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I'm scouring for a little advice. I'll be home from Iraq and back in school in less than two months (WOOOOO!) I love my Mac and use it for everything that I do... except for gaming, that is. For years I have built my own systems to power my one fault, extensive time spent playing games on the computer. Actually, it's beneficial in that it allows me to interact with friends across the country in a better way than simply chatting on the internet or phone.
Back to the topic at hand though...
Since I'm getting back soon, I have begun researching a year's worth of technology that I've missed since I will be building a new system. I've followed pretty well as far as new chipset/motherboard technology goes, but I'm really kind of confused about the current state of video cards.
I am an nVidia guy by default, and immediately went "oooh, 9800 gx2, sounds like a winner to me!" But then I saw that nVidia released a brand new card based on the 8xxx series. Sounded exciting to me. Then I read a comparison of that new card (the GeForce GTX 280) vs it's senior, the GeForce 9800 GX2 and it showed many real life situation tests in which the 9800 GX2 mopped the floor with it's newer rival. What's the deal? At the time that the article was written, the card was new and was being used with beta drivers, but still.
Has anyone had any experience with these two cards? What is your opinion? The newer GTX 280 seems to have more raw power, but it doesn't perform. Also, it doesn't support DX 10.1. Strange...
For everyone who doesn't care about PCs or gaming, I'm sorry if you made it all of the way to this sentence
Back to the topic at hand though...
Since I'm getting back soon, I have begun researching a year's worth of technology that I've missed since I will be building a new system. I've followed pretty well as far as new chipset/motherboard technology goes, but I'm really kind of confused about the current state of video cards.
I am an nVidia guy by default, and immediately went "oooh, 9800 gx2, sounds like a winner to me!" But then I saw that nVidia released a brand new card based on the 8xxx series. Sounded exciting to me. Then I read a comparison of that new card (the GeForce GTX 280) vs it's senior, the GeForce 9800 GX2 and it showed many real life situation tests in which the 9800 GX2 mopped the floor with it's newer rival. What's the deal? At the time that the article was written, the card was new and was being used with beta drivers, but still.
Has anyone had any experience with these two cards? What is your opinion? The newer GTX 280 seems to have more raw power, but it doesn't perform. Also, it doesn't support DX 10.1. Strange...
For everyone who doesn't care about PCs or gaming, I'm sorry if you made it all of the way to this sentence