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

[man_from_uncle]

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.

 

[man_from_uncle]

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]

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.

 

[man_from_uncle]

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.

 

[man_from_uncle]

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.

 

[man_from_uncle]

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.

 

[man_from_uncle]

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).

 

[man_from_uncle]

I broke. I bought another 7900gt. Welshtom's tom post above about not playing things maxed at 1600x1200 got to me. I upped the AF to 16, turned 'high performance' into 'high quality', put supersampling on (which really looks good in Oblivion by the way. Gives all the trees more distinction) and low an behold games became 'less' playable.

Another card was the only option really. (I hate my self, the lie sounds hollow in my ears...I just really couldn't help it)