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GTX 7xx or GTX 9xx for Windows XP?

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First post, by AaronS

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Is there any reason to go with the slightly older 7xx series (driver compatibility) or is it generally about the same with these late GPUs? I know for 970/980/Ti you need to modify the drivers but otherwise they work. Just wondering about some older XP era games, I remember reading something about Far Cry but not sure.

My main usage will be DirectX8/8.1/9 under XP but also wanted something fast for early DirectX10 under Vista with Physx capabilities.

Reply 1 of 2, by vvbee

Posted on Today, 18:37

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As a starting point, neither. Keep going older until the next step can't do what you want to do.

Reply 2 of 2, by Shponglefan

Posted on Today, 18:53

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I don't think there would be much practical difference between 7xx versus 9xx series. Depending on the system, it will likely be CPU bound. My own GTX 980Ti doesn't break a sweat running XP era games.

And Far Cry works fine in my experience with that 980 Ti. The only issue I had was having to limit the frame rate, otherwise it tries to max out FPS at the main menu (hundreds of frames a second).

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