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System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebuilt
OS Vista Ultimate 32 bit
CPU AMD Phenom II x 4 965
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P
Memory 4GB DDR3
Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce 9800GT
Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Phillips 19"
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024
Keyboard 14 year old Compaq, cant see any of the letters anymore :)
Mouse Microflacid Sterile
PSU Thermaltake 850W XT
Case Coolermaster Storm Sniper Black Edition
Cooling AC-ALPINE-64PRO ARTIC COOLING
Hard Drives 1 x 128GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD 1 x 1TB Sata 1 x 2Tb WD External My Book Elite 1 x 1TB WD External My Book Elite 1 x 4TB WD External My Book
Internet Speed ADSL2+

As you can see I have GeForce 9800GT. It is a Silent Cell GPU, while it is working fine at the moment. When I built it I opted for the Black Sniper Case for it's cooling, because of the number of fans in it, I didn't want to add extra noise with a fan based GPU. I CANNOT TOLERATE NOISY GPU's!

I am not a high end gamer, I do play Watcraft 3 The Frozen Throne (NOT WoW), other than that I tend to stream online TV, web browse, email etc.

My mobo will take a PCI-E 2.0 so I am looking at ASUS GeForce GT 630 Silent 2GB, I prefer the Silent Cell and Nvidia over Radeon.

Has anyone used this? Any feedback would be appreciated.

I am not looking to do a full rebuild, at the moment that would just be wasting money, that and no sooner than do you think you have the latest and greatest machine, it is old news the following day.

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For the love of all things worth the money, get a 750Ti. The GT 630 is weaker than your current card, probably.

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dear god dont do that to yourself do this ^

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high end gamer but 9800GT :,) get a 750/750ti, that will be much better

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750Ti for upgradability, 660Ti at least for pure power.

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Wait what? How does 750ti have more upgradability? It can't be SLI'd... 660 ti has more upgradeability and pure power... But is also in a different price bracket altogether.  Around $100 more.

Sorry, I meant it was newer and more efficient, not upgradability. And the 660Ti and 750Ti are around the same price.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

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please, PLEASE get windows 7/8.1

 

Why does my OS have to be involved?  I am happy with Vista (I do have a retail copy of Win7 Ultimate) however I choose not to use it.  My machine which I specifically built for Vista, Win7 hadn't been released when I built it.  My machine is more than capable of running Vista.  I am after GPU advice not OS.

 

As for the other posters thank you for your honesty, I will now do my homework on the 750TI and the 660.

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Why does my OS have to be involved?  I am happy with Vista (I do have a retail copy of Win7 Ultimate) however I choose not to use it.  My machine which I specifically built for Vista, Win7 hadn't been released when I built it.  My machine is more than capable of running Vista.  I am after GPU advice not OS.

 

As for the other posters thank you for your honesty, I will now do my homework on the 750TI and the 660.

However, you may only see the 660. The 660Ti is sold out in every store, for some reason.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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Why does my OS have to be involved?  I am happy with Vista (I do have a retail copy of Win7 Ultimate) however I choose not to use it.  My machine which I specifically built for Vista, Win7 hadn't been released when I built it.  My machine is more than capable of running Vista.  I am after GPU advice not OS.

 

As for the other posters thank you for your honesty, I will now do my homework on the 750TI and the 660.

I only recommend this for your benefit, just see this video of boot times compared across 3 platforms.

(note: this is windows 8 developer's edition

)

and benchmarks:

http://www.notebookreview.com/news/windows-7-vs-windows-vista-performance-comparison/

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/windows-7-performance,2476-5.html

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/operating-systems/windows-compared-windows-7-vs-vista-vs-xp-615167/8#articleContent

Woo!

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I am not looking to do a full rebuild, at the moment that would just be wasting money, that and no sooner than do you think you have the latest and greatest machine, it is old news the following day.

Dont buy that silent piece of crap....it will take u no where even in the lower resolutions like 1366x768...get a 7770 or a if u are tight on budget get 6770, 7750 or a 6670 1gb ddr5...or if u have a good budget, definitely go for 750Ti...

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Okay being doing some homework.  I live in Australia, and now on that daggy little island that hangs off the bottom off the big island, which in essence means no/limted (one to be precise) retail store. 

 

From the reading I have been doing the 660 performs better than the 750TI, as I said I am not high end gamer Warcraft 3 TFT is the only game I play, lol said isn't it considering I am 49.  From pccasegear.com the 750TI is selling for $179, the EVGA 750TI FTW $229, the 660 for $229, not factoring in freight.

 

I don't need SLI, so that isn't a factor.  While I am inclined towards the 660, I do like EVGA, which brings me back to $229 plus freight. Ugg decisions decisions.

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I only recommend this for your benefit, just see this video of boot times compared across 3 platforms.

(note: this is windows 8 developer's edition

)

and benchmarks:

http://www.notebookreview.com/news/windows-7-vs-windows-vista-performance-comparison/

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/windows-7-performance,2476-5.html

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/operating-systems/windows-compared-windows-7-vs-vista-vs-xp-615167/8#articleContent

 

lol do you believe everything you read on the internet :lol: , just playing with you, no offence intended.  But if you read my system specs, you will see I am running an SSD as my primary boot drive :P

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Ok dumb question but why not the FTW? I know it stands For The Win utter bs if you ask me.

 

But price wise the FTW and the non FTW are the same :o

If they're the same then get the FTW lol

 

FTW cards will have better binning and cooling.

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If I am not mistaken the GeForce 630 is on par more or less, than the Intel integrated graphic HD4000.

I remember reading how pretty much it is abysmal. And I remember discussion on what was the point of the card.

The 630 is a rebrand 440... so it's an old Fermi GPU. Not Kepler.

Unless you are desperate for any GPU at the lowest price possible, the 630 is the worst purchase you can possibly do.

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If I am not mistaken the GeForce 630 is on par more or less, than the Intel integrated graphic HD4000.

I remember reading how pretty much it is abysmal. And I remember discussion on what was the point of the card.

The 630 is a rebrand 440... so it's an old Fermi GPU. Not Kepler.

Unless you are desperate for any GPU at the lowest price possible, the 630 is the worst purchase you can possibly do.

630 is not that great...but if someone intents to buy it...i would recommend Gt 630 1gb ddr5 over 2gb ddr3... :)

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Okay was looking at the EVGA 750TI FTW, headed over to the EVGA forum, where there was a lot of negative feedback about the noise levels when this card is idle.

 

Still tossing up between the 750TI and 660, but instead of EVGA thinking of ASUS, which ever way I go I want dual fans, I have never OC anything, so my question is opinions on the ASUS GTX750TI-OC-2GD5

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