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Which card to upgrade to?

Leodido

Leodido

Leodido

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Hi, my current config is this :

AMD Athlon 64 3500+
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
2xRAM DDR 512Mo 16chips PC3200 OEM 200Mhz
GeForce PCI-E 16x : MSI GeForce FX 6800GT

Recently my gfx card started doing weird stuff so i decided i wanted to change, but im not sure which card i want. What do you guys think would be the best for my config ? ATI or Geforce? the 8800 looks tempting but i dont think ill get enough of it with my current setup and its really expensive. Any advices would be great thanks :)
 
What's your budget?

I'd go for something like a 7900GS or an X1950 Pro which range from £120 to £150, and will be a nice boost over your 6800GT. With DirectX 10 cards just round the corner it isn't worth spending more. If you want to keep the card for a couple of years, I'd get an 8800GTS for ~£285 which would be an enormous step up!

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How much do you want to spend? I'd say going from least to most in expenditure, 7600 GT (£100), 7900 GS (£110), x1950 Pro (£125), x1950 XT (£170), 8800 GTS (£290), 8800 GTX (£375).

All of these cards are value for money in their respective price-bands. :cool:

I'd go for the x1950 Pro, given your setup.
 
Hi there Leodido and welcome to the forums.

Just a quick note tho. Your sig is breaking the forums rules i believe as in no animated sigs allowed.
 
melbourne720 said:
How much do you want to spend? I'd say going from least to most in expenditure, 7600 GT (£100), 7900 GS (£110), x1950 Pro (£125), x1950 XT (£170), 8800 GTS (£290), 8800 GTX (£375).

All of these cards are value for money in their respective price-bands. :cool:

I'd go for the x1950 Pro, given your setup.
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I absolutely, 100%, beyond all reasonable doubt agree with this entire post.
 
would i get a noticable boost going for a x1950 pro?

ps: okay no prob didnt knew that i'll change my sig :p
 
Leodido said:
would i get a noticable boost going for a x1950 pro?
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Going from a 6800GT to an X1950Pro will be a massive increase. That's a bigger step up than when I went from an X850XTPE to an X1800XT and I was absolutely blown away beyond belief when I did that.
 
Well in 3dmark 05 you probably are getting 4000 mark, with a 1950pro you will get 8k-10k range tho 9k ish seems average these days i have read.

Fps can be doubled in some games.
 
ok that looks nice then, by the way i should be testing my setup on 3d mark 05 then? because i used 3d mark 06 till now the trial version and i was getting like 3500 points
 
Ulfhedjinn said:
I absolutely, 100%, beyond all reasonable doubt agree with this entire post.
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Ta very much. :) I might keep it on wordpad ready, as it does seem to be the number one question on the graphics card forum at the moment (with good reason I suppose). :D
 
i was wondering does it make a big difference going for 256mb or 512mb GDDR3?

and for the brand of the card is 3d club alright? i have the choice between these two :

256mb RADEON X1950PRO 256MB GDDR3

512mb Club 3d RADEON X1950PRO 512MB GDDR3
 
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Even tho its no threat really to ocuk since them companys arnt in the UK, you should remove competitor links i think.

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About the cards tho. The 512mb versions should perform about the same. Tho if memory serves then the 512mb can be slighlty slower than 256mb version as if i remember right the lower the memory the faster they are. Tho i really cant confirm that as i think its just something i read once. Personally i dont believe that but there u go. Also really you only should want 512mb if you plan to use higher than 12x10 res. Althought it will help in doom 3 type games where theres options for ultra quality (very high res texture maps etc).
 
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Leodido said:
i was wondering does it make a big difference going for 256mb or 512mb GDDR3?

and for the brand of the card is 3d club alright? i have the choice between these two :

256mb RADEON X1950PRO 256MB GDDR3

512mb Club 3d RADEON X1950PRO 512MB GDDR3
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On high resolution 1600+ it may make a little diffence on games like Oblivion and F.E.A.R. Other than that I don't think it really does bar the few fps increase here and there.
 
okay i will go for the 256mb one i guess because a few fps at 1600(a res i never use) is not really worth the money
 
so i went and bough that card everything works nice and i went from 3739 to 7887 points in 3dmark05 quite happy with the change for the price :) thanks for your nice advices guys !

I have a question tho, so i wired my comp to my tv with an s-video cable got the picture and all but when i try to watch a video on the tv all i get is a black screen using Media Player Classic. I use the extended desktop option how can i do so i can watch the vid on my tv plz? thank you ;)
 
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