Perry Ellis® Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 it sure does, thank you for your time, how much do i expect to pay for that card? I don't know what the prices are like in Manila for PC components but if you're talking about the 8800GT's the cheapest one in Sydney is 11,380 PHPThis is the 512MB edition, you can probably get the 256mb for just under $300 each. Quote Link to comment
johnlove Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 At Rising Sun Computers (prices last week):7600gt & 8600gt are about P6000 (good for playing most games at 800x600 at med quality settings)8800gt are about P14000 (for playing games at Xbox360 graphics level) I saw availability of ati 3870 a few months ago at about P12000 prices changes from time to time depending on availability. Don't spend your money on video cards like there is no tomorrow. Expect prices of current high end cards to fall steeply (how about 50%) within the next 2 years when the next 2 generation cards comes out, why? because today's high end cards (even on sli/crossfire setup on the fastest quadcore processors) can't play new blockbusters games like crysis without glitches at high resolution at high quality setting. For now, if you really want to play games, rather than spending 30T on the 8800 ultra, I suggest investing in an Xbox360 or ps3 while waiting for the next next generation of video cards to come out. Believe me, you will be happier that way. Quote Link to comment
Perry Ellis® Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 At Rising Sun Computers (prices last week):7600gt & 8600gt are about P6000 (good for playing most games at 800x600 at med quality settings)8800gt are about P14000 (for playing games at Xbox360 graphics level) I saw availability of ati 3870 a few months ago at about P12000 prices changes from time to time depending on availability. Don't spend your money on video cards like there is no tomorrow. Expect prices of current high end cards to fall steeply (how about 50%) within the next 2 years when the next 2 generation cards comes out, why? because today's high end cards (even on sli/crossfire setup on the fastest quadcore processors) can't play new blockbusters games like crysis without glitches at high resolution at high quality setting. For now, if you really want to play games, rather than spending 30T on the 8800 ultra, I suggest investing in an Xbox360 or ps3 while waiting for the next next generation of video cards to come out. Believe me, you will be happier that way. You have a valid point there but if Elrey is going to wait two years to buy today's high end card, doesnt that mean he then has to wait another two years to play the games released during that time? It's a never ending cycle and you will always have PC that will be in the state of being "upgraded". While I'm not what you would call an old skool gamer, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the pattern of hardware vs games releases, it never really coincides with each other. I'll give you an example from personal experience. Microsoft FSX was released in October 2006 and the 8800GTX was released in November 2006, this game was considered to be a benchmark game and would bring your uber gaming rig to it's knees which it did. Early adopters of the new G80 cards realized that they were not getting the performance yield they were expecting out of this "Next Gen" card. I didn't buy this GTX because of disappointing results with the game I wanted to play, not because of what other games people are playing. When the new G92 cards came out I bought two EVGA SSC's and whacked them on an SLI setup, moved all the graphics sliders all the way to the right and much to my disappointment I manage 14 FPS while taxing from Frankfurt airport with AI traffic sliders to 70%. Some people suggested that the game is CPU intensive and I thought ok fine, I changed my CPU from an E6600 to a quad core Q6600 overclocked to 3.2ghz and guess what, it did little. The sad thing about it is, I'm not the only one. But wait, FS2004 which is the release before FSX I can play max detail at 60fps....makes sense, I have to wait for 2009 to play FSX in full detail. (this is a fact, the game developers have admitted it) I'm not canceling out johnlove's suggestion but merely giving an insight on what it's like to wait for the next gen cards. I think the appropriate statement would be "wait for the next cards one or two generations from now, to play today's next gen games" History repeats itself... Quote Link to comment
johnlove Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Very good observation! I hope game companies would indicate the recommended cards and the expected FPS of such video cards, if the quality setting at a given resolution is set all the way up. Quote Link to comment
ElRey Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 hmmm, my post is missing, I need those radical video cards to play Microsoft Flight Simulator? 2 of them? Sounds terribly expensive, sorry folks, that card costs more than my whole rig almost... looking at the internet, the 8800 GTS costs average $320 upwards.. or around P13K here... are we sure I need that much video card? wow! Quote Link to comment
hondacity Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 i got me an xfx gts 320 xxx for the people that ask or needing some answers.... check out tomshardware.com and look for charts - vga charts then select which benchmark like microsoft flight simulator and choose which resolution you are using.. Quote Link to comment
ElRey Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 ei thanks for that hondacity, my long search finally closing in... BTW, do you guys recommend any flight stick suitable for such a game? (Microsoft Flight Simulator) bulok ba talaga yung mga sa CDR king o pwede pwede na? Mga P650... i saw some others (generic din) for around P1,200, the guy at the store said they're much better.... don't know whether i should believe him... BTW, just bought a linksys wireless router, P2,650 sa PC Gilmore, got it for P2,500 next door sa kanya sa Greenhills, Sorry OT, but i thought I'd give the PCGilmore guys a shout out on that, Bat ganon??? Quote Link to comment
Perry Ellis® Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I use this one which is nothing fancy but does the job.Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Joystickhttp://ipic.2interactive.net/img/03be24d21a3c2876e9960a79d180501c/logitech.jpg Btw which version of Flight Sim do you have? I've been meaning to post my ILS landing video at Ninoy Aquino on Qantas B747-400 that I did on FSX. Quote Link to comment
digitaljepoy Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Im using a Palit 8800GT Sonic 512mb, its factory OCed. Price/Performance, its the best one out there so far. Quote Link to comment
johnlove Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 hmmm, my post is missing, I need those radical video cards to play Microsoft Flight Simulator? 2 of them? Sounds terribly expensive, sorry folks, that card costs more than my whole rig almost... looking at the internet, the 8800 GTS costs average $320 upwards.. or around P13K here... are we sure I need that much video card? wow! Since 2 8800gtx ultra in sli won't give you a 60 fps performance. I suggest a single 8800 gt to help you tie over until the next 2 generation of video card arrives. Check out tomshardware.com for more details. Quote Link to comment
hondacity Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 just overclocked my videocard 8800gts320xxx 3dmark06 10500 -----> 11091 wohoooo Quote Link to comment
hondacity Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 just overclocked my videocard 8800gts320xxx 3dmark06 10500 -----> 11091----->11201 wohoooo Quote Link to comment
Perry Ellis® Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 goods scores there... I havent done a benchmark since December I think.. this was my last one after I cracked the 18000 mark on 3Dmark06 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=4205199 Quote Link to comment
nebula Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 im just a poorboy... a good old 2 x palit 7300gt sonic in SLi Quote Link to comment
hondacity Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 that ain't so bad...7600gt performance from 7300gt's in sli? woohoo that gets better numbers than the 8500!!! Quote Link to comment
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