Whats better 7900 GT or GTO?

[BloodRed]

I've been looking for a decent graphics card, for a new rig, that's under £200 and have been recommended the GeForce 7900. But when looking at the GT and GTO their specs weren't much different apart from the GPU speed and Memory speed. Can anyone suggest which one to go for?

GT: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=392228

GTO: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=465758

Any thoughts? Thanks.

 

[darkorb]

Deffinetly the GTO, get that quick, its cheaper than the gt!!

the GTO Is basically a GTX, with slower memory/core clocks, thats it...

its between the GT and GTX

 

[BloodRed]

GTX looks good but yer its too pricy fer me.

i have a budget of roughly £1000 to spend on everything, all from scratch

and im only £500 up so far

 

[markkleb]

what mobo/cpu are you going to use?

 

[darkorb]

i said, out of those 2, get the GTO, its just LIKE the gtx, but slower speeds.

 

[BloodRed]

AMD Athlon X2 or similar

 

[BloodRed]

i said, out of those 2, get the GTO, its just LIKE the gtx, but slower speeds.

GTO is cheaper as well and the speeds dont differ that much

 

[darkorb]

hop on that deal

 

[BloodRed]

Thanks guys! :worship:

 

[markkleb]

The reason I ask is when I build a comp I try to think what I am gonna do with it before I get any parts.

An example is if you are a gamer what kind? Crazy gamer (8800GTS)with 30" LCD or a reg gamer(7900GS or GT) with maybe a 19" or 20" LCD.

Or maybe a casual gamer (7600GT is fine)

The thing is DX10 is coming out so spending much $$ on a DX9 card is silly. I just sold my 7900GS to All4Spl and he really loves it (I did too)

I would get the best deal.

 

[Toxcity]

I helping Jacko to get the parts!

We have to cut as much cash down as pos!

Once we get a good basic system then he can save up and get anything he wants.

The GTO all the way as I have said before Ginger!

Just overclock it to get to GTX speeds!

 

[FragTek]

GTO all the way man, blows the doors off of the GT in everything.

GTO is the exact same reference card as a GTX with slightly lower clock speeds in which most cases you can overclock past GTX specs. The GTO's are 1g GTX's that had some bad memory batches and werent clocking to stock GTX spec so they binned the whole batch and labeled em GTO's.

My GTO was able to blow the doors off of the stock GTX speeds on both the core and mem clocks.

GET IT!

 

[BUFF]

If you need an OS & want to go Vista Scan have some deals http://www.scan.co.uk/mixit/

Mind you they had the GTO on Today Only the other day for £146.

 

[Toxcity]

I think he's using scan!

I believe he wants to stick with XP, seeing as there really in no point going to Vista without DX10 Gfx card. (If you are a gamer)

 

[darkorb]

u can still go wit a dx9 card, just not as high fps / eye candy right?

 

[Toxcity]

Yeah you can.

I just saying form a gamers point of view Vista isn't the best option.

There really is no point if you have a DX9 card. Seeing as running Vista needs more power.

And the advanages I can see as a gamer is only DX10. But seeing as Jacko doesn't/isn't going to pay loads for a G80 or R600. There is no point in getting vista.

 

[BUFF]

But seeing as Jacko doesn't/isn't going to pay loads for a G80 or R600. There is no point in getting vista.

even if it saves him £20 on his GTO ...?

 

[FarFarAway]

Get a GTO mate, great card

 

[Hyper]

Yes definatly the GTO, just a underclocked GTX.

 

[Mr. Smith]

GTO FTW!

Check the speeds in my sig clock/mem - ownage

Frag just had one his clocked like a charm...

Just a thought, can't you get the 8800gts shipped in for like £200ish? Do that!