GTX or GTS?

[Jim]

GTS for me..for two main reasons:

1. It overclocks nicely, and should make up for a large part of the speed difference.

2. It uses only one PCI-E cable. Keeping things a little bit tidier in your case :P

[robump]

I would go gts, and water cool and overclock it, you could buy a nice block for £85.

Rob

[Mr. Smith]

So most of you think gts... Hmmm... I still want the gtx

Well, I already have a w/c block (mcw60 iirc) which I can get the g80 adaptor plate for about £5 and the heatsinks for £20.

Jim actually brought to my attention something I overlooked. POWER! I have a hiper type-r 580w (think peak is 620w) that does have 2 pci-e cables, BUT will it cut it?

I recall NickS recently doing an article on how 500w of QUALITY power is sufficient to run an OC'd quad core, gtx etc...

Also, thanks for the feedback guys...

As for the prices... USA

[Mr. Smith]

Ordered the 640 GTS to tide me over the next 6 months

[Rastalovich]

Originally Posted by name='Mr. Smith'

Ordered the 640 GTS to tide me over the next 6 months

Nice card for a stop-gap solution

[limqareb]

Originally Posted by name='Rastalovich'

Nice card for a stop-gap solution

i gote the gts xxx 320 mb version for stop gap was supposed to get r600 but i think shouild have gone for a gtx xxx 768 mb

[darkorb]

nice, thing is though, i have a evga 8800gts 640mb, and some games i cant play fully maxed without SOME lag.

i cant play FEAR cranked, lost planet i get 33fps fully maxed in the benchmarks

rainbow 6 is around 30fps during gameplay

and the dirt demo cranked i dont get too many fps above 25.

whats goin on??? i play at 1680x1050

[Mr. Smith]

Originally Posted by name='darkorb'

nice, thing is though, i have a evga 8800gts 640mb, and some games i cant play fully maxed without SOME lag.

i cant play FEAR cranked, lost planet i get 33fps fully maxed in the benchmarks

rainbow 6 is around 30fps during gameplay

and the dirt demo cranked i dont get too many fps above 25.

whats goin on??? i play at 1680x1050

Hmmm, I'm hoping my OC'd e6600 and my new ram will compensate for me being tight with the gfx card...