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

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 04 Apr 2006, 22:26

Tunerfreak wrote:So will an Athlon 3800+ beat a 3.2ghz P4 in the gaming aspect?

Also at there are really cheap 3.0ghz Celerons around, I get the feeling that Celerons are crappy?

Even a 3200+ AMD64 can beat an P4 Extreme Edition in gaming.

Celerons are crappy, they are budget processors.

mjdude23 · Post by **mjdude23** » 05 Apr 2006, 02:01

I have a ATI Radeon X300 sieries... mainly for RCT3

amda1 · Post by **amda1** » 05 Apr 2006, 02:20

@ koffy: i made thatcar lol its well kwl

Post by **Pabl0z** » 05 Apr 2006, 02:28

amda1 wrote:@ koffy: i made thatcar lol its well kwl

Wtf are you talking about?
When did this koffy post something and why are you talking about cars in a thread about gfx-cards?

The Gravedigger · Post by **The Gravedigger** » 05 Apr 2006, 05:49

Blaster14 wrote:Yes, but Athlons run better overall, so you can't compare using GHz.

No shiznit, you don't think I know that.....

mjdude23 · Post by **mjdude23** » 06 Apr 2006, 01:59

Pabl0z wrote:
amda1 wrote:@ koffy: i made thatcar lol its well kwl
Wtf are you talking about?
When did this koffy post something and why are you talking about cars in a thread about gfx-cards?

lay off

mabye it was a mistake

Toshiro · Post by **Toshiro** » 23 Apr 2006, 00:15

Right now I have a GeForce 6600.

I'm aiming for a 6800. Will that give me a huge boost in performance? My card pisses me off from time to time....

On a completely different note, how do you run apps at 1600x1200? Mine only goes to 1280 x 1024. Maybe it's my monitor? (17") But on my mom's, (19"), it also goes up to 1280 x 1024.

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 23 Apr 2006, 00:19

What 6600 and what 6800?

What kind of monitor are you using?

Toshiro · Post by **Toshiro** » 23 Apr 2006, 00:29

17" Princeton VL176, I think.

And I said GeForce (NVidia).

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 23 Apr 2006, 01:35

Jeez.. What TYPE of 6600 and 6800? Normal, GT, GS, whatever?

Toshiro · Post by **Toshiro** » 23 Apr 2006, 01:56

Unless I put something behind them, they're normal.

AGP, I might add.

The Gravedigger · Post by **The Gravedigger** » 23 Apr 2006, 02:42

How more simpler can he lay it out?

Is it the 6600, 6600GT, 6800, 6800GT, 6800GS
Do you understand what he's asking now?

Oh, and put something behind them.... WTF?

GINIX_2007 · Post by **GINIX_2007** » 23 Apr 2006, 04:04

He means the regular one! Geforce 6600.

Toshiro · Post by **Toshiro** » 23 Apr 2006, 04:06

Jesus!

6600 does not equal 6600 GT.

6800 does not equal 6800 GT/GS.

They're NORMAL.

The normal 6600 doesn't have a GT or whatever after it.

Jeez....

The Gravedigger · Post by **The Gravedigger** » 23 Apr 2006, 04:19

So now you tell us which card you have... after what, we explain to you there's more than just one type of 6600
And don't give me any bs about that you did tell us... you didn't

You're not even letting us know which 6800 you want to upgrade to, the 6800LE, the normal 6800, 6800GT, or 6800GS
Whether it's an overclocked graphics card manufactuer.... plenty of details we need to know before offering advice

Oh, and whether your's is a bog-stock 6600 would also help

Cpt.Razkit · Post by **Cpt.Razkit** » 23 Apr 2006, 04:26

a 6800 (any model) most likely wont give a tremendous boost in performance. Possibly try to buy a 7600 or a 7800 or even a 7900. You could find a great price probably around $50 more than a 6800

The Gravedigger · Post by **The Gravedigger** » 23 Apr 2006, 04:45

/me reminds Cpt.Razkit that we are talking about AGP 8x cards here, not PCI-E :p

There is one of the newer cards however, the 7800GS is the only AGP version of the 7000series of nVidias

About the 6800, you will notice quite a bit of performance boost from the 6600
Higher clockspeeds, oh an dthe benchmarkings for any of the 6800s bar the LE version were great

But on another note, the 7800 and so cards, use half of the power required for a single 6800

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 23 Apr 2006, 09:53

If you already have a 6600, I wouldn't worry about upgrading for a while. It may not be top-of-the-line, but it gets the job done.

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 23 Apr 2006, 13:47

Toshiro wrote:Unless I put something behind them, they're normal.

AGP, I might add.

I was just asking to clear it up because you could be talking about the 6600/6800 SERIES.

To answer your question: No.

xHaZxMaTx wrote:If you already have a 6600, I wouldn't worry about upgrading for a while. It may not be top-of-the-line, but it gets the job done.

A GeForce 4 could get the job done too.. But aren't we going for some higher settings?

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 23 Apr 2006, 13:53

Depends on what games you're running.

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 23 Apr 2006, 14:14

Hm.. FEAR and Oblivion.

GINIX_2007 · Post by **GINIX_2007** » 23 Apr 2006, 20:32

Right now I have a 9600XT and I can run NFSU2 Doom 3 Far Cry Tomb Raider Legend at full graphics with no problem.

Toshiro · Post by **Toshiro** » 23 Apr 2006, 20:34

.....wow. I envy you.

GINIX_2007 · Post by **GINIX_2007** » 23 Apr 2006, 20:35

Why toshiro? Dont you have a 6600?

Jmac- · Post by **Jmac-** » 28 Apr 2006, 04:59

7900GTs are cheap as hell for the performance right now here ... I've found some as low as $325, which is awesome considering they're about equal in performance to a 256 MB 7800GTX with lower power requirements ...

I think I'm going to pick one up for my new computer when I get paid tomorrow