Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800GT Dual-DVI 1GB

So ignoring my current 3-4 y/o specs (in my sig) I'm going to get this graphcis card.

http://www.onoff.com/online/se/inet...51?opendocument

I know it's in Swedish and all, but you can see the picture, and I'm pretty sure you can see the specs too:P And most of you probably already know what graphics card it is anyways.

It's a really awesome bargain at about $280. Yes I know that's considered expensive in USA, but here in Sweden it's crazy cheap.



Is it a good option?

I'm getting a PCI-E motherboard and obviously a new cpu, most likely an intel quad processor.

Plz guys I want some feedback on this card. I want to know if it's good or not>.<

The card itself is great just as the producer. However I'm pretty sure that if you get one with 512DDR you will get the same performance with it in gaming.

The gainward 1 gig is likely overkill unless your doing some gaming on a monitor larger than 30 inches

For an monitors less than 30 inches, a 512meg ought to do fine and save you some money yet again

Doesn't graphics ram help with extra graphics effects and stuff like that? It can't be only for resolution.

Oh and by the way this graphics card has the best bargain. I think the ones with 512mb are at the same prize if not more. So might as well get it when the price is this low.

Typically the amount of memory is not the limitation and users can see a MUCH larger impact from the speed of the memory than the quantity on board. For example a card with 512mb of GDDR3 running at 2000mhz will be a better option than the same card with 1gb of GDDR3 running at 1800mhz or 1900mhz. If the two cards you have chosen run at the same speed for the memory, the performance should be the same. The 1gb model would likely have higher latancy which would (in most cases) out weigh the performance gained from the larger frame buffer. As it stands, Ive yet to see ANY game or setting really be able to utilize more than 512mb of graphics memory, even Crysis at 1920x1200 on high settings will only use ~300mb. Pushing the resolution further and enabling settings like AA or AF filtering to improve visual quality will put more memory to use, but lets be honest...the 8800GT wont be playing crysis at 2560x1200 on highest settings with 8x AA and 16x AF...the card is simply too weak. Running two of them in SLI would probably benefit as SLI leaves the frame buffers independent, so graphics memory plays a bigger role in that scenario.

So if your a high resolution gamer or enjoy pumping out the graphics to the absolute highest you can, you may see a benefit from the additional ram, or of you intend to go with a 2nd card for SLI at some point (along with a bigger monitor ) then I would suggest the 1gb card. But realistically there may not be ANY performance difference between the 1gb and 512mb versions of the same card (assuming both are at the same clock speeds), and it is entirely possible that the 1gb card end up slower than the 512mb (again assuming both cards run at the same speed) due to added latency.

If the 1gb card is the same price as the 512, go with the 1gb...if the 1gb is cheaper...by all means go with it...if the 1gb is more expensive I really wouldnt bother.

Well the same model and brand Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800GT PCX TV Dual-DVI 512MB costs max $2 less than the 1gb version of the same brand and model^^ So I'm definitely picking the 1gb one. Unless ofcourse you think the 512 mb one would give me better performance for some reason.

It would be around the same for the present games. I doubt it would make some difference in the future. But you never know. Also more can never hurt....