Video card

[peabody]

Originally Posted by Zantham

This won't affect anything, the PCI-E2 slot is backward compatible. You can run a 8800GT in your current slot, and a person that has a PCI-E2 could run a GTS in his slot as well.

The biggest thing is that the GT has 512MB, the GTS you showed has 320MB. If you are running lower resolutions the GTS will be just fine (tho the GT will be faster still, just less noticeably so). At higher resolutions (say 1600x1200 or higher) the GT will start being 'more faster'. The same is true if you expect to run higher levels of AA in your game.

That makes sense, more pixels to move around. Right now I am limited by my monitor to 1024X768 anyway. The 'which way do I go' for now is if I get the GT it is faster now, and E2 compatable for the next build and better choice for the next monitor. But the extra $100 is now, and I am having fun with SH4 on the 7600GS so is it really worth it for me? Know what I mean? I only play two games Falcon4 and SH4 so , and I don't need it for Falcon that uses less Video card and more CPU than SH4. And compared to the 7600, at least the numbers I have seen, the GTS or the GT are miles ahead, not just a little step but a giant leap forward. I could get a $69 card and be way ahead of what I have. It would be a stupid move but that's an example. Even going from a 7600GS to a 7600GT is a big improvement. So looking at an 8800GT is like looking a a Ferrari after driving a Chevy. The 7600GS is all I need other than for playing and adding ROW to SH4, so how much do I really want to spend to play one game?! But that Christmas money is burning a hole through my desk drawer and I have to spent it!!!!!!

Peabody