Upgrading to Gainward FX6800 GT is it worth it??

Ferdimage · Nov 9, 2004, 07:44 AM

Ive currently got a Powercolor Radeon 9700pro clocked to 400/351 will i see a major difference upgrading ive had the card just over 2 years it has been worthy to me..playing all the latest games decently....

so i just wanna know if its the rite thing to do,

Danhill · Nov 9, 2004, 08:27 AM

Yes it's going to be worth it, what is your system specs??

I came from an ATI 9800 Pro to a Gainward 6800 GT GS, and it has more than doubled my performance.

Yallrun · Nov 9, 2004, 01:14 PM

Gainward is a good card. I was going back in forth between the gainward and the XFX 6800GT. They are both great cards. I ended up getting the XFX only cause free shipping! I went from a 9800XT which is a great card in it's own right. But the 6800GT is even sweeter! The Gainward is a solid card!

Yallrun

MiDKnYtE · Nov 9, 2004, 01:55 PM

The 6800GT will smoke the 9700. go for it!

Ferdimage · Nov 9, 2004, 03:19 PM

thanx guys ...btw my specs are
Asus p4p800 deluxe
p4 ht 2.6 clocked to 3.2
1 gig kingston ddr 400 ram
200gb sata hdd
audigy sound card
450w psu
windows xp sp1

yeah my card done well for a while but now these games like doom 3 call of duty u-o farcry my card is struggling to keep up with the frames....so i was thinking im going to disown you soon hehe

Shike · Nov 9, 2004, 08:56 PM

Well if you haven't done so yet, get the 6800GT. It really does make a huge difference. You might consider selling the 9700 off too, when I upgraded I sold off my old system for $800 with a new hard drive. Even though I doubt you want to sell your PC off, I still suggest you sell the card and get some extra cash...it may make the difference between a GT and a Ultra...

Just a thought, that's all...

Ferdimage · Nov 10, 2004, 12:15 AM

Yeah i did sell my card for $270 australian $$ and the gainward 6800gt is going to cost me $770 aus$$ ........im happy when i think about im really just paying 500 for it...ill be getting it in the next two days....but all this talk gt is goiing to smoke my 9700 is getting me geed up haha

Son_of_Thunder · Nov 10, 2004, 02:32 AM

yah, i was worried that you would be bottlenecked by your system, but with a system that good you will see a world of a differance.

Ferdimage · Nov 10, 2004, 07:10 AM

so basically ill give an example on doom 3 i get about 40-60 frames average on 1280x1024 on medium settings if i run the 6800gt will i be able to play it on high and ultra settings on 1280x1024 above 60 frames all the time no drop ever??

Yallrun · Nov 10, 2004, 08:35 AM

If I'm not mistaken the in game FPS on D3 is capped at 60. But Fraps will go higher. So using Fraps it will go above 60. I hit in the 80's with Fraps in D3. I'm sure I could get higher with tweaks but it already looks and plays incredible.

Yallrun

Son_of_Thunder · Nov 10, 2004, 11:26 AM

to play D3 at ultra specs you want at least 2GB of ram. as far as very high with no drops in framerate, i can't say because i've never played the game, but you'll definately get a good FPS at very high at 1280x1024

Shike · Nov 10, 2004, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Son_of_Thunder

to play D3 at ultra specs you want at least 2GB of ram. as far as very high with no drops in framerate, i can't say because i've never played the game, but you'll definately get a good FPS at very high at 1280x1024

A gig is just fine, there is no reason for two now. You need to set the AGP Archipecture to 256MB which will be used by the system. Say some background items take 256MB. The OS take 128mb, and now the game take 400MB. 256+256+400+128=1040 under extreme situations (excessive background items, and Doom 3 was high since it only uses about 350MB).

A gig does just fine...

here are some benchies for ya ^_-

JRd1st · Nov 19, 2004, 03:07 PM

I have a GS, too. I love it!