GTX 260 or 9800 GTX+

[wildgene789]

Alright so heres the deal i bought a 9800gtx+ from tiger direct and well im enjoying it but i bought a gtx260 from best buy to see what the difference is. i was debating should i keep the 9800GTX+ and return the gtx260 or should i keep the gtx260? lemme tell you that the gtx260 is the one wit 192 processor cores if that helps because i see alot with 240 and its pissing me off.

 

[adweston]

Well, the GTX260 does beat the 9800gtx+ in everything, especially at higher res. I've had both. Actually, I just sold the GTX260 and went to a GTX280 and I have the 9800GTX+ OC in my home beater.. Both good cards... but the GTX260 is better. If you can afford it then ya, keep the 260.

 

[wildgene789]

but look here are the specs for the both of them how is it faster

9800GTX+
RAMDAC: Dual 400 MHz
Maximum Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (Digital)
Video Memory: 512MB
Memory Type: DDR3
Memory Interface: 256-bit
Stream Processors: 128
Core Clock: 738 MHz
Memory Clock: 2200 MHz
Shader Clock: 1836 MHz

GTX 260
RAMDAC: Dual 400 MHz
Maximum Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (Digital)
Video Memory: 896MB
Memory Type: DDR3
Memory Interface: 256-bit
Stream Processors: 192
Core Clock: 590MHz
Memory Clock: 1998 MHz
Shader Clock: 1296 MHz

 

[chrissof]

well,it`s not all about pure "specs" I guess,
newer usaully means faster,better improvements in the near future(drivers),
less power consumption and more horsepower in higher resolutions as mentioned before.
but that doesn`t matter if you run it at 1024x768.
if I had the money I`d get that 260 card

 

[red1776]

heres your answer....

GTX 260 _________________________ 9800GTX

Memory bus 448 bit ______________________ 256 bit

Memory 896 Mb ______________________ 512 Mb

Transistors 1400 mil ______________________ ____ 754 mil

Mem BW 119 GB/s ______________________ 70.4 GB/s



Shading power 715 G/flops ______________________ 432 G/flops

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

The GTX 260 is the superior card by a large margin.

 

[red1776]

I thought thats what i said......