Dell 30" what graphics?

jimbonkers · 18 Apr 2006 at 18:29

Will a 7900GT be good enough to support a 30" Dell?
Or will I have to go SLI?
(Gaming in lower res. of course)

Gibbo · 18 Apr 2006 at 18:44

jimbonkers said:
Will a 7900GT be good enough to support a 30" Dell?
Or will I have to go SLI?
(Gaming in lower res. of course)

Hi there

A single 7900 GT is fine, it will even play games, but some might be a bit slow...

However you should seriously consider an X1800 XT as they are far quicker at higher resolutions than what NVIDIA have to offer.

Dark_Angel · 18 Apr 2006 at 19:13

*waits for Nvidia fans to reply in drooves*

t_aitch · 18 Apr 2006 at 19:14

Used to have a 7800gt 256mb, now ive got an x1800xt and the difference is noticable.

The 512mb makes the most difference i think, especially in windows.

In Hl2 on my system i can run at 1920x1200, which i used to only be able to run at 1280x800 with the 7800gt.

jimbonkers · 18 Apr 2006 at 20:22

hmm i am a nvidea fanboy really... lol

but i might try this one this time...

jimbonkers · 18 Apr 2006 at 20:26

I found an article (i didn't go searchiong for a pro Nvid. one)

Our first lab tests show that the $300 priced 7900 GT actually can beat X1800XT. This comes as a huge surprise, as just a few months ago X1800XT was the fastest card that ATI had to offer. Nvidia is not just faster... Its chip is significantly smaller and cheaper to produce and it can be highly overclocked. It also runs much cooler and the fan is quiet.

Even if Geforce 7800 GT loses over X1800 XT 256 MB, a lot of manufacturers will offer overclocked versions. EVGA is one of them and EVGA clocks its e-GeForce 7900 GT CO SUPERCLOCKED card to 550MHz core and 1580MHz memory. This card sure kicks ATI's butt, big time.

http://www.nforcershq.com/article5873.html

JonnyGLC · 18 Apr 2006 at 20:39

That's the super duper omg hax clocked card though

If the companies that sell ATi cards did that, i'm sure we'd have super duper leet hax omg oc cards which would whoop the nvidias too

jimbonkers · 18 Apr 2006 at 20:50

Theres 4 to chose from which one is the best to get?
thr 512mb one?

jimbonkers · 18 Apr 2006 at 20:54

Also will mt Pentium D bottleneck it (3ghz)

Xez · 18 Apr 2006 at 21:22

t_aitch said:
Used to have a 7800gt 256mb, now ive got an x1800xt and the difference is noticable.

The 512mb makes the most difference i think, especially in windows.

In Hl2 on my system i can run at 1920x1200, which i used to only be able to run at 1280x800 with the 7800gt.

my 7800GT plays Hl2 1680x1050 max settings very smoothly

The 7900GT is a great card but the X1800XT with its 512 bit ring thing! makes it faster at higher resolutions

Just get the cheapest all X1800 series card are made by the same people so they shouldnt be any different from one another

jimbonkers · 18 Apr 2006 at 21:24

The spec of the 512mb card says it is only:

Memory & Bus Width 512 MB GDDR3 / 256 bit

not 512bit?

jimbonkers · 18 Apr 2006 at 21:24

Oh ringbus OK..

t_aitch · 18 Apr 2006 at 21:26

Xez said:
my 7800GT plays Hl2 1680x1050 max settings very smoothly

The 7900GT is a great card but the X1800XT with its 512 bit ring thing! makes it faster at higher resolutions

Just get the cheapest all X1800 series card are made by the same people so they shouldnt be any different from one another

Yeah it did it fine for me too on my 2005fpw, but when i installed my 3007wfp that res was removed, i couldnt even add it as a custom res.

jimbonkers · 18 Apr 2006 at 21:43

Well i have gone ahead a brought a X1900 XT thanks for your help people.

igors · 18 Apr 2006 at 22:40

Gibbo said:
However you should seriously consider an X1800 XT as they are far quicker at higher resolutions than what NVIDIA have to offer.

Gibbo, not sure if you are aware ... but quite possibly you may start here another classic ati/nvidia "great spank"

Seriously, I have 7800GTX water-cooled to the max ... but there is a rumour, indeed, that Ati is slightly better in eye candy high resolution modes. Tempted I am to complement my monitor even more nicely, but hopefully would resist until the next gen cards are around. Actually, this post is definitely slightly OT ... but I already have questioned my temptations in the Richdog 7800GT->X1900XT upgrade thread

spudstudios · 19 Apr 2006 at 08:21

I use a x1600 AGP 512mb for my dell 30". Plays CS:S at full res just fine. scores the same as my older 6800gt. Not very future proof I know, but depends what you want.

FrankJH · 19 Apr 2006 at 08:55

Gibbo is jus pure evil tempting us all with the Dell screen on TWO