needing vga upgrade

grunt · Post by **grunt** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:44 pm

still using my 7800gt and am wanting a 521mb card... The 7900gtx card looks awesome but whats the best bang for the buck 512 card?

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:00 pm

Upgrading from a 7800Gt just isn't worth it IMO
Wait till after Conroe and the next-gen cards come out, they will have support for DX10

Post by **FZ1** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:57 pm

I still have a 7800GTX card for sale

SAMSAMHA · Post by **SAMSAMHA** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:54 pm

i think you can consider one of the 7950 cards, where they bundle 2 cards in one.

Imakeholesinu · Post by **Imakeholesinu** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:12 pm

You would only see a marginal increase in FPS by upgrading your current card. Onboard memory isn't everything on a videocard either. Just because a card has 512MB of RAM doesn't mean that it will run a game any faster than one with 256MB.

My suggestion is that you should wait until the DX10 compliant cards come out before you upgrade to another 7xxx.

Pengwin · Post by **Pengwin** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 3:55 pm

upgrading would be a waste.

wait for fall and the new direct X 10 gfx cards

Geforce 8xxx series and ATi's X2000 and up series.

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:42 am

lol im still on a good "old" 9800 Pro (never thought it call it old!).

But yeah, theres no point in getting new GFX cards now, especially with DX10 round the corner... i am waiting for those cards personally and if you want the best performance with Vista, you should seriously consider it too!

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:32 am

10x card upgrade will cost you a ton, but if you got the cash, why not wait..;) Top 10x video card > $500 (or more) Vista > (knowing M$) $300 at least unless you get a hack version..................

Pengwin · Post by **Pengwin** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:33 am

it wont cost u a ton. if the GeForce 8 series enters the 7 will drop in price.

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:39 am

Its up to how much cash you have/want to spend and how long the next card has to last you.

If your next card is to last, then wait for the DX10 cards to come out.

In terms of how the 7800gt to 7900gtx compare, i found a user review here:
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/for ... 7007149731
not sure how your rig compares to the one used for testing, and these are all at a high rez, lower rez's will have lower gains.

Dan

Fantasma · Post by **Fantasma** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:43 am

I really wouldn´t recommend to upgrade from a 7800gt, I think you should wait for the next gen dx10 capable cards, the fps difference you will notice from the upgrade right now would be small

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:12 pm

Pengwin wrote:it wont cost u a ton. if the GeForce 8 series enters the 7 will drop in price.

7xxx cards won't do DX10 that's why I said it'll cost a ton to go to DX10...........

Pengwin · Post by **Pengwin** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:57 pm

u sure.?

7xxx cards will do DX10, maybe not to its full potential but it'll support dx10.

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:05 pm

Pengwin wrote:u sure.?

7xxx cards will do DX10, maybe not to its full potential but it'll support dx10.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32501

NO current cards can do DX10. They will still run DX10 games, but just with DX9 features................unless ATI arn't telling us something..... ;)

Fantasma · Post by **Fantasma** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:34 am

kenc51 wrote:
Pengwin wrote:u sure.?

7xxx cards will do DX10, maybe not to its full potential but it'll support dx10.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32501

NO current cards can do DX10. They will still run DX10 games, but just with DX9 features................unless ATI arn't telling us something..... ;)

Yep, it will be like nowadays DX8 cards running DX9 games, they will be compatible but you will lose a lot of features and performance

Pengwin · Post by **Pengwin** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:01 am

kenc51 wrote:
Pengwin wrote:u sure.?

7xxx cards will do DX10, maybe not to its full potential but it'll support dx10.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32501

NO current cards can do DX10. They will still run DX10 games, but just with DX9 features................unless ATI arn't telling us something..... ;)

thats a load of crap

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:32 pm

If you know of any current cards that are DX10 compliant, I'd love to raed the info and such. I've seen nothing to date that says any of them are. there's a ton that say that they are built for Vista, but that's only because there is version DX9L built into Vista to support older cards.

Also embedded into Windows Vista is DirectX 9.0L to allow for compatibility with DirectX 9 components. Think of it like two separate DirectX systems. We will have DirectX 9.0L for DirectX 9 hardware and we will have DirectX 10 for DirectX 10 capable hardware

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.h ... VzaWFzdA==

Sovereign · Post by **Sovereign** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:10 pm

Just keep the 7800GT. The only reasons to buy a 512MB videocard are:
1. Super-high-res gaming (above 1600x1200, don't ask about why I have two 7900GTXs @ 1280x1024)
2. You want to play Quake 4/Doom 3 at Ultra Quality (not worth it but hey if you can afford it go ahead)
3. You have too much money. Send some to me.