gfx woes

crward · 12-29-2004, 10:28 AM

well my xfx 5950 ultra has decided it is till to die, upsetting since it is only 7 months old. i'm now on the hunt for a new card so what should i get?!? limit is £300 gbp. all sugestions welcome

4W4K3 · 12-29-2004, 10:30 AM

how much are you willing to spend? and what type of gaming do you do?

crward · 12-29-2004, 10:35 AM

lol fast response!! i play hl2,nfs underground,doom 3 etc, alot of the newer games

4W4K3 · 12-29-2004, 10:37 AM

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Originally posted by crward
lol fast response!! i play hl2,nfs underground,doom 3 etc, alot of the newer games

so you don't have a budget really? If not then a 6600GT will run HL2 and Doom3 pretty good. NFSU will play full detail on my 9200 lol...not much worry about that. An AGP 6600GT should be ~$200 i believe.

fitzfan · 12-29-2004, 01:10 PM

isnt 300 gbp like $575 US? then i would go with a 6800 ultra, from newegg

4W4K3 · 12-29-2004, 02:01 PM

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Originally posted by fitzfan
isnt 300 gbp like $575 US? then i would go with a 6800 ultra, from newegg

oh i didnt see that in his first post! lol. if that conversion is right then wow...thats alot for a gfx card. i could build a pretty good computer on that alone lol. definetly one of the 6800U's...

neosteve · 12-29-2004, 02:03 PM

I say get a X850XT PE it will last you long and be able to play any game on the market now with everything set on full settings.

4W4K3 · 12-29-2004, 02:52 PM

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Originally posted by neosteve
I say get a X850XT PE it will last you long and be able to play any game on the market now with everything set on full settings.

It barely beats the 6800U (actually loses in a few runs), and it has to be AGP. So he might be limited to the 2nd best line of cards (which still perform awesome in the latest games) since the newer ones are only PCI-E.

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1761/

neosteve · 12-29-2004, 04:04 PM

Ill tell you why the X850 barely beats the 6800U in those tests. First of all the test where run at 1024x768. If you had to increase the resolution the X850XT PE shines in glory and drops the 6800 behind in almost all tests quite a bit. Also the only test the 6800U beat the X850XT PE was Doom 3 and everybody knows that doom 3 belongs to NVIDIA cards and there is no real competition there between the 2 there so in the end the X850XT PE beats the 6800U.

No harm meant there 4W4K3 I was just correcting you and defending the X850XT PE.
Sorry also didnt know you needed an AGP card I would say the 6800U as well.

Steve

crward · 01-08-2005, 06:29 AM

the company have changed their minds and decided they will exchange the card instead of giving me a refund, so i'll be staying with the 5950.
thanks for the suggestions
update- they can no longer get the 5950's so back to looking
thinking of Gainward Ultra 2400 Goes Like **** (6572) GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 ( http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...e_6800_GT.html )

12-29-2004, 10:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
crward True Techie Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 173	gfx woes well my xfx 5950 ultra has decided it is till to die, upsetting since it is only 7 months old. i'm now on the hunt for a new card so what should i get?!? limit is £300 gbp. all sugestions welcome __________________ e6700 @ 3.0ghz stock cooling bfg nforce 680i dual bfg 8800gtx Corsair XMS2-6400 C4 TwinX PC2-6400 2GB Barracuda 7200.10 320GB 16MB Cache SATA-II x2 Enermax Galaxy 850W Razer Copperhead Tempest Blue 2000dpi Gaming Mouse Saitek Eclipse 2 Illuminated Keyboard NEC LCD20WGX2 Silver Widescreen 20" TFT Monitor

12-29-2004, 10:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
4W4K3 Monster Techie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,047	how much are you willing to spend? and what type of gaming do you do? __________________ <marquee scrollamount=\"1\" scrolldelay=\"8\" direction=\"up\" width=\"400\" height=\"65\" style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt\"> Compaq Presario V5000 laptop ¯\\(º_o)/¯</marquee>

12-29-2004, 10:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
crward True Techie Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 173	lol fast response!! i play hl2,nfs underground,doom 3 etc, alot of the newer games __________________ e6700 @ 3.0ghz stock cooling bfg nforce 680i dual bfg 8800gtx Corsair XMS2-6400 C4 TwinX PC2-6400 2GB Barracuda 7200.10 320GB 16MB Cache SATA-II x2 Enermax Galaxy 850W Razer Copperhead Tempest Blue 2000dpi Gaming Mouse Saitek Eclipse 2 Illuminated Keyboard NEC LCD20WGX2 Silver Widescreen 20" TFT Monitor

12-29-2004, 02:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
neosteve Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 417	I say get a X850XT PE it will last you long and be able to play any game on the market now with everything set on full settings. __________________ <center> <a href=\'http://fusion.vault9.net/inbound.php?user=Neosteve\' title=\'Get Fused!\'> <img src=\'http://fusion.vault9.net/code/468x60.jpg\' alt=\'\' style=\"border:0;\" /></a> </center>

12-29-2004, 04:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
neosteve Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 417	Ill tell you why the X850 barely beats the 6800U in those tests. First of all the test where run at 1024x768. If you had to increase the resolution the X850XT PE shines in glory and drops the 6800 behind in almost all tests quite a bit. Also the only test the 6800U beat the X850XT PE was Doom 3 and everybody knows that doom 3 belongs to NVIDIA cards and there is no real competition there between the 2 there so in the end the X850XT PE beats the 6800U. No harm meant there 4W4K3 I was just correcting you and defending the X850XT PE. Sorry also didnt know you needed an AGP card I would say the 6800U as well. Steve __________________ <center> <a href=\'http://fusion.vault9.net/inbound.php?user=Neosteve\' title=\'Get Fused!\'> <img src=\'http://fusion.vault9.net/code/468x60.jpg\' alt=\'\' style=\"border:0;\" /></a> </center>

12-29-2004, 01:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
fitzfan Super Techie Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 251	isnt 300 gbp like $575 US? then i would go with a 6800 ultra, from newegg

01-08-2005, 06:29 AM	#10 (permalink)
crward True Techie Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 173	the company have changed their minds and decided they will exchange the card instead of giving me a refund, so i'll be staying with the 5950. thanks for the suggestions update- they can no longer get the 5950's so back to looking thinking of Gainward Ultra 2400 Goes Like **** (6572) GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 ( http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...e_6800_GT.html ) __________________ e6700 @ 3.0ghz stock cooling bfg nforce 680i dual bfg 8800gtx Corsair XMS2-6400 C4 TwinX PC2-6400 2GB Barracuda 7200.10 320GB 16MB Cache SATA-II x2 Enermax Galaxy 850W Razer Copperhead Tempest Blue 2000dpi Gaming Mouse Saitek Eclipse 2 Illuminated Keyboard NEC LCD20WGX2 Silver Widescreen 20" TFT Monitor

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