8800GTS 640mb or 320mb? Which to choose?

[Nikos]

Go with an 8800GT or wait for the new GTS (512mb or 1gb) to come out on December 3rd.

[chameleon]

hmm,

reading all your posts makes me believe theres something terribly wrong with my maschine.

AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+
8800 GTS 640MB
2 GB
Vista64

i can only play fluid on 1280 x 800, whereas my native resolution is 1680 x 1050, and only with world/texture detail at 3 - i am get average 30 to 40 fps, but there are fps drops into the 20-region within gameplay.

Your CPU is bottlenecking your machine. I have a friend who has nearly the same build as you, and he's got the same problem. I'm pulling 60fps average, no lower than 30fps in blistering firefights @1600x1200 with everything maxed. Heres my rig:

AMD AM2 5600+
8800 GTS 320mb
2GB DDR2 800
WinXP 32bit

[X-CImo]

get the 8800gt 512mb

Its cheaper than both, but faster (newer)

[Borgschulze]

8800GT or HD3870 is where it's at.

I only spent like a week with one 8800GTS 320MB till I had to get my second,
but 2x8800GTS 320MB pwns an OCed GTX easily

Till you raise your resolution.

[EyeOfTheJackal]

Grab an 8800GT

Nothing better for the price.

[Kairiaku]

I only spent like a week with one 8800GTS 320MB till I had to get my second,
but 2x8800GTS 320MB pwns an OCed GTX easily

[Brutal]

LIAR!!!!!!!................really?> have link for it ? i want to buy that 1 if its good and haves good price

[Mouton]

Rofl, none... get the 8800GT 512MB. Else wait for the new 8800GTS (rev2) 512MB in mid December.

[Brutal]

yep its really close to the GTX performance

[xeonshock]

8800GT is better than both 8800GTSs.

[kaluro]

Get the 8800gt 512mb, cheaper than both the 320 and 640mb version of the GTS.
213 euro last time I checked.

[Brutal]

Both card are really good but from 320mb to 620mb its going to do better....... but the 320mb is really good to

[[TN]ultrajounin]

Simply for the future I would go with the 640 mb.

But if you look at this review, they get the same FPS... so for money I'd go with the 320mb.

http://www.amdzone.com/modules.php?o...tid=327&page=1

[yabbering yeti]

yah, the new 8 series cards are bad news for me - it just means that the next refresh with the 9xxx cards is all the more far away.

Not that im going to get 1, I always skip a generation (or try to). Rather than buy a midrange every generation I get a high end every 2 - that way I get 1 year of high end gaming and the next at mid range - works better than constant mid range gaming I feel.

[Grim]

I have a crappy 8600GT 512mb today.

I thought about 8800GTS but I think I am gonna wait for 8800GT which by rumour is gonna be cheaper and faster than 8800GTS.

There will be a release of a new 8800GTS that is gonna be better than the coming 8800GT.