new video card

Postby **GURU** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:53 am

last time i looked the gt version is a lower clocked pro ! so get a pro and they are stuff all diff in price too!

512mb x1950 pro pci - express

cheapset on static ice = $204 lots around $220 or so

http://pcmaniacs.com.au/index.php?cPath ... =2a&page=2

Postby **Leone** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:48 pm

I'm looking around at the 8800GTS at the moment. I wanna play Bioshock!

Postby **GURU** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:30 am

what is the rest of ya rig like ther figgy?

Postby **SCUMBAG** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:41 am

i got 8800 gts leo and they rock

Postby **GURU** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:11 pm

me too!

i run 3d mark 2001se at std everyhting = 42060

i run 3d mark 2006 build 102 = 9881 at std everything for now!

dunno whether these are good or not! wont cut it next to Buster i bet or spudregal!

Postby **SCUMBAG** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:18 pm

i got gainward golden sample from scorpion tech $420
its only the 320 meg but it benchies the same as the 640 meg and its $100 cheaper
cant see the sense in 640 meg when nuthing uses it
http://www.scorptec.com.au/product/21711/

Postby **GURU** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:02 pm

diff between 320mb and 640mb is abilty toplay higher res!

4 sum games with max eye candy on card runs out of onboard memory causing slow downs!

they say that if u dont run over 1280x1024 res u will never notice!

figjamm · Postby **figjamm** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:58 pm

rest of my rig is same as it was years ago lol, amd 3000 1 gig of ram and my harddrives are still ata ^+^

Postby **GURU** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 1:00 am

if its agp then x1950 pro 4 sure [get 512mb] ! its only about $30 dearer!

HIS iceQ 3 version looks the best !

best agp u can currently get . bar none. and cheap too!

figjamm · Postby **figjamm** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:53 pm

Postby **GURU** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:48 am

shit yeah ! blow the doors off ya 6600GT !

the biggest strength of the x1950 pro is that it has a beast of a shader engine for a low/mid card! so basically n e thing modern supporting shader technology will play good! [up to a point obviuosly]
eg against a gf6800ultra and 7800gs [which r both way better than 6600gt] it blows the doors of them in most games! 1280x1024 with all eye candy on seems to be the best compromise 4 most games!

BF2142 kills em , Oblivion kills em all , Call of Duty 2 same , Company of Heroes etc, Farcry HDR, Pacific Fighters [opengl] same,Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, infact the only one where it is on par or a little behind is Quake4. but i am pretty sure that ther are later drivers to fix that up ! they used catalyst 6.12 in test [getting old now] i had a look and yes later drivers seem to fix it up!

agp vz pci-e - ther seems to be a slight performance hit on agp but it is only very minor .

in fact i am going to squeeze one into my shitter putey [without the big chief knowing of course]

shhhh

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/pow ... efault.asp

http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/Sap ... /index.php

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=8197&page=1

http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/index. ... mitstart=3

Postby **jay** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:24 am

Ta for that GURU! I'm in the same boat as fig AMD3000+/6600GTagp etc and am lookin 4 new vid card. Have been an NV man all my life and think it's time to see what the other side's like. Think i'll give the x1950pro a go!

figjamm · Postby **figjamm** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:46 pm

yeah cheers guru, I'm so behind the times on hardware now hey, my pc can't even keep wow going at 60 fps now, not even 30 actually, lol =)

Postby **Leone** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:52 pm

Yeah, you need 60fps to really power level and gold farm properly

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