11.03.2008, 17:41
Let me repost from another forum my words on this subject:
Essentially, the best choice for gaming right now depends on price point.
Under 150 = 8600GTS or 8800 GS if you can find one
150-200 dollars = 8800GTS or 9600GT
High end one card = 8800GTX 768mb (360-380 USD)
High end multiple card = 2x9600GT 512mb (310-340USD)
I'm not an nvidia fanboy. My last 3 cards were ATI. I know crap when I see it, and I know ownage when I see it. All 420th members will have GF8/GF9 cards as of tomorrow night, we're ALL upgrading at the same time and most of us had ATI before. This gen ATI is just garbage. Too many problems, too underperforming, too many driver level issues, too much hardware level quirkiness, too many random problems that should not ever appear in a "top of the line" product. End communication. :twisted:
Quote: My tweak post clearly lays out the problems with ATI's performance in IL2. No ATI hardware generation has been excellent for IL2, but the x1000 series is definitely better than the HD2/3 series. Having owned multiple cards from all generations involved (including r300 gen and before) I can state with authority that nvidia is superior for IL2. Some ATI generations offered better overall solutions for most games at the time they were introduced, but this is not then, this is now, and the GF8/9 series are ALL superior to ATI's HD2000/3000 offerings at the same price point, for both IL2 and almost all other modern games. Read more if you doubt, you will discover the myriad reasons for this.
Having recently tested both the 8800 and 9600 series in depth ALONGSIDE 2 different modern radeon cards in over 20 different games I will be replacing my current HD3870 tomorrow when my new 9600s arrive in the post. I'm both a daily IL2er and a rabid gamer that plays everything good, old and new. The Witcher, System Shock 2, Anno 1701, Crysis, Stalker, Oblivion and Morrowind, even Deus Ex and Theme Hospital. If it's good, I still play it. And the 3870 is epic fail. I'm keeping my X1900XT for my wife's computer, but I'm not keeping my brand new 3870. The series is a dud, and few games make this more painfully apparent than IL2.
Essentially, the best choice for gaming right now depends on price point.
Under 150 = 8600GTS or 8800 GS if you can find one
150-200 dollars = 8800GTS or 9600GT
High end one card = 8800GTX 768mb (360-380 USD)
High end multiple card = 2x9600GT 512mb (310-340USD)
I'm not an nvidia fanboy. My last 3 cards were ATI. I know crap when I see it, and I know ownage when I see it. All 420th members will have GF8/GF9 cards as of tomorrow night, we're ALL upgrading at the same time and most of us had ATI before. This gen ATI is just garbage. Too many problems, too underperforming, too many driver level issues, too much hardware level quirkiness, too many random problems that should not ever appear in a "top of the line" product. End communication. :twisted: