and can confirm that they take less power, run faster, quieter and more reliable than any card (including the 8800 GTX) that I have owned. 3dmark06 benchmark is now over 16,200 and I run COD4 at 1920 x 1200 with all except AA at max with a 125 fps cap that never falls more than 5%.

Old Man Mike

that makes me feel better mike,i just ordered the overclocked 8800 gt .i have the core 2 dou 1.86 so ill let you know once i get it if its the processor or not (most likely ) im sure it wont be perfect but better than what i have now. im in the process of building a rig to play on but it will not be done till jan atleast,ill have to play with this computer for now.



i do know what your saying about smoothness though shred,right now all i see is alot of blinking and its hard to see distances etc.. but when you get up close to the enemy ,say in the same room,it gets real choppy.