Siamey Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Hey all, I've got a question for someone with a tech background, seeing as how I haven't been keeping up with the latest advances in the video card market. Im planning on selling some custom built gaming rigs I've built with 2 XFX GeeForce 8500 GT's in them, linked with SLI. They've got 512mb ram each, and the motherboard is pretty good and the system has 2gb of 800mhz ram. Would I be safe to put on my advertisement... something to the effect of "will play almost every game on the market at full settings" I mean, we're talking 32x antialiasing and full hdr and everything, so it should probly play even Crysis on decent settings right? http://www.crysis-online.com/Information/System%20Requirements/ Gotta print out the ads tonight and throw them into local shops tomorrow, so anything you could say to help me out would be great. Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardicKnowledge Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 One 8800GTX will play Crysis on near-full settings -- your rig will certainly run it, and I'd imagine that it will do a pretty damn good job of it as well. How much are you looking for, in any case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shikigami Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 im sure the 2 8500s will be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Crysis doesn't fair well with SLI right now actually. There is supposed to be a patch in the future to fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Effef Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 One 8500 isn't worth the money you pay for it, but 2 in SLI should be fairly good. I would say you would get around 20-30fps in Crysis, give or take. You would still be better off with say, a single 8800GT or HD3850/3870. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrion Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 You're kidding me, right? A budget-level card running a game with the highest settings? Why on Earth would video card manufacturers market more expensive and far faster graphics cards if the budget-level cards were more than adequate, as you assume? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Yeah, the 8500GT is kinda bottom of the current-gen barrel. Although, you could probably get like 4 of them for the price of an 8800GT. So if there's a way to SLI 4 8500GTs, you might be in business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Effef Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Yeah, the 8500GT is kinda bottom of the current-gen barrel. Although, you could probably get like 4 of them for the price of an 8800GT. So if there's a way to SLI 4 8500GTs, you might be in business. That would actually be pretty cool, just because somebody bothered to try it. Still an enormous waste of time and money though. Just for fun, I looked something up: http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1422&Itemid=40&limit=1&limitstart=2 "double the fun" with Zotac 8500GT SLI is not enough to win against a single 8600GT which, as we said before, costs less than two of these. Yeah, you're fucked. A single 8600GT can barely do crysis at like 10fps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamey Posted November 30, 2007 Author Share Posted November 30, 2007 Im not assuming anything pyrion so chill the FUCK out. Thanks CH, I guess I'll have to rebuild it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 If budget is the big concern here, the 7900GS is a great card for around $120. If you're willing to go a little higher, CH's suggestions are spot-on. ATI's HD 3850 is the card of choice at $180. It actually runs Crysis admirably well at standard resolutions with no filters. Next in the hierarchy would be its beefier brother the HD 3870, at $220. An 8800GT will run you at least $270, but you can't get anything better at that price. I'm planning to get one myself sometime soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrion Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I'm planning to get two 8800GT's. But after xmas, seeing as demand is way too damn high right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shikigami Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 You're kidding me, right? A budget-level card running a game with the highest settings? Why on Earth would video card manufacturers market more expensive and far faster graphics cards if the budget-level cards were more than adequate, as you assume? because poor gamers will buy the extra cheap card, netting the company more profit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrion Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 because poor gamers will buy the extra cheap card, netting the company more profit. "Poor gamers?" Poor gamers would buy themselves a *600-series card at least (anything below that is aimed at the 2D budget/OEM market). Unless they don't know what they're doing, in which case they're not really "poor," rather "uninformed." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drack Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 A word of advice: Avoid video cards where the third-to-last digit of the chipset is not at least an 8. Almost always, last generation's top cards will outperform today's budget cards. For the price of 2 8500 series cards, you could likely get one 8800 series card with better performance overall. As a seller, you've just got to hope your buyers don't think the way I do >_< In your particular scenario, test anything you advertise, on the hardware you're selling. Don't try to guess at performance through benchmarks, specs, and system requirements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Effef Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I like to think of the 8800GT as kind of a "second coming" to the 6600GT. The right amount of performance at the right price at the right time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrion Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I like to think of the 8800GT as kind of a "second coming" to the 6600GT. The right amount of performance at the right price at the right time. A better comparison would be the Ti4200. Right now, the 8800GT is the only card that matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamey Posted December 4, 2007 Author Share Posted December 4, 2007 Thanks for the advice guys, this is really helpful Thanks Drack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Effef Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Right now, the 8800GT is the only card that matters. I wouldn't go that far. The Radeon 3850/3870 are pretty bangin' for the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrion Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 As far as nvidia's offerings are concerned, the 8800GT is the only card that matters. Is that better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamey Posted December 7, 2007 Author Share Posted December 7, 2007 Souns Gud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrion Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 btw on Friday I ordered 2 8800GT's and a 800W PSU off of Newegg, should arrive Monday or Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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