Their selling 7900gts for under £200.....why do they do this to me?

man_from_uncle · 11 May 2006 at 10:39

How can I NOT buy another one now? Even including a VF900 and postage it's not going to be £230.

I'll obviously need a bigger monitor as well becuase my single 7900gt already maxes every game i've got at 1600x1200.

......and monitors are other the major area of specials offers this.

Someone talk some sense into me.....or tell me how good games look at outrageous resolutions.

semi-pro waster · 11 May 2006 at 12:00

The sensible option is to stick with what you have, your monitors size means it doesn't need SLi'd graphics card. However where is the fun in that? If you have the money then you might as well go for it, gaming on a huge monitor looks fantastic

Oh also do you have a suitable PSU?

booyaka · 11 May 2006 at 12:03

sorely tempted to get the 7900GT @ £165 plus vat!!!

OMG - worth the upgrade from 7800GT me thinks?

man_from_uncle · 11 May 2006 at 12:06

I've got a hiper 580w R-type. There are some bad things said about them but they do come SLi certified and a friend runs 2 7800gtxs on one (though he has been getting some odd crashes that I haven't been able to otherwise explain).

man_from_uncle · 11 May 2006 at 12:07

I upgraded from a 7800gt. At stocks speeds the 7900gt rivals an overclocked 7800gt. But once you let the beast loose in the 7900gt it performs more like twin 7800gts in SLi.

kbc · 11 May 2006 at 12:16

booyaka said:
sorely tempted to get the 7900GT @ £165 plus vat!!!

OMG - worth the upgrade from 7800GT me thinks?

Unbelievable price.

Cheap! I sold my 7800GT and got a 7900GT, from my experience it totally outperforms the single 7800GT.

welshtom · 11 May 2006 at 12:32

man_from_uncle said:
I'll obviously need a bigger monitor as well becuase my single 7900gt already maxes every game i've got at 1600x1200. ......and monitors are other the major area of specials offers this.
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Wish my x1900xt maxxed out everything at that res :eek:

booyaka · 11 May 2006 at 12:40

must stay away from keyboard --------no more upgrades!! --- must resist!! :eek:

man_from_uncle · 11 May 2006 at 13:13

welshtom said:
Wish my x1900xt maxxed out everything at that res

I supposed there's maxed out and then the MAXED out. But with my current overclock I play everything on max settings at that res (though with AF at x8 and 'High Performance' set in the nvidia control panel). The only thing i've not tried that might pose a problem would be Call of Duty 2......and maybe Quake 4 if I wanted X8AA.

And obviously I don't have the problem of having to play Oblivion with both HDR and AA, so you're at a disadvantage there (in an ars about face kind of way) if you're trying to max that out at that res.

A2Z · 11 May 2006 at 13:33

how would a x1800xt 512mb @ 700/1700 compare to this card?

man_from_uncle · 11 May 2006 at 13:41

A2Z said:
how would a x1800xt 512mb @ 700/1700 compare to this card?

It'd be equal or a bit faster in some games and a lot faster in others. It's also do better at higher resolutions.

This of course is assuming that the 7900gt remains unclocked or volt-modded.

JonnyGLC · 11 May 2006 at 15:34

man_from_uncle said:
It'd be equal or a bit faster in some games and a lot faster in others. It's also do better at higher resolutions.

This of course is assuming that the 7900gt remains unclocked or volt-modded.

And that the X1800 XT remains unclocked and un-voltmodded...

man_from_uncle · 11 May 2006 at 15:45

A random name said:
And that the X1800 XT remains unclocked and un-voltmodded...

True, but on a point of semantics A2Z did ask for a comparison between the two where he stated that the X1800 would be at '700/1700'.....which negates any need to qualify the ATI card further.

JonnyGLC · 11 May 2006 at 16:20

man_from_uncle said:
True, but on a point of semantics A2Z did ask for a comparison between the two where he stated that the X1800 would be at '700/1700'.....which negates any need to qualify the ATI card further.

Shurrup

sepulchre · 11 May 2006 at 17:55

Think its worth paying a little more and getting the XFX card with the higher memory clock (1500 vs 1320Mhz)?

man_from_uncle · 11 May 2006 at 17:58

Not really. The OcUk one will overclock to that speed more often than not. Though if someone showed me that these cards overclocked better still they might be worth a look (plus you get a game, which I certainly didn't get with my OcUk 7900gt).

sepulchre · 11 May 2006 at 18:19

My luck really sucks though when it comes to overclocking (except with my 146) so I might still be tempted by the XFX.

A2Z · 11 May 2006 at 19:10

man_from_uncle said:
True, but on a point of semantics A2Z did ask for a comparison between the two where he stated that the X1800 would be at '700/1700'.....which negates any need to qualify the ATI card further.

so i made a right decision in buying the x1800xt 512mb for £190, and not getting the now cut priced 7900GT?

easyrider · 11 May 2006 at 19:13

sepulchre said:
Think its worth paying a little more and getting the XFX card with the higher memory clock (1500 vs 1320Mhz)?

Not really IMO all GT's I have seen do this speed and more 99% of the time.

easyrider · 11 May 2006 at 19:13

A2Z said:
so i made a right decision in buying the x1800xt 512mb for £190, and not getting the now cut priced 7900GT?

the card you have is great for the money you spent.

But the 7900 GT is a fanatstic card for the money now.