Author Topic: Your next upgrade? (Read 107315 times)

Boomslang · « **Reply #326 on:** August 08, 2005, 08:51:01 AM »

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25213

Man some peps should just wait a week. WOW

Mr_Anderson · « **Reply #327 on:** August 08, 2005, 11:13:18 AM »

WOW that is one powerful card!!

Too bad I won't be able to afford it whe it comes out.

ZWarrior · « **Reply #328 on:** August 08, 2005, 11:53:32 AM »

If I wait for the next latest and greatest I will never get to buy something.

Mr_Anderson · « **Reply #329 on:** August 08, 2005, 12:00:52 PM »

Thats a very true fact.

JollyRoger · « **Reply #330 on:** August 08, 2005, 12:02:21 PM »

Ok two things Why did the bench the X800 GT 256 with a 6600 LE 128 and the brag about it, That just looks bad, The y should've benched it with a 6600 LE
256.

Second. Just because it is over clocked dosn't mean it is better. it is still an X800. While Benchmarking is a good way to tell how well your sysrem performs it don't tell you how good it looks.

I must admit the price is good, I am just not sure if it actully is worth it to me.

While ATI has alway seem to bench better then nVidia, thaey alway seem to be lacking in quality, I have found that the nVidia Card seem to render better then ATI.

Boomslang · « **Reply #331 on:** August 08, 2005, 02:10:51 PM »

they were basing it off price.

JollyRoger · « **Reply #332 on:** August 08, 2005, 03:17:38 PM »

*shrugs*

Mr_Anderson · « **Reply #333 on:** August 08, 2005, 11:27:29 PM »

Morpheus · « **Reply #334 on:** September 06, 2005, 03:04:23 PM »

Weeeee!!!

I just got a $50 gc for Newegg, and an unexpected check. So I'm on the hunt for a new graphics card so I can play BF2. I'm beginning my research, and would like to open this up for input. It needs to be in the $100-$200 range and an AGP card.

I'm running an XP 2500+ and 1gb ram and a ATI 9600 pro right now.

Mr_Anderson · « **Reply #335 on:** September 06, 2005, 03:07:56 PM »

How about this BFG?

Boomslang · « **Reply #336 on:** September 06, 2005, 03:36:53 PM »

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121519

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133137

Your best bet would be to go here first http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050705/index.html

[Edited on 9-6-2005 by Boomslang]

ZWarrior · « **Reply #337 on:** September 07, 2005, 11:29:42 AM »

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Originally posted by Boomslang
ATI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121519
nVidia
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133137

With respect to that nVidia that Boom suggested, I like it, but would suggest this one instead:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150113

In my reasoning this card has 256MB of VRAM instead of the 128MB that Boom linked. I would prefer to have that extra RAM for future games, since most are now wanting 128MB to run, and this would put you ahead of the curve.

Just my $.02.

Mr_Anderson · « **Reply #338 on:** September 07, 2005, 03:46:25 PM »

I heard that Quake 4 will need 128 MB RAM also. Hopefully they will not have as many issues as BF2!

n1c · « **Reply #339 on:** September 07, 2005, 10:48:49 PM »

What I need is about 512 Megs of system ram added to my system!!!

Boomslang · « **Reply #340 on:** September 08, 2005, 07:28:28 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by ZWarrior
Quote
Originally posted by Boomslang
ATI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121519
nVidia
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133137

With respect to that nVidia that Boom suggested, I like it, but would suggest this one instead:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150113

In my reasoning this card has 256MB of VRAM instead of the 128MB that Boom linked. I would prefer to have that extra RAM for future games, since most are now wanting 128MB to run, and this would put you ahead of the curve.

Just my $.02.

He's going with a nv 6800

Boomslang · « **Reply #341 on:** September 08, 2005, 07:29:30 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by n1c
What I need is about 512 Megs of system ram added to my system!!!

I only have two gig

ZWarrior · « **Reply #342 on:** September 08, 2005, 10:18:27 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by Boomslang
He's going with a nv 6800

Is there a link to it?

Morpheus · « **Reply #343 on:** September 08, 2005, 02:34:04 PM »

Ok here are the 2 options I'm trying to decide between.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150106 $142 after rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133137
$125 after rebate

I might also consider the one ZW is recommending
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150113

Thoughts?

Boomslang · « **Reply #344 on:** September 08, 2005, 03:53:05 PM »

You changed your mind? go with the 256 ram

n1c · « **Reply #345 on:** September 08, 2005, 05:46:43 PM »

ok What do you think I should look for as far as system RAM goes???

I would Like 1 gig more but will settle for 512... Oh, and they have to be dule channel

any suggestions???

Mr_Anderson · « **Reply #346 on:** September 08, 2005, 06:56:56 PM »

OCZ Baby!!

I have been using their platnium edition and man it is fast!

Also for Morph's Vid card, I also would say go with the 256 Mb RAM.

Morpheus · « **Reply #347 on:** September 09, 2005, 11:51:00 AM »

I use OCZ as well, very nice memory and usually priced well too. I've used it in a couple of systems.

Morpheus · « **Reply #348 on:** September 09, 2005, 01:15:40 PM »

I just found another contender so here are the 2 choices I trying to decide between now.

ATI x800 pro 256
http://shop.ati.com/product.asp?sku=2700726

nVidia 6800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150106

Boomslang · « **Reply #349 on:** September 09, 2005, 04:10:28 PM »

The main dif is nv use shader 3.0 and ATI uses 2.0 I don't know if you could see the diff.

http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjA5

[Edited on 9-9-2005 by Boomslang]

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