Vid card upgrade

theboomboom · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 12:22 pm Post subject: Vid card upgrade

I'm looking to upgrade from my AIW card to something like a Geforce 6800. I stumbled across this card and it looked pretty cool.
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814121216
The three things I noticed people either praising or cursing in the reviews are the 512mb of memory, the 128bit memory interface and the GDDR2 memory type. Would this card be good for gaming, or does the memory interface and memory type rule it out as a decent card?
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massive · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:12 pm Post subject:

decent card for AGP. Too bad you don't have PCIe, the you could pounce on di baby:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121213
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Stealth · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:34 pm Post subject:

I currently have the GeForce 6800, but it's PCI-E
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theboomboom · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:24 am Post subject:

This is the other card I am looking at.
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814130274
Obviously, it is better for gaming. But, it would break boomboom's poor little piggy bank.

Do y'all should I skimp now and then get some freaky fast PCI-E setup later, or just go with the 7800 so it'll last longer?
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firefox_71 · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:29 am Post subject:

Go for broke and get the 7800 so you don't have to buy again for a while Wink

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RCSI · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:29 am Post subject:

They have agp now Shocked

I'd also say go for the 7800 now.
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DapperDan · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:05 pm Post subject:

7800 now!

DD
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massive · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:18 pm Post subject:

I dunno if ya skimped now, how long do you think you'd be satisfied before regretting that purchase? That being said, back in the day I would always stretch and buy the best could afford AND THEN I would sell my old board to my nephew (6 years younger) and recoupe some of the money for my next purchase Wink

Got any young friends or relatives who are gamers and maybe want your old stuff?

The long term upside: the older ya get the less purchases like these seem to hurt!
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I'm offended that a zombie holocaust isn't on the list. It would be terrifying, sure, but it would be pretty sweet if you think about it.

ChrisT · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:32 pm Post subject:

firefox_71 wrote:

Go for broke and get the 7800 so you don't have to buy again for a while Wink

Dude 7800 on Ultra High settings FTW, and yes that's ultra high, you gotta HaX with msword 2 get it
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theboomboom · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:45 pm Post subject:

I suppose in about a year or whatever I should have enough to upgrade to PCI-E, and that 7800 is lookin sooo sexy Very Happy

Thx for teh help
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SupaFly · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:35 am Post subject:

ill vouch for the 7800.. bf2 on full settings ftw
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DapperDan · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:28 pm Post subject:

FYI, I went from a 6800GT PCI-X to a 7800GT PCI-X recently, and the difference is significant... so yeah, get the 7800!

DD
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thuibeui · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:35 am Post subject:

My video card is outclassed. I still use a GeForce 6200 I got for $40 Canadian. Its all a poor student could afford.

firefox_71 · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:33 am Post subject:

I saw one of those 6200's with 512MB on NewEgg or tiger the other day, is that the one you have? I'm curious to know how well it plays
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thuibeui · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:10 pm Post subject:

It is a 128mb 4x/8x AGP card. It has 4 pipelines and a core clock of 350 mhz.

With it, I can play BF1942 with all video qualities turned to the max. However, I cannot play FH even if I turn down the video quality so I guess that the problem is with my processor, not the video card. I don't have that many graphics intensive games so I can't tell you how well it performs on something newer.

Nevertheless, it beats the tar out of the integrated stuff I had before. Very Happy