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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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 Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 2:01 pm Post subject: HD3870 or 9600GT |
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| Looking to upgrade my gpu and wondering about my choice. I'm mainly doing so for HD LCD watching HD movies and light gaming. Was leaning towards the ATi but after reading reviews I'm treading water on it. A lot of folk on other boards not liking the 3870 because of driver issues even though the 3870 has slightly better performance and HD quality. Also, something about having to disable Areo in vista when opening a small window to view HD content. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I want to purchase soon. |
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OneWayTraffic
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject: Re: HD3870 or 9600GT |
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| spliff wrote: |
| Looking to upgrade my gpu and wondering about my choice. I'm mainly doing so for HD LCD watching HD movies and light gaming. Was leaning towards the ATi but after reading reviews I'm treading water on it. A lot of folk on other boards not liking the 3870 because of driver issues even though the 3870 has slightly better performance and HD quality. Also, something about having to disable Areo in vista when opening a small window to view HD content. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I want to purchase soon. |
I'll give you 50,000 for that.
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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Will someone please tell him what one to buy.
He keeps speaking in numbers t and letters to me - "9600GT, 3870 GPU, 9600GT 3870 what one what one"
I have been feigning interest for weeks PLEASE HELP HIM make a decision before he stops speaking any intelligible form of American and replaces it with just digits and letters. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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It's a toss up. The chips themselves are virtually identical in relative performance terms.
That problem about Vista changing the desktop to Basic when you open some video.........that's nothing to do with the graphics card. That's because a program has been used to open the video that doesn't support Vista Aero.
I would just shop around for either card. Find the best price, GDDR4 memory, and maybe a Zalman VF1000 fan on there.
My choice? Sapphire HD3870 with Zalman VF1000. Available in Yongsan for 190,000.
Now, as Squirrel says, just buy something and leave us alone!! |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah...that's a good choice. Would you say that's a big card size-wise? |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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| spliff wrote: |
| Yeah...that's a good choice. Would you say that's a big card size-wise? |
I can't see the length of that card on Danawa. The Sapphire website should give that info. I wouldn't worry though. It's designed for an ATX case.
You can always do what I did.............. take out the 3.5'' HDD cage, then move your HDD up into a higher bay, thereby having an uninterrupted airflow from the front intake fan directly onto the graphics card. Works great for me.
Not that my 3870 wouldn't fit........it did.........I just thought the airflow was much better that way. |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| So, the HD3870 has NO driver issues. Funny there should be so much commentary about them having so. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| spliff wrote: |
| So, the HD3870 has NO driver issues. Funny there should be so much commentary about them having so. |
I've had absolutely no driver issues with mine.
If anything, there's a much more serious driver issue with Nvidia. The notorious, "NVLDDMKM display driver has stopped working and has recovered". This issue, shared by thousands of other Nvidia users, was the main thing that made me switch to ATI after 4 years of buying Nvidia cards. It made many PC games unplayable. I don't think Nvidia/MS have resolved it yet. |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| These cards are certainly very beefy but what games other than Crysis need that power? I have a 8800GTS 320mb card and it handles everything I've played including Crysis. |
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mrsquirrel
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| These cards are certainly very beefy but what games other than Crysis need that power? I have a 8800GTS 320mb card and it handles everything I've played including Crysis. |
Spliff just wants to watch porn in true HD. |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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| I beg your pardon. All my computer's are porn-less. |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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| I beg your pardon. All my computer's are porn-less. |
gojimal jengee! 
On topic: The 9 series from Nvidia does have the same chipset at the 8 series. Therefore, I'd wait until they do some real overhaul. I don't know much about Ati, but, am beginning to check things out. I agree with a poster above. Just go with an 8800gt or gs and you'll be fine for light gaming. |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 3:44 am Post subject: |
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| I ended up getting the HD3870. It was a good price for the power it provides. 180,000 for the Sapphire Toxic (oc version) had to go for that as I couldn't fit anything bigger in the case. Bought a Zalman 600W PSU 108,000 and I think that was a fairly good deal....very quiet and provides great ventilation. Also, picked up a seagate 500g 7200, 32m 86,000 price has come down nicely on it. All in all, got some decent parts that can be used if I want to build a new rig later on. Still have all the older parts packed away. |
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hanguker
Joined: 16 Mar 2005
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 5:22 am Post subject: |
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| cubanlord wrote: |
| Just go with an 8800gt or gs and you'll be fine for light gaming. |
 Yes, an 8800GT will be fine for light gaming, but only light gaming  |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| spliff wrote: |
| I ended up getting the HD3870. It was a good price for the power it provides. 180,000 for the Sapphire Toxic (oc version) had to go for that as I couldn't fit anything bigger in the case. Bought a Zalman 600W PSU 108,000 and I think that was a fairly good deal....very quiet and provides great ventilation. Also, picked up a seagate 500g 7200, 32m 86,000 price has come down nicely on it. All in all, got some decent parts that can be used if I want to build a new rig later on. Still have all the older parts packed away. |
You mean you're buying parts for a PC but not building one yet? And your old parts are packed away? Just collecting computer components then? |
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