Quote Originally Posted by 96redformula7 View Post
I am returning my 8800GT to Best Buy on Monday. It was a total of $279 after taxes, and I was able to get a MSI 3870 earlier today for $215 shipped from clubit. The 8800GT is a great card and I had a hell of an overclocker hitting 780 on the GPU with stock voltage, but I felt the image quality in Crysis was laking a bit and more importantly I could use an extra $65 for the holidays.

I will be watercooling my 3870, so look for some more watercooled results next week.
is the GT that bad? I am considering switching to an 8800GT just because this 3870 really can't cut it on like 32/32 sprites in TF2 with everything maxed (1650x1050 8xaa 16xaf shadows everything high). without hardware volt mods, I can only achieve 877core and 2600 mem. I want a card that won't drop under 60fps under extreme load.

But the image quality is superb, it is the absolute best.

How is the image quality with CS S and TF2? is there a serious difference between the two cards?