7800GTX

Westyfield2 · 2 Aug 2006 at 17:29

So, I've got a BFG 7800GTX (256mb) which IIRC i paid >£330 :eek:

last October
Do I upgrade it yet or keep it? (not to keen on overclocking it) - I figure it's probably the 'weekest link' in my system.

System:
A64 4000+ (939) San Diego IIRC
Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2
BFG 7800GTX 256mb
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
X-fi ExtremeMusic
WD 74gb Raptor
Maxtor 300gb 16mb Cache
Logitech G7 & G15
Running X64

TY
Ed

Dougsnake · 2 Aug 2006 at 17:45

wait till dx10 cards arrive (what im doing anyway) unless you have loads of money or needs for uber resolutions

ok its not the fastest card anymore but its not exactly a slouch either and wont be worth much more than £140 if u sold it........

2p

dale1uk · 2 Aug 2006 at 17:46

Depends if you feal its holding you back in games. What res do you play at?? Only upgrades from that is the x1900xt or xtx, 7900gtx or 7950gx2. Might just be worth holding out till the next phase of cards appear.

Westyfield2 · 2 Aug 2006 at 17:49

dale1uk said:
Depends if you feal its holding you back in games. What res do you play at?? Only upgrades from that is the x1900xt or xtx, 7900gtx or 7950gx2. Might just be worth holding out till the next phase of cards appear.

1280*1024 With everything on max.

BillTheButcher · 2 Aug 2006 at 17:50

Or buy another one and go SLI until the DX10 cards arrive.

Westyfield2 · 2 Aug 2006 at 17:51

Dougsnake said:
wont be worth much more than £140 if u sold it........

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Westyfield2 · 2 Aug 2006 at 17:52

BillTheButcher said:
Or buy another one and go SLI until the DX10 cards arrive.

mobo's not the x32 version

I don't want to buy another Nvidia SLI 939 mobo (why have 2)
"ASUS A8N-SLI Premium"

BillTheButcher · 2 Aug 2006 at 17:57

Westyfield2 said:
mobo's not the x32 version
I don't want to buy another Nvidia SLI 939 mobo (why have 2)
"ASUS A8N-SLI Premium"

Don't worry about that. It just means that it'll run the PCI-E slots at 8x per slot instead of 16x. From what I've read the full 16x bandwidth isn't used anyway so it shouldn't matter. :cool:

Dougsnake · 2 Aug 2006 at 18:08

Originally Posted by Dougsnake
wont be worth much more than £140 if u sold it........

Westyfield2 said:
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Hurts dont it

and yes ive looked at same situation as you have hence waiting for dx10

Westyfield2 · 2 Aug 2006 at 18:16

I suppose it's "If you can get over £200 for it, sell - if not, keep it"

Dougsnake · 2 Aug 2006 at 18:28

True but the 7900gt is equal to it now and much cheaper than 200 if you look about

MeatLoaf · 2 Aug 2006 at 19:21

But the fact that they sell for a relativly small amount does mean that you can go SLI for a relativly small amount as well

pegasus1 · 3 Aug 2006 at 07:49

Keep it and clock it.
I played Q4 last night on my Leadtek 7800gtx @520/1.37 at a res of 1600x1200 with 2 x AA and 8 x AF with all driver and game settings to max.
Using fraps the game only occasionaly dipped below its capped 60FPS and that was in the outside areas and it dippped to 35FPS.
I think thats not bad.
Keep your card and wait for 2nd gen Dx10 cards.
Oh and the 7800gtx has a major advantage over the 7900gt, they work! :eek:

BillTheButcher · 3 Aug 2006 at 11:57

Westyfield2 said:
1280*1024 With everything on max.

This is the same res that I play games at and I noticed a big performance increase from getting another 7800GTX. Not sure about availability now but definitely worth doing IMO.

oweneades · 3 Aug 2006 at 13:10

The 7800GTX 256mb is quite capable of running all the latest games pretty much maxed out with AA and AF applied.

The only games where it struggles on the absolute max settings is COD2 (on extra texture settings) and Oblivion from what I had tested.

Everything else just ran really well.

pegasus1 · 3 Aug 2006 at 13:24

oweneades said:
The 7800GTX 256mb is quite capable of running all the latest games pretty much maxed out with AA and AF applied.

The only games where it struggles on the absolute max settings is COD2 (on extra texture settings) and Oblivion from what I had tested.

Everything else just ran really well.

I find COD2 allright but i have to drop my clocks a little in FEAR otherwise i get artifacts. i think ive turned off shadows in COD2 but cant remember.

oweneades · 3 Aug 2006 at 13:30

pegasus1 said:
I find COD2 allright but i have to drop my clocks a little in FEAR otherwise i get artifacts. i think ive turned off shadows in COD2 but cant remember.

Even with the texture settings set to extra?

I found I could only keep then @ high to get an acceptable constant framerate @ 1280x1024 albeit I wanted 4xAA and 8xAF so if I had sacrificied a bit of AA I could have got Extra settings.

Oh well just ordered a X1900XT OEM so I am happy (sorry for the OT)

Westyfield2 · 3 Aug 2006 at 15:16

I run COD2 with everything on max at 1280 * 1024 (Max my LCD can do

pegasus1 · 3 Aug 2006 at 18:23

oweneades said:
Even with the texture settings set to extra?

I found I could only keep then @ high to get an acceptable constant framerate @ 1280x1024 albeit I wanted 4xAA and 8xAF so if I had sacrificied a bit of AA I could have got Extra settings.

Oh well just ordered a X1900XT OEM so I am happy (sorry for the OT)

2 x AA/AF

oweneades · 3 Aug 2006 at 18:40

pegasus1 said:
2 x AA/AF

ahhhh that explains it. I have to have 4xAA and 8xAF minimum on my games (just me I suppose).