Just received.........

fastwunz · 26 Oct 2006 at 14:36

my HIS ATi X1900XT Ice Q 512mb - cant wait to get it installed.

However, im changing from an Nvidia 7800Gt EE to an ATi card- So, are there any things that i need to take into consideration when removing the old and installing the new?

Obviously i need to delete the Nvidia drivers etc - but is there anything else that i should be doing to make sure all goes swimmingly?

Thanks

pastymuncher · 26 Oct 2006 at 14:49

Download driver cleaner pro to get rid of all traces of the Nvidia drivers, run it in safe mode. Aside from that, enjoy.

Get it from here .

Darkwave · 26 Oct 2006 at 14:50

As said, Drivercleaner Professional is pretty much a must-have.

fastwunz · 26 Oct 2006 at 14:55

Ulfhedjinn said:
As said, Drivercleaner Professional is pretty much a must-have.

excellent -thanks guys - i cant wait to see how much better it is than my 7800GT EE - what do you guys rekon? 20%?

Darkwave · 26 Oct 2006 at 14:57

fastwunz said:
excellent -thanks guys - i cant wait to see how much better it is than my 7800GT EE - what do you guys rekon? 20%?

Bit more than that, the X1800XT is about on par with the 7800GTX 512MB now that ATI drivers have improved in the last year and a half. So the X1900XT will be a fair bit better than that.

fastwunz · 26 Oct 2006 at 15:03

Ulfhedjinn said:
Bit more than that, the X1800XT is about on par with the 7800GTX 512MB now that ATI drivers have improved in the last year and a half. So the X1900XT will be a fair bit better than that.

REALLY? sweet! so i should be pretty happy with this card then yes? hehehehe

TaKeN · 26 Oct 2006 at 15:03

Better image quality aswell,

Enjoy !

Darkwave · 26 Oct 2006 at 15:04

fastwunz said:
REALLY? sweet! so i should be pretty happy with this card then yes? hehehehe

I just went from an X1800XT to an X1900XT and the difference was lovely to me, so I think going from a 7800GT will blow you away.

fastwunz · 26 Oct 2006 at 15:06

Ulfhedjinn said:
I just went from an X1800XT to an X1900XT and the difference was lovely to me, so I think going from a 7800GT will blow you away.

excellent - well im still worried about installing it etc - ive not got a crossfire compatible mobo - but im not going crossfire anyway! So it should be fine - lets just hope i dont do something particularly stupid and drop the ****** thing

LoadsaMoney · 26 Oct 2006 at 15:08

Spare pair of pants there as well eh.

Cracking upgrade, enjoy. :cool:

fastwunz · 26 Oct 2006 at 15:09

LoadsaMoney said:
Spare pair of pants there as well eh.

Cracking upgrade, enjoy.

yep - new kecks on standby for any card damage situations!

fastwunz · 26 Oct 2006 at 15:13

fastwunz said:
yep - new kecks on standby for any card damage situations!

one thing i should have mentioned - i sold my 7800 for £120! lol - think my mate (whon is rather well off) was secretly trying to do me a favour!

killer_uk · 26 Oct 2006 at 15:21

fastwunz said:
excellent - well im still worried about installing it etc - ive not got a crossfire compatible mobo - but im not going crossfire anyway! So it should be fine - lets just hope i dont do something particularly stupid and drop the ****** thing

Yeah, I did that once with my 6800GT, slipped right out of my hands, luckily I caught it before it hit the floor.

fastwunz · 26 Oct 2006 at 15:45

killer_uk said:
Yeah, I did that once with my 6800GT, slipped right out of my hands, luckily I caught it before it hit the floor.

blimey - thats impressive! my old 6600GT - i kicked one of the 'resistors'? off it within a min of installing it in my card. I had only just bought the damn thing - the great thing was, the owner of the shop i bought it from took it back and sent it off for repair - he then gave me one of his Sli'd 600Gt from his own machine as a replacement until the one i broke was swapped for a new one!! now you dont get customer service like that very often!

Darg · 26 Oct 2006 at 16:08

I think the big lumpy things are capacitors. I've always been very careful with my graphics cards but for some reason I never am with my sound card which costs almost as much. I think I just like graphics better

Went from a 9800Pro here to a 7600GT and it just stunned me. Hope you get just as good a boost

fastwunz · 26 Oct 2006 at 16:23

Darg said:
I think the big lumpy things are capacitors. I've always been very careful with my graphics cards but for some reason I never am with my sound card which costs almost as much. I think I just like graphics better

Went from a 9800Pro here to a 7600GT and it just stunned me. Hope you get just as good a boost

yeah i hope so - ive got a really nice sound card that i simply havent bothered to install - not bothered really as the onboard sound is more that adequate!

killer_uk · 26 Oct 2006 at 16:24

Which sound card is it?

fastwunz · 26 Oct 2006 at 16:56

killer_uk said:
Which sound card is it?

i cant remember - its a soundblaster Audigy something or other - about two years old now - never used - its on a black board.

Hayley-K · 26 Oct 2006 at 20:22

Youv'e not installed it :eek:

. Im sure once you install it you will really notice the diffence in sound quality. They are one of those things that you dont realize how good they are untill you try it.

fastwunz · 26 Oct 2006 at 21:40

Hayley-K said:
Youv'e not installed it . Im sure once you install it you will really notice the diffence in sound quality. They are one of those things that you dont realize how good they are untill you try it.

WEll i may install it then...............

Ive got the new card in now - its brilliant!! i ran a quick 3DMark 05 and from 7600points with my old 7800GT Extreme - ive not got 10943 points at stock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!