Considering a trade... is it worth it?

AbnormalCreatio · 03-08-2009, 03:31 AM

Somebody I started talking to in town has a 640mb BFG 8800gts OC he wants to trade for my PNY 9800gt. He'll throw in a wireless router too, which is nice because mine is crap. However, I'm pretending like I'm trading card for card. He seems to think the 9800gt is alot better than his card, he may be wrong, but I haven't even met the guy so I dont mind. He actually just got the card.

Is the 8800gts better than my 9800gt? It's not the 116 pipeline version, its the 96. I can't find any benchmarks between that specific 8800gts and my card...

Thanks for your help

**wrench97** · 03-08-2009, 03:52 AM

I'd keep the 9800gt the G92 chip runs cooler and longer.

AbnormalCreatio · 03-08-2009, 05:37 AM

yeah i understand it runs cooler, but id have to say that piece would be ruled out because i have very ample cooling in my case and i doubt that will make a real difference, other than overclocking it. performance wise, is the trade worth it?

**wrench97** · 03-08-2009, 05:44 AM

I haven't seen a lot of difference between the 2.

03-08-2009, 03:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
AbnormalCreatio Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 31 OS: vista business 64 bit	Considering a trade... is it worth it? Somebody I started talking to in town has a 640mb BFG 8800gts OC he wants to trade for my PNY 9800gt. He'll throw in a wireless router too, which is nice because mine is crap. However, I'm pretending like I'm trading card for card. He seems to think the 9800gt is alot better than his card, he may be wrong, but I haven't even met the guy so I dont mind. He actually just got the card. Is the 8800gts better than my 9800gt? It's not the 116 pipeline version, its the 96. I can't find any benchmarks between that specific 8800gts and my card... Thanks for your help __________________ Antec 300 ll Asus M3N78-VM ll AMD x64 6400+ 3.36 ghz ll coolermaster v8 cooler ll 4 gb Crucial DDR2 800mhz ll XFX 8800gts Alpha Dog (oc) ll 2 200gb Seagate Barracuda's in Raid0 ll Vista Business 64 bit

03-08-2009, 03:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,821 OS: Win7	Re: Considering a trade... is it worth it? I'd keep the 9800gt the G92 chip runs cooler and longer. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

03-08-2009, 05:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
AbnormalCreatio Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 31 OS: vista business 64 bit	Re: Considering a trade... is it worth it? yeah i understand it runs cooler, but id have to say that piece would be ruled out because i have very ample cooling in my case and i doubt that will make a real difference, other than overclocking it. performance wise, is the trade worth it? __________________ Antec 300 ll Asus M3N78-VM ll AMD x64 6400+ 3.36 ghz ll coolermaster v8 cooler ll 4 gb Crucial DDR2 800mhz ll XFX 8800gts Alpha Dog (oc) ll 2 200gb Seagate Barracuda's in Raid0 ll Vista Business 64 bit

03-08-2009, 05:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,821 OS: Win7	Re: Considering a trade... is it worth it? I haven't seen a lot of difference between the 2. __________________ Power Supply and Selection