GTX 260 core 216 worth it to upgrade? 8800 GTX comparison

[1337_JohnN]

lol, 8800GTX power consumptiom=GTX260 power consumption?? Can't he SLi it with a 9800GTX+?

 

[Whirlwind]

LOL... heck no.. the gtx260 is far from an 8800gtx...

the way i see it, a gtx260 (now) performs just abuot 8800gts sli performance

Nosboost300....I have never tried sli.....but I had a 9800GTX....all I can say is..This XFX GTX260 Black Edition blows my 9800GTX away.....and that is just for pure gaming.... it very much seems that I can throw all the AA that I want to this card at 1680x1050.....and my frames are still great....the 9800GTX could not at all handle all that AA....Is that worth the upgrade?....I don't know for most.....but I just love all that AA....great graphics at 1680x1050....plus no jaggies....that is just heaven for me.....I love it!

 

[ricanflow]

GTX 260 uses around the same power as a 8800GTX but performs much harder, and its only getting better with driver updates and newer games which utilize more of the shaders.

 

[NosBoost300]

lol, 8800GTX power consumptiom=GTX260 power consumption?? Can't he SLi it with a 9800GTX+?

no he can not...

8800gtx = g80 core and 768mb ram 384 bit bus
9800gtx+ = g92b core 512mb ram.... 256 bit bus

completely different cards

 

[Gabb]

Nosboost300....I have never tried sli.....but I had a 9800GTX....all I can say is..This XFX GTX260 Black Edition blows my 9800GTX away.....and that is just for pure gaming.... it very much seems that I can throw all the AA that I want to this card at 1680x1050.....and my frames are still great....the 9800GTX could not at all handle all that AA....Is that worth the upgrade?....I don't know for most.....but I just love all that AA....great graphics at 1680x1050....plus no jaggies....that is just heaven for me.....I love it!

Whirlwind I understand your opinion concerning the GTX260 Black edition compared to the 9800 GTX, but is there a way you can attempt to quantify the performance increase? ( maybe share some various game benchmarks and such for your system? ) People have very different definitions of "blow away", some consider it 2x more performance, others just a mere 23%. ( sort of like peopel consider buttery smooth fps at 30 fps, while I consider it at 60 fps theres no question at all that the newest gen cards are faster of course

Also I doubt the card can run max AA in Crysis that seems to be the only game that can bring any system to its knees when it comes to AA

 

[zmatt]

The ATI cards do much better with AA than the Nvidia cards. I can enable AA in warhead and fps wont change at all.

 

[Hussein19891]

You mean AF?

As far as AA is concerned, I thought everyone just left it at 4xAA.

 

[Gabb]

The ATI cards do much better with AA than the Nvidia cards. I can enable AA in warhead and fps wont change at all.

I heard ATI had problems with AA in the past, but many issues were resolved with the drivers. You had a 4850 or 4870? In the Crysis benchmark thread: http://www.techist.com/forums/f10/tech-forums-official-crysis-warhead-gpu-benchmark-thread-162750/

everyone does the test without AA. I'm not doubting your claim, but can you perform the test with AA at 4x and without AA and post screenshots of the benchmark? ( it would be much appreciated )

I want to see the performance hit ( however small it is ), and if anyone has a GTX 260 core 216 and can perform the same test with AA on and off, that would also be appreciated.

 

[gurusan]

The 48xx series cards handle AA wonderfully...however even though the GTX 216-260 has more of a FPS hit with higher AA settings than the 48xx series...it still manages to outperform ATI 90% of the time.

I have owned G92 based cards before and honestly was never impressed. People said the 38xx series couldn't do AA, but I found with 2xAA on my 3850 my minfps was far above even a voltmodded 8800GTS 512mb, especially when mist/smoke/explosions were involved.

The GT200 series do not have this problem, so if you like to apply AA, then yes..you will be very pleased with the ugprade.

 

[Nagasama]

i agree, my gts 512 took a massive performance hit in COD4 with smoke. when i was testing the gtx 280 i had no such problems.