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6800GT to 7900GS?

Soldato
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This may seem a quite noobish question but I haven't really followed graphics hardware for a while.
I currently have a 6800GT in my system (dual opty 248s, 2 GB memory), driving an LCD at 1280x1024 and I mostly play bf2, it's not really able to play at native res with all the options on and I was just looking on the OCUK website and the price of their own brand 7900GS looks quite attractive.

Could anyone give me an idea if this is a decent upgrade and how much difference it'll make/how much longer the card would last. I've pre ordered BF2142 and hoping to be able to play QuakeWars next year. Any advice welcome.
 
Associate
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11 Aug 2005
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Have you tried overclocking the 6800GT? If you've got a decent make/cooler they can go a lot faster.

The 7900GS is a good value card, it'll be an improvement and will last you a while certainly games will be playable until they start needing the next generation cards. You may have to start dropping details/IQ in 6 months to a year, but nothing that would take away from playability.
 
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