Moving from ATI to Nvidia?

[southy1978]

I've just ordered a Gainward GeForce 6800GS "BLISS" 512MB GDDR3 AGP gfx card to replace my ageing radeon 9700 pro and i have a few questions.

- Is this card going to perform better than the 9700 pro in games like BF2 & CS:s?

- How is the best way to install it, should i uninstall the ati drivers then power down and swap cards or is there anything else i need to do?

- Has anyone had any good overclocks from this card

Cheers muchly guys & gals

 

[benjo]

It will be faster than the 9700 yes

Remove the ati drivers, then use "Driver cleaner" to remove any old traces. Power down, switch over cards then install the latest forceware drivers. Benchmark

 

[LadFromWales]

I personally prefer gaming with new graphics cards, to watching the same benches over and over, but each to their own

 

[lay-z-boy]

Ok, what worries me is, you ordered the card THEN asked if it was faster. :/

 

[TheVoice]

Ok, what worries me is, you ordered the card THEN asked if it was faster. :/

I've never understood why people do that.

 

[G.O.A.T]

So you thought there was a good chance it could be slower than your existing card. Why did you order it then...?

 

[t31os]

Proberly knew it would be better, just wanted some clarification on exactly how much better.

God forbid asking a simple question on a forum for just that.

 

[Parax]

I just switched my old 9600 to a 7800GS

My new setup seems to perform slightly better...
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=4872386
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=2113403

I like that clock!