Graphics Card Question

[ianjpage]

OK i've picked up a cheap PC system, and am deciding which Gfx card to use, the one that came with it (ATI) or my current one (NVidia) but I not sure which is best...thoughts / comments?

Current one:
NVidia GeForce 8800 GTX
768mb RAM
core clock 600mhz
memory clock 900mhz / 1800mhz data rate
interface 384 bit
PCI E  x16
mem bandwidth 86.4gb/s

Possible replacement:
ATI Radeon HD 5670
PCI Express 2.1 x16
512MB Ram dedicated, 1.7gb shared - 2.3gb total
GDDR5 memory
Core clock 775mhz
mem clock 1000mhz
mem banwidth 64gb/s

[FUBAR]

My suggestion, is the 8800GTX mainly because it doesn't share use your system RAM like the ATI one does.

for comparison (although these are not test results...

http://www.hwcompare.com/164/geforce-8800-gtx-vs-radeon-hd-5670/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.hwcompare.com/164/geforce-8800-gtx-vs-radeon-hd-5670/

Its a LOT more power hungry though (is that a concern?)

[FUBAR]

Here are also sone Frame rate test results from Toms Hardware

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/gaming-graphics-cards-charts-2009-high-quality/compare,1814.html?prod%5B3649%5D=on&prod%5B3606%5D=on&prod%5B3638%5D=on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/gaming-graphics-cards-charts-2009-high-quality/compare,1814.html?prod%5B3649%5D=on&prod%5B3606%5D=on&prod%5B3638%5D=on

it seems from their results that to out-shine the truly epic 8800GTX you really need to step up to a 5800 series ATI card.

[Cunning Plan]

Quoting: FUBAR

8800GTX

I have this card in my Hackintosh - plays games on Steam with no worries, runs dual monitors (one is 22") fine. Beast of a card really and you should be able to get it at a reasonable price as it is fairly old now.