Hello Dark Side

El Kapitano · Jan 15, 2008, 12:49 PM

Well it had to happen sooner or later.

After running ATi Cards through from a radeon 7000, 9600xt, 9800, then XT, X800XT and then finally an X1900XTX I've finally gone to the darkside, embraced willingly with the promise of a bright new future.

OK, it was cheapish, looks great, is quiet and is already overclocked so so saving me a job (for now

).

I give you.......

The Xpertvision 8800GT Sonic.

Now, does anyone have any tips about these here new fangled Nvidia cards then

(Especially under Vista 64).

**Vikingod** · Jan 15, 2008, 12:56 PM

RivaTuner is great for tweaking and OCing.

Majin GeoDooD · Jan 23, 2008, 04:17 AM

I just joined the camp today.. doing a whole system overhaul (switching to Intel AND nVidia) once my tax return comes in, but I bought the card and got it today.

I went from Voodoo 3 -> 9200 -> 9500 Pro -> X700 Pro -> X1650XT -> X1950XT. Now I'm running an eVGA 8800GT. I never thought I'd see the day.

MiracleMan · Jan 25, 2008, 06:52 PM

Joining the dreaded green too, again. =]

Voodoo 1> tnt> gf2 400> r7000> r8500le> r9100> 9600xt> x800gto> 6800xtx> 7600gt> x1900xt

After being too over the fence, allways choosing the best bang for the buck. Now I�m running an PNY 8800gt 512mb.

El Kapitano · Jan 26, 2008, 02:45 PM

Cor you went back in time didn't you, I dismissed anything pre R7000 as not worth typing :O)

Whereabouts would a geforce 256 come in your list then? (Asus V6600)

Look at the specs on this smasher

Chaos · Jan 26, 2008, 04:37 PM

I have to say that NV image quality in video playback has drastically improved with the 8800 series, pretty much on par with AMD/ATI in that aspect now. And considering if you hunt around you can get an 8800GT 512MB for just over $200

Tipstaff · Jan 26, 2008, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaos

I have to say that NV image quality in video playback has drastically improved with the 8800 series, pretty much on par with AMD/ATI in that aspect now. And considering if you hunt around you can get an 8800GT 512MB for just over $200

Mind you, I still prefer ATIs 2D quality. Time and again I keep noticing that ATIs 2D quality is sharper (especially text), and colors are more vibrant by default. No matter how much tweaking I do, I just can't get a system running an Nvidia card to match that level of quality. I can come close when I use a professional calibration tool like a ColorVision Spyder2, but it's still not right.

Aurahead · Feb 11, 2008, 04:30 AM

Same here, didt expect to join the green team. It was just matter of time ^___^