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May 29^th, 2010 at 10:11pm

Groundbound1 Offline
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I have a chance to pick up a used eVGA 8800 GTX for $60.

A) Is it worth that? (provided all works as it should)

And

B) Would it provide a marked improvement over the HD 3870 I'm using now?

I mainly use my rig for FS9, FSX, Crysis, and COD4 all at 1856 X 1396 @ 75hz.

Specs: Asus Crosshair nForce 590 SLI,
AMD Athlon X2 6400+ w/ZeroTherm BTF90,
4GB G.Skill PI Series DDR2-800,
Sapphire HD4870 512MB,
PC P&C 750 Quad, in a CoolerMaster HAF932

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Reply #1 - May 30^th, 2010 at 2:43am

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I have it (specs below) and it works wonders for FS9, FSX (if tweeked correctly) and COD4.

Great card. Wink

790i : QX9650 : 4Gb DDR3 : GeForce 8800 GTX : 1 WD Raptor : 1 WD VelociRaptor 150

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Reply #2 - May 30^th, 2010 at 7:55am

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Doubt it would be a massive improvement.

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Reply #3 - May 30^th, 2010 at 2:27pm

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Doubt it would be a massive improvement.

I can't say anything regarding improvement because I have used no other card. I bet the newer Nvidia Geforce 9800 series (or whatever they are named) are cheap and powerful.

790i : QX9650 : 4Gb DDR3 : GeForce 8800 GTX : 1 WD Raptor : 1 WD VelociRaptor 150

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Reply #4 - May 30^th, 2010 at 2:38pm

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Its times like that, with excellent, cheap, PCI-e Cards now available, that I despair at my Gigabyte, Socket A, AGP Motherboard, with its 7800 GS, AGP Graphics Card!... Cry

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Still, it runs FS 2004 (and FSX) OK...Mus'nt grumble!... Roll Eyes

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Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004...FS Nav.... Cool

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