Videocards.. which to buy and whatnot.. simply videocards!

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 22 Sep 2006, 02:30

i know that , but what game now and 5 ,10,15 years from now could possibly require 2 GB worth of gfx card power

when we are still at the point where a 64 mb gfx cars is still good enough to run most games

Post by **GT3x24x7** » 22 Sep 2006, 11:08

Methinks you'll be eating those words sooner than you expect.

Ragotech · Post by **Ragotech** » 22 Sep 2006, 11:52

darknight788 wrote:i know that , but what game now and 5 ,10,15 years from now could possibly require 2 GB worth of gfx card power when we are still at the point where a 64 mb gfx cars is still good enough to run most games

i think i can say Oblivion is near to what you are saying.

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 22 Sep 2006, 12:42

really, what are the system requirements

The Gravedigger · Post by **The Gravedigger** » 22 Sep 2006, 13:05

Sure it'll seem useless if you're going to play games at a low resolution like 1024x768 (I can't exactly talk as my monitor's max resolution is a mere 1024x768) but when it comes down to higher resolutions like 1280+ with 4x AA and 16x AF then it becomes pretty damn useful having that amount of graphically power to maintain a decent and smooth framerate.

Here's the preview of the X1950XTX going up against the 7950 GX-2 (and the 7900GT, 7600GT) in Half Life 2: Episode One, this is just using 'one' video card.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/375/14/

Now then, here's firingsquad's review of CF X1950XTX v SLI 7950 GX-2 (including CF X1900XTX and SLI 7900GTX).
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati ... rformance/

What I am here for however (after that little bit of information that is :p) is a small decision that I can't choose between. This is going to be part of a small upgrade package for my other computer which will soon become my primary computer when we move, so I want to ditch the lame 9200SE for something that will allow me to have at least some eye candy while playing games.

AGP only... unfortunately

Xpertvision X800GTO (apparently these can be flashed to near X850 spec, correct me if I'm wrong), Xpertvision X800XL, XFX 7600GS, XFX 6800XT 256 or Palit 6800GS Super.

BEEFKING69 · Post by **BEEFKING69** » 23 Sep 2006, 05:34

darknight788 wrote:really, what are the system requirements

Reconmended is 3 Ghz processor-1 GB ram-ATI X800 series or Nvvidia GeForce 6800 series or higher.

Minimum is Windows XP-512 MB ram-2Ghz processsor-128 MB Direct3D compatible video card-8x DVD ROM drive-4.6 GB hard drive space DirectX 9.0c-DirectX 8.1 compatable sound card.

BEEFKING69 · Post by **BEEFKING69** » 25 Sep 2006, 07:45

which is the better brand of nvidia videocards? XFX-PNY-BFG-EVGA

i have a PNY GeForce 6600 256 Mb and its kinda slow

Ragotech · Post by **Ragotech** » 25 Sep 2006, 07:54

XFX ofcorse cos they make some overclocking so they improve the cooling of the cards.

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 25 Sep 2006, 07:58

BEEFKING69 wrote:which is the better brand of nvidia videocards? XFX-PNY-BFG-EVGA

i have a PNY GeForce 6600 256 Mb and its kinda slow

It's all the same shiznit, some do factory overclocking.

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 25 Sep 2006, 07:59

for those that dont know and have nvidia cards you can get a small file from the nvidia site to overclock your gfx card

BEEFKING69 · Post by **BEEFKING69** » 25 Sep 2006, 08:05

well the reason i ask is cause i had a BFG GeForce 5200 and 5500 and i overclocked them to hell and back and never had any trouble with them. but when i got this PNY 6600 i overclocked it 20 Mhz and it spazzed out bad so i dont know wtf is up with it.

BEEFKING69 · Post by **BEEFKING69** » 25 Sep 2006, 08:07

darknight788 wrote:for those that dont know and have nvidia cards you can get a small file from the nvidia site to overclock your gfx card

yeah u can get coolbits r riviatuner

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 25 Sep 2006, 16:49

BEEFKING69 wrote:well the reason i ask is cause i had a BFG GeForce 5200 and 5500 and i overclocked them to hell and back and never had any trouble with them. but when i got this PNY 6600 i overclocked it 20 Mhz and it spazzed out bad so i dont know wtf is up with it.

Graphics cards are quite temperature sensitive.

And the 6600 uses a COMPLETELY different core compared to the 5200 and 5500. When one chip does 50MHz on top of stock, it doesn't mean the other does the same.

t3ice · Post by **t3ice** » 25 Sep 2006, 20:59

Is there any difference between the EVGA 7900 GTX and the XFX 7900 GTX..
apart from the over clocking ability on the XFX chipsets...

Cuz I checked ...and found that the normal XFX 7900 GTX runs at basic speed
as the evga counterpart...And Im NOT talking about the xxx extreme edition

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 25 Sep 2006, 22:13

Every nVidia card can overclock. Most of the cards are the same, maybe a different PCB color.

Differences can be the included hardware and software, warranty, those kinds of things.

t3ice · Post by **t3ice** » 25 Sep 2006, 22:28

Owh..! Thanx dude...So the main reason
for price difference is the warranty and the games....and also the
brand name...

Post by **Pabl0z** » 26 Sep 2006, 02:18

Yes.
How well known a brand is, what the warranty is and what comes bundled with the card are that make the differences in price.

NFSBLUECIVIC · Post by **NFSBLUECIVIC** » 07 Oct 2006, 04:31

does anyone have any experience with the XFX 6800XT? would you recommend it?

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 07 Oct 2006, 06:59

what is the difference between the 6800GT and the 6800XT

NFSBLUECIVIC · Post by **NFSBLUECIVIC** » 07 Oct 2006, 16:02

Extreme edition and just Gt? i think its just slitely different clock speeds.

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 07 Oct 2006, 18:12

ok which one is faster, i would say go with a GT b/c i have one but the XT might be as good or better for gaming so i would say get it

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 07 Oct 2006, 20:51

http://www.motherboardpoint.com/t87032- ... 800xt.html

Should be around 6600GT level then.

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 07 Oct 2006, 23:50

i'd go for the GT then, that card should be good for a couple of years for new games

Post by **YaelDjiel** » 08 Oct 2006, 00:33

darknight788 wrote:i'd go for the GT then, that card should be good for a couple of years for new games

this year.... maybe
next year(s)... no way

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 08 Oct 2006, 00:45

a 6800 GT will play next years new games b/c i can run alot of games at max that came out this year, dont believe me ? ask me hows it going on october 7th 2007