Nvidia card required - not an 8800

dmsims · 7 Mar 2007 at 11:50

Having gone from a 6800GT through an X1950pro to X1950XT is the 7950GT my best bet ?

zytok · 7 Mar 2007 at 11:58

dmsims said:
Having gone from a 6800GT through an X1950pro to X1950XT is the 7950GT my best bet ?

any particular reason why you'd avoid the 8800? Just seems a bit daft to spend £160 on a slower DX9 card than a quicker DX10 one..... Do you need single slot or something?

MeatLoaf · 7 Mar 2007 at 11:59

Yeah seems a bit daft not to spend the extra £25 and get an 8800 :confused:

dmsims · 7 Mar 2007 at 12:00

My Mobo will not work with 8800

If I want to go 8800 I will have to buy new mobo, ram and PSU - not an option at the moment

LoadsaMoney · 7 Mar 2007 at 12:14

Why do you want to downgrade to a 7950 GT from an x1950 XT. :confused:

Are you sure the 8800's wont work, is it because they aint on the list, the 7900 GTX works on it so i cant see why the 8800's wont, and if it did you wouldnt have to upgrade your PSU, that one should power a GTS no probs, which i think it should do as it handles an x1950 XT.

zytok · 7 Mar 2007 at 12:18

dmsims said:
My Mobo will not work with 8800

If I want to go 8800 I will have to buy new mobo, ram and PSU - not an option at the moment

not familiar with your board but if you're running an E6600 then I would have thought that any mobo capable of running that should be able to run an 8800....... now I'm confused.......

hammys · 7 Mar 2007 at 12:21

more than likely run an 8800 GTS but not GTX

squiffy · 7 Mar 2007 at 12:22

I'd look into a new PSU whilst you're at it.

zytok · 7 Mar 2007 at 12:28

squiffy said:
I'd look into a new PSU whilst you're at it.

"don't believe the (psu) hype". *points at sig

LoadsaMoney · 7 Mar 2007 at 12:28

Won't run the 8800's, just done some digging, the PCI-E slot only runs at 4x, may as well keep the x1950 XT instead of downgrading to the 7950 GT.

squiffy · 7 Mar 2007 at 12:32

zytok said:
"don't believe the (psu) hype". *points at sig

OP has a dual core CPU, you don't.

zytok · 7 Mar 2007 at 12:33

LoadsaMoney said:
Won't run the 8800's, just done some digging, the PCI-E slot only runs at 4x, may as well keep the x1950 XT instead of downgrading to the 7950 GT.

4x!!!! ouch!!!!! :eek:

squiffy · 7 Mar 2007 at 12:35

That's what you get for paying for Assrock rubbish.

zytok · 7 Mar 2007 at 12:36

squiffy said:
OP has a dual core CPU, you don't.

op has a 430W psu..... I don't....

HeX · 7 Mar 2007 at 12:56

squiffy said:
That's what you get for paying for Assrock rubbish.

Hardly rubbish, they are great stepping stone boards.

But ya no point changing the 1950 for a 7950 at all.

matja · 7 Mar 2007 at 13:03

I've heard that 8800's, even with Nvidia claiming that they'll only work in 16x slots, run fine in 8x slots. Never heard or seen one run in a 4x, though. If 8800's are completely PCIe SIG compliant, it 'should be fine'.

james.miller · 7 Mar 2007 at 13:04

matja said:
I've heard that 8800's, even with Nvidia claiming that they'll only work in 16x slots, run fine in 8x slots. Never heard or seen one run in a 4x, though. If 8800's are completely PCIe SIG compliant, it 'should be fine'.

searching google there are a few people who have tried to get an 8800 working with that board and have all failed.

squiffy · 7 Mar 2007 at 13:08

HeX said:
Hardly rubbish, they are great stepping stone boards.

But ya no point changing the 1950 for a 7950 at all.

He'll have to buy a new board. He could have just bought a decent board in the first place.

MeatLoaf · 7 Mar 2007 at 13:14

squiffy said:
He'll have to buy a new board. He could have just bought a decent board in the first place.

Yeah but that will mean new RAM as well

Personally id flog the current board and RAM and put the cash to a decent board and memory

zytok · 7 Mar 2007 at 13:27

agreed. That board is dead wood and needs chucking..... sorry op....