best current vid card for cheap$$

Post by **Duhard** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 2:17 am

GeForce 6800

Post by **Bdw3** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 2:20 am

PCI-E ?
If so than I would point you to this thread:
http://quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic. ... light=x800

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814102595

Basically a $200 X850 :icon14:

Post by **shiznit** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 2:25 am

6600GT looks decent.

Post by **hate** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 2:41 am

hmm

sick of spending coin on cards

was looking to get cheapest card to run the recent games

nothing fancy

like duhard

Post by **Foo** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:03 am

The 6600 (any of them) will run any game out now comfortably, and will run Q4 fine as well.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:05 am

Foo wrote:The 6600 (any of them) will run any game out now comfortably, and will run Q4 fine as well.

Not really. Not maxed out at least. We tried an Asus 6600GT at on my friends computer (Pentium D 3.0ghz, 2gig ram) and it didn't run NFS:U2 well on max settings. I was very disappointed. Him too. He then exchanged the 6600GT for a 7800GTX.

Post by **Foo** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:09 am

OK, granted. But the 6600 will run any of them at medium settings (1280 no AA OR AF) fine.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:14 am

I thought the whole fucking point of a fucking video card is AA/AF these days.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:14 am

Please don't get a 6600 when the 6800 is so cheap.

Post by **Psyche911** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:18 am

@ ToxicBug
Not everyone can afford $400 video cards. And even some who can don't care enough to pay that much.

And Gramps, the 6600GT can often beat the 6800NU. Go look.

Post by **Foo** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:22 am

ToxicBug wrote:I thought the whole fucking point of a fucking video card is AA/AF these days.

Never use them TBH :icon32:

I like visuals, but the payoff weighed against the benefit for both AA and AF isn't worth it, IMO.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:29 am

Psyche911 wrote: @ ToxicBug
Not everyone can afford $400 video cards. And even some who can don't care enough to pay that much.

And Gramps, the 6600GT can often beat the 6800NU. Go look.

What about the 6600GT vs the 6800GT?

Hmmm....

Post by **SoM** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:30 am

ToxicBug wrote:I thought the whole fucking point of a fucking video card is AA/AF these days.

we're talking about vid cards not digi cams ya h0b0

and ya dont need AA when running at 1600x1200 or even 12xx etc..

Post by **Nightshade** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:31 am

That TCL site looks pretty nice, Gramps.

Post by **Foo** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:33 am

YourGrandpa wrote: What about the 6600GT vs the 6800GT?

Hmmm....

£145 vs £205 for 256Mb models.

Post by **Psyche911** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:05 am

YourGrandpa wrote:
Psyche911 wrote: @ ToxicBug
Not everyone can afford $400 video cards. And even some who can don't care enough to pay that much.

And Gramps, the 6600GT can often beat the 6800NU. Go look.

What about the 6600GT vs the 6800GT?

Hmmm....

The 6800GT is twice the price.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:15 am

Nightshade wrote:That TCL site looks pretty nice, Gramps.

Thanks

It's going to get better soon.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:16 am

Psyche911 wrote:
YourGrandpa wrote:
Psyche911 wrote: @ ToxicBug
Not everyone can afford $400 video cards. And even some who can don't care enough to pay that much.

And Gramps, the 6600GT can often beat the 6800NU. Go look.

What about the 6600GT vs the 6800GT?

Hmmm....
The 6800GT is twice the price.

It's twice the card. What a bargin....

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:18 am

Gramps, you have truckloads of nearly brand new computer hardware that you've switched out for even newer stuff. Send hate some of that shit.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:24 am

Sorry...

Most of my old stuff goes into my son's PC or is given to friends.

If I've got something of significant value, I'll sell it to a friend for almost nothing. Like my old 21" CRT. I sold it to a friend in need for $50.00. :icon26:

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:26 am

Friends are more important than cash or possessions.

Post by **Nightshade** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:32 am

YourGrandpa wrote:
Nightshade wrote:That TCL site looks pretty nice, Gramps.
Thanks

It's going to get better soon.

The IP of your server would be a nice addition.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:36 am

Nightshade wrote:
YourGrandpa wrote:
Nightshade wrote:That TCL site looks pretty nice, Gramps.
Thanks

It's going to get better soon.
The IP of your server would be a nice addition.

Yeah, we're doing different front pages for TcL and VL. The BF2 server will be one of the thing on TcL's front page.

Post by **Tsakali_** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:36 am

according to these benchmarks it seems that the 6600 gt is only slightly slower than the 6800gt ,

it only gets dramaticaly slower than the 6800gt on the higher resolutions, and if you're like me that wouldn't matter much, not for the price difference anyway

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphi ... 00-03.html