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[343guiltymc]

I can't go SLI, the geniuses known as Dell only put 1 PCI-E X16 slot for the motherboard. I was intrested since I want a small card to fit in my case with the same performance.

[Warsaw]

Well, there you go. One 9800GT is still better than the 9600GT, but the 9600GT scales EXTREMELY well, and as such can run just about on par with two 9800GTs; the biggest fps margin I saw was 4, which is not enough to warrant paying more for the two 9800GTs.

Here's a chart with benches and performances compared:
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/g...,794.html?prod[2071]=on&prod[2066]=on

Note that the 8800GT and 9800GT perform identically, which is why there is no separate option for the 9800GT.

[shookon3]

is the 9800GT Better than any GTX 200 series?

[Xetsuei]

No.

[Mr Buckshot]

I can't go SLI, the geniuses known as Dell only put 1 PCI-E X16 slot for the motherboard. I was intrested since I want a small card to fit in my case with the same performance.

lol there's always the Geforce 7950 GX2, but it's a little dated now XD

[Xetsuei]

Someone used to own one of those on here, and said it's not even worth it because of the awful driver support.

[Warsaw]

Only the highest end graphics chips will be bottlenecked by a PCI-e 1.0 slot. Also for the record, two 9600GTs in SLi configuration are better than one GTX-260 Core 198, so don't let the lower price tag on the Core 98 get you unless you intend to SLi those.

[itszutak]

Is it worth it to buy 4gigs of RAM for my setup? I'm getting really crappy stuttering problems in Crysis and was wondering if more ram would help.

[ICEE]

I'm totally computer inept, I don't know shit about them. I need a new pc for undisclosed reasons. I went to best buy to look at prices, and it was looking like I would end up spending about 1200 dollars. So I come to you guys, what should I be looking for?

• I am looking for a desktop
• I found the monitor I want, its going to cost about $250 so count that out
• I want to be able to run higher end games, I'm tired of getting a bsod playing even old games like UT2K4 and Halo CE. I can't even install orange box or anything newer than that. I want to be able to run new games.
• I want to make sure I can still use my old games, plus my outdated version of max and mudbox. Their too frickin expensive to buy again
• I need basically everything except the fuckin mouse, and the monitor which I found and have not bought yet.

Help me please. The tech talk on the front page is greek to me. I'm looking to either build my own or buy it built, I don't care as long as I can afford it and it WORKS.

[Xetsuei]

Is it worth it to buy 4gigs of RAM for my setup? I'm getting really crappy stuttering problems in Crysis and was wondering if more ram would help.

How fast is your current RAM? And it sounds like you need a better video card, not more RAM.

E: Oh wait, the card is fine. I honestly have no idea unless you're RAM is really slow. It's possibly the drivers. Update the drivers for your video card.

I'm totally computer inept, I don't know shit about them. I need a new pc for undisclosed reasons. I went to best buy to look at prices, and it was looking like I would end up spending about 1200 dollars. So I come to you guys, what should I be looking for?

• I am looking for a desktop
• I found the monitor I want, its going to cost about $250 so count that out
• I want to be able to run higher end games, I'm tired of getting a bsod playing even old games like UT2K4 and Halo CE. I can't even install orange box or anything newer than that. I want to be able to run new games.
• I want to make sure I can still use my old games, plus my outdated version of max and mudbox. Their too frickin expensive to buy again
• I need basically everything except the fuckin mouse, and the monitor which I found and have not bought yet.

Help me please. The tech talk on the front page is greek to me. I'm looking to either build my own or buy it built, I don't care as long as I can afford it and it WORKS.

The Low End ($700) or the Mid Range ($1000) and the peripherals for them lower down the page. Also, what monitor are you getting?