Carlos0068
02-02-2010, 01:36 AM
Well right now I am very happy with my 9800GTX. I have owned it since October of 08 and has ran every game I have played very well. Granted for most of its time it was just playing games on 1280x1024 (1920x1200 Currently). Even at my resolution it does very well on my standards which is pretty much med-high settings with 35+ frames with 4xaa on 1280x1024, and now med-high with no or 2xaa with 30+ frames. Which with the exception of Crysis it does very well.
Well the only thing I have against the card is with my recently new case (Lian LI PC-A05NB temperatures have gone up which has made me lower clocks from 815/2026/1215 to 750/1875/1175 otherwise during heavy gaming it will give me screen flickers which sometimes leads to games crashing with the ''Driver has stopped responding and has recovered''. As for temperatures it idles at around 41-44C with 100% fan speed (Don't mind it) and 45-48C @ 70% (Kept when just desktop browsing or watching TV) & Loads are 75-80C on 100% fan.
So you must be thinking, Well god damm why are asking to replace it if you are happy with it? Well for one a upgrade wouldn't cost much right now. Meaning if I decide to upgrade lets say to a 5770 ($180?) it will only be a $125 purchase due to me passing the card along to a friend for cheap. Or even the upcoming 5830 which I hear is gonna be around $239~.
So what do you guys think or would do? Would the upgrade to a 5770 be worth it? Never owned a ATI card and always been a Nvidia owner with no complaints (FX 5500>6800XT>7200GS>7600GS>8600GT>9800GTX) with any of the purchases. I know ATI is currently king of the hill with Fermi right around the corner. My 3 options are Wait for Nvidias mid range card, Purchase a 5770/5830 or Keep the 9800GTX and just buy a aftermarket cooler to keep it at its max clocks and wait it out until prices go down and Nvidia/ATI prices are right where they should be.
What do you guys think? :shrug:
Well the only thing I have against the card is with my recently new case (Lian LI PC-A05NB temperatures have gone up which has made me lower clocks from 815/2026/1215 to 750/1875/1175 otherwise during heavy gaming it will give me screen flickers which sometimes leads to games crashing with the ''Driver has stopped responding and has recovered''. As for temperatures it idles at around 41-44C with 100% fan speed (Don't mind it) and 45-48C @ 70% (Kept when just desktop browsing or watching TV) & Loads are 75-80C on 100% fan.
So you must be thinking, Well god damm why are asking to replace it if you are happy with it? Well for one a upgrade wouldn't cost much right now. Meaning if I decide to upgrade lets say to a 5770 ($180?) it will only be a $125 purchase due to me passing the card along to a friend for cheap. Or even the upcoming 5830 which I hear is gonna be around $239~.
So what do you guys think or would do? Would the upgrade to a 5770 be worth it? Never owned a ATI card and always been a Nvidia owner with no complaints (FX 5500>6800XT>7200GS>7600GS>8600GT>9800GTX) with any of the purchases. I know ATI is currently king of the hill with Fermi right around the corner. My 3 options are Wait for Nvidias mid range card, Purchase a 5770/5830 or Keep the 9800GTX and just buy a aftermarket cooler to keep it at its max clocks and wait it out until prices go down and Nvidia/ATI prices are right where they should be.
What do you guys think? :shrug: