[lexmark]

the 768m is $200 more in some cases over here I have no clue what the difference is but is it worth the money?

[alex]

The GTS is aimed at a resolution of 1680x1050 (20-22" screens).

The GTX is aimed at a resolution of 1920x1200 (24-27" screens).

Because of this a GTX is overkill at the first resolution whilst you may have to compromise on AA and frame rates in some games with a GTS at the higher resolution.

Also, whilst most games are card dependent, at the level these cards can game at it's essential to get a powerful cpu regardless of this fact.

The GTX also has 25% more stream shaders (these take the place of pixel pipes and vertext shaders resident in DX9 cards).

The GTX stock gpu speed is higher also, as is the ram stock speed.

There's a plethora of factory-overclocked cards out there now so the line between the two card types has faded quite a bit. But these overclocks tend to be only on the gpu speed and ram speed (this only allows about a 5-10 fps increase at the same resolution as a vanilla (non-overclocked) version of the same card).

There are models of both types that have the ram, gpu and shaders overclocked but these are few and far between at the moment.

I can't tell you which exact card to get as, again, there's a lot of them out there but choose card type based upon resolution and which model from which manufacturer on a bang-for-buck basis and you won't go wrong.

[lexmark]

Originally Posted by alex The GTS is aimed at a resolution of 1680x1050 (20-22" screens). The GTX is aimed at a resolution of 1920x1200 (24-27" screens). Because of this a GTX is overkill at the first resolution whilst you may have to compromise on AA and frame rates in some games with a GTS at the higher resolution. Also, whilst most games are card dependent, at the level these cards can game at it's essential to get a powerful cpu regardless of this fact. The GTX also has 25% more stream shaders (these take the place of pixel pipes and vertext shaders resident in DX9 cards). The GTX stock gpu speed is higher also, as is the ram stock speed. There's a plethora of factory-overclocked cards out there now so the line between the two card types has faded quite a bit. But these overclocks tend to be only on the gpu speed and ram speed (this only allows about a 5-10 fps increase at the same resolution as a vanilla (non-overclocked) version of the same card). There are models of both types that have the ram, gpu and shaders overclocked but these are few and far between at the moment. I can't tell you which exact card to get as, again, there's a lot of them out there but choose card type based upon resolution and which model from which manufacturer on a bang-for-buck basis and you won't go wrong.

hmmm...so it sounds like the gtx is for the big boys huh....shuuucks.....its so dang expensive...I just can't bring myself to spend that much on a piece of plastic no bigger than my hand!


but I might regret piking up the GTS when crysis comes out and it doesn't look purdy


to much to choose! to much!! MY HEAD IS GOING TO POP!