thinking about an upgrade...

[thehunter1320]

would a GeForce 6800 (non-Ultra or GT or w/e) from a 9600 pro be a well thought out purchse? or a "OMG, IT'Z teh WOW!! M|_|5T |-|4\/3!!11" purchase?

 

[blahblahblah]

What are you are system specs?

 

[thehunter1320]

What are you are system specs?

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
512 MB PC2700 Hyper-X RAM
Sapphire 9600 Pro
ASUS A7V8X-X

 

[bosox188]

That would be a good upgrade, you'd see a HUGE difference in performance, definitely get a 6800.

 

[thehunter1320]

That would be a good upgrade, you'd see a HUGE difference in performance, definitely get a 6800.

would i be able to play HL2 in all it's glory? or are there certain features that only ATi cards can handle?

 

[sHm0zY]

would i be able to play HL2 in all it's glory? or are there certain features that only ATi cards can handle?

you will be ably to paly hl2 in all its glory with a 9600

 

[blahblahblah]

Getting the 6800 Non-Ultra will be a substantial performance increase. However, I have serious concerns about its slower clock speeds and memory. I highly recommend that if you are going to get a next-gen graphics card, look into the 6800GT or the X800 Pro as the performance increase over the 6800 is substantial. If you do go with the 6800 GT/X800 Pro, try overlocking your processor a tad to reduce/eliminate any processor bottleneck you may have.

 

[sHm0zY]

Getting the 6800 Non-Ultra will be a substantial performance increase. However, I have serious concerns about its slower clock speeds and memory. I highly recommend that if you are going to get a next-gen graphics card, look into the 6800GT or the X800 Pro as the performance increase over the 6800 is substantial. If you do go with the 6800 GT/X800 Pro, try overlocking your processor a tad to reduce/eliminate any processor bottleneck you may have.

Yeah i agree my next graphics card will be a
X800 XT platnum

but for now my 9600 XT will be able to run HL2 awesome at my resolution so im happy for awhile.

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

you will be ably to paly hl2 in all its glory with a 9600

No probably not...

 

[ray_MAN]

No probably not...

Yes, you will. Did you even see the benchmarks?

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

Yes, you will. Did you even see the benchmarks?

I want to see this, full detail 1024x768, 8xaa and 16xaf....Show me where you have seen this get over 30fps.

 

[ShinRa]

you will be ably to paly hl2 in all its glory with a 9600

point and laugh at the noob!

 

[snak3y3z1001]

i dont even think the 6800 series or x800 series can handle doom 3 or hl2 at full quality setting.

 

[ShinRa]

i dont even think the 6800 series or x800 series can handle doom 3 or hl2 at full quality setting.

:dozey: ...........................



laugh at the other noob!

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

i dont even think the 6800 series or x800 series can handle doom 3 or hl2 at full quality setting.

If they couldn't then no one would want to buy the game, because they couldn't use full detail. And yes both cards can handle both games at full detail settings.

 

[blahblahblah]

If they couldn't then no one would want to buy the game, because they couldn't use full detail. And yes both cards can handle both games at full detail settings.

People are confused. At medium/high quality settings, Doom 3 looks better than Far Cry. With that said, Doom 3 has an Ultra Quality setting that no computer can run (even a FX-53 with a 6800 Ultra Extreme) that is supposed to look mind blowing.

 

[ShinRa]

People are confused. At medium/high quality settings, Doom 3 looks better than Far Cry. With that said, Doom 3 has an Ultra Quality setting that no computer can run (even a FX-53 with a 6800 Ultra Extreme) that is supposed to look mind blowing.

I am definately going to attempt to use this setting. Idc if i get 2 fps, I'm definately attempting to get it to run. You think MAYBE...just..MAYBE i can squeeze by with 20 fps?

 

[thehunter1320]

i decided not to upgrade the card because of the price point... i'm going to wait, maybe score a 9800 pro or something at a sale or on ebay for cheap

 

[blahblahblah]

I am definately going to attempt to use this setting. Idc if i get 2 fps, I'm definately attempting to get it to run. You think MAYBE...just..MAYBE i can squeeze by with 20 fps?

Ultra Quality mode will require a graphics card with 512 MB of video memory. Ultra Quality mode will not compress any textures. For reference, a 256 MB video card will still compress diffuse and specular textures, but will have uncompressed normal maps. Ultra Quality mode will also have settings that will make Doom 3 look better (possibly through the use of more shaders, etc).

Guinny, hate to break it to you, but your computer is not powerful enough to run Doom 3 at its maximum settings. It will probably be until next year that a computer system will have enough power to run Doom 3 in all of its glory.

 

[thehunter1320]

I am definately going to attempt to use this setting. Idc if i get 2 fps, I'm definately attempting to get it to run. You think MAYBE...just..MAYBE i can squeeze by with 20 fps?

you might not even get it to render... but if you do, i say maybe 10-15 FPS

 

[ShinRa]

Ultra Quality mode will require a graphics card with 512 MB of video memory. Ultra Quality mode will not compress any textures. For reference, a 256 MB video card will still compress diffuse and specular textures, but will have uncompressed normal maps. Ultra Quality mode will also have settings that will make Doom 3 look better (possibly through the use of more shaders, etc).

Guinny, hate to break it to you, but your computer is not powerful enough to run Doom 3 at its maximum settings. It will probably be until next year that a computer system will have enough power to run Doom 3 in all of its glory.

ah well. ill upgrade to a 512mb card whenever.

 

[SidewinderX]

if you do make the jump make sure you get a 6800Gt... better memory, fatser in general.

 

[snak3y3z1001]

If they couldn't then no one would want to buy the game, because they couldn't use full detail. And yes both cards can handle both games at full detail settings.

nope. i had posted a mag scan but had to take it off.

Doom 3 has settings that will make the game look even better on hardware that don't even exist yet (beyond the just upping resolution,like in most games.)

and oh yea ppl wont buy a game because they cant play at full settings. Many ppl bought farcry and thats a demanding game. Lots of people cant run at full details.