Love getting a new gfx card

Hades · 6 Feb 2006 at 22:47

I recently got myself a good priced 7800 GTX 512 (upgraded from 6800 GTO) and have been going back through my old catalogue of games. Quake4 and FEAR now look absolutely gorgeous with high detail. Going to try Far Cry shortly.

But... omg I'd fogotten how good FEAR is!

Freeman · 6 Feb 2006 at 22:54

This is how good FEAR is on my 6800GT.

*Play for 20 minutes and get a pink screen* hurray!

Phalanx · 6 Feb 2006 at 23:43

I can play Quake IV and FEAR at max settings on my 6600gt, I don't see why your 6800GTO couldn't

Zephyrus · 6 Feb 2006 at 23:52

FEAR at max settings on a 6600GT? what fps do you get?

Phalanx · 6 Feb 2006 at 23:53

Zephyrus said:
FEAR at max settings on a 6600GT? what fps do you get?

nearly always above 30. Running at 1024x768. I don't know why but the 81.85 Nvidia BETA drivers improved my performance by nearly 50%

Uhoh · 6 Feb 2006 at 23:59

Phalanx said:
nearly always above 30. Running at 1024x768. I don't know why but the 81.85 Nvidia BETA drivers improved my performance by nearly 50%

6600gt still rocks IMO.

Freeman · 7 Feb 2006 at 01:17

Phalanx said:
nearly always above 30. Running at 1024x768. I don't know why but the 81.85 Nvidia BETA drivers improved my performance by nearly 50%

Thats's not max settings

My 6800GT doesn't even handle max settings on FEAR.

MoNkeE · 7 Feb 2006 at 08:09

My X800XT doesn't even play FEAR at highest settings :rolleyes:

-RaZ

xander_uk2 · 7 Feb 2006 at 09:56

Uhoh said:
6600gt still rocks IMO.

Yep, they sure do. Great cards!
My brother and his flat mates all have 6600GT's in their machines (3 in total) and whenever i'm in Glasgow and we get a gaming session going they perform very well. WoW, Quake 4, CSS

CliffyG · 7 Feb 2006 at 11:00

Uhoh said:
6600gt still rocks IMO.

Just wondering, how much of an upgrade is it from a Radeon 9800 (flashed to pro) to a 6600GT?

OzZie · 7 Feb 2006 at 11:24

Verry little

Freeman · 7 Feb 2006 at 13:30

CliffyG said:
Just wondering, how much of an upgrade is it from a Radeon 9800 (flashed to pro) to a 6600GT?

Try 9800pro to 6800GT, i found a pretty big difference.

CliffyG · 7 Feb 2006 at 13:48

I have a 6800GT and it is a major improvement on my old 9800 (now the wifes

). Her machine is struggling a bit in big world of warcraft raids and i was hoping for a cheapish (<£100) upgrade. Looks like she'll have to wait a bit longer

.

Nieldo · 7 Feb 2006 at 14:31

Hades said:
I recently got myself a good priced 7800 GTX 512 (upgraded from 6800 GTO) and have been going back through my old catalogue of games. Quake4 and FEAR now look absolutely gorgeous with high detail. Going to try Far Cry shortly.

But... omg I'd fogotten how good FEAR is!

Same here,I used to play Chaos theory on a Geforce FX 5700.

Then I got some major upgrades and replayed it on my X800 GTO2

Its like double the fun when you first get that great card which can run most games with good FPS.

Pixel · 7 Feb 2006 at 14:39

My old Geforce 4 ti4200 died last week, so I went out and bought a 6600gt. I've been gaming non-stop since.

Phalanx · 7 Feb 2006 at 20:53

Freeman said:
Thats's not max settings

My 6800GT doesn't even handle max settings on FEAR.

I consider max settings when you have everything turned on :rolleyes:

The only settings I don't have on are AA and soft shadows

Logsi · 7 Feb 2006 at 21:25

I went from a beast of a 9600se to my current card which is a x800xt pe. Its so much playing the games you used to play with better graphics, feels like a new game most of the time.

peterattheboro · 7 Feb 2006 at 23:25

Phalanx said:
I consider max settings when you have everything turned on

The only settings I don't have on are AA and soft shadows

I think he means that by not max settings is that your not running it at 1280x1024/1600x1200.

Running at 1024x768 kinda defeats the object.

mpy32 · 7 Feb 2006 at 23:48

Phalanx said:
I consider max settings when you have everything turned on

The only settings I don't have on are AA and soft shadows

just try turning those two babies on then just watch your little slide show

so no AA hardly max settings bit of a silly statment really

Edinho · 8 Feb 2006 at 09:20

CliffyG said:
I have a 6800GT and it is a major improvement on my old 9800 (now the wifes ). Her machine is struggling a bit in big world of warcraft raids and i was hoping for a cheapish (<£100) upgrade. Looks like she'll have to wait a bit longer .

Cliffy. Just a bit of info. You might want to concider a new CPU. I had the same set up as you and went onto a A64 3700 San Diego core and the FPS doubled :eek: