X800pro question

[Alan Freeman]

I want to upgrade my pc my cpu is fine i think but do i get a new card ? i was thinking of getting the new 7800 card it has 24 pipelines i think. anywho what should i do. my specs are in my sig and a few pics if you care. not trying to brag just trying to keep up with these new games ( Alan wake , fear,prey,bf2,UT2007,etc...)

I was thinking
1.1 gig more ram
2. new 24 pipes 7800 card(currently have 12 :x )

OR...

Get new motherboard SLI and put another x800pro in there ??????

 

[Asus]

For now I'd save your money. You can run everything pretty smooth I would assume.

I would do a system upgrade if you did and switch to an AMD Athlon64 CPU. You're loosing a number of frames of whats possible by having a P4. You could go with a 7800 although that would be quite a bit of money but it's up to you.
1GB of memory is fine.

 

[sinkoman]

IMHO the 7800's aren't worth your money. Save your money for now, and build a new pc in a few months/a year.

 

[Alan Freeman]

ok ok I NEED a card with at least 16 piplines though, I have the money saved up so why not right.

 

[sinkoman]

ok ok I NEED a card with at least 16 piplines though, I have the money saved up so why not right.

Why not?

Because you've already got a kickass card.

Anyway, i'd reccomend a 6800gt, or, if you have the money, an x850xt.

 

[Asus]

I'd say go with the 7800GTX but you have an AGP slot so that won't work. There really isn't an AGP card that will be a big boost over your X800Pro. A X850XT or an OCed 6800GT would be a few frames higher over your Pro. But thats another $300-400 spend on a card.

I guess another thing is now that you are buying another AGP card, what happens when you want to upgrade your system (CPU/Motherboard etc) and go PCI-Express? Lot of money for small speed bumps. Personally, I'd just upgrade the CPU and board too and go PCI-E now. Spend it and get it out of the way. Then when you upgrade the GFX card down the road your system will be set with that PCI-E slot.

GFX card review covers 7800GTX, X850XT, 6800Ultra/GT and 6600GT SLI.

 

[holydeadpenguins]

just bomb it on a new amd cpu.

 

[Alan Freeman]

I'd say go with the 7800GTX but you have an AGP slot so that won't work. There really isn't an AGP card that will be a big boost over your X800Pro. A X850XT or an OCed 6800GT would be a few frames higher over your Pro. But thats another $300-400 spend on a card.

I guess another thing is now that you are buying another AGP card, what happens when you want to upgrade your system (CPU/Motherboard etc) and go PCI-Express? Lot of money for small speed bumps. Personally, I'd just upgrade the CPU and board too and go PCI-E now. Spend it and get it out of the way. Then when you upgrade the GFX card down the road your system will be set with that PCI-E slot.

GFX card review covers 7800GTX, X850XT, 6800Ultra/GT and 6600GT SLI.

Thanks for the help i never looked at it that way before. Ill go pci E for my new pc and AMD ill do it next year

 

[iconic-]

mad bonus points for having a senna poster btw.

whats the best amd card you can buy currently? and what processor speeds do they run at/compare to p4's?

 

[Da-Muffin-Man]

The best AMD procsessor IMHO would be the dual core FX57s, but there close to a thousand bucks. Damn i wish i could afford one

 

[Asus]

If only there was such a thing as dual core FX57...and that would be a bargin if it was $1000.
If you are talking about the X2 4800+, I know what ya mean.

 

[Da-Muffin-Man]

Hmmmmm, im never staying up that late again......i made so many mistakes with my responses last night.

 

[chu]

Stick with your x800 pro and save money for Crossfire. I have an x800 pro and that's what I am doing. No real demanding games out at the moment.