Should I get a 6800GT then?

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:56 pm

still using my tnt2 vanta (geforce2 died). p3 1ghz good enough for me

Post by **R00k** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:57 pm

Cool Blue wrote:R00k I'll relate my experience since it's so close to yours.

About a month ago I upgraded from a 9600XT (AGP) to an MSI 6600GT (AGP). The performance gain is outstanding.

I was able to bump my game settings up to max in almost all my games (except BF2 cause it's coded like ass).

This system uses:

P4 3.1HT
1GB RAM
Intel 845 chipset

The 3dmark2005 scores were stunning.

Before the upgrade it was less than 1000, after the upgrade it was over 3000. Considering I'm forced to deal with the AGP bottleneck, I'm quite pleased with the increase.

First thing I did was put D3, BF2, Lock-On, and all my other games to the highest settings possible. They all run smooth. :icon14:

Sweet, thanks. I haven't 3dmark'ed my system, but I'll be sure to do it before I put a new card in just to compare. :icon14:

Post by **R00k** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:59 pm

Pauly wrote:They are awesome cars

Don't worry, I'm definitely getting the flame stickers upgrade. :icon14:

Post by **neh** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:12 pm

Nightshade wrote:
neh wrote:6800 gt will dick on a 9600xt from a great height - I got one when they were first out - recently upgraded cpu (from 64 300 to 64 3700) its still got a tonne of leg room (meaning its amazing how much the cpu was bottle neck even even an athlon 64 3000 - i suspect its still got leg room now aswell - its a great card and at £170 ish these days its a total steal
Ugh. Stop reminding me I need a new cpu and mobo.

if you do and go with amd go 939 pci-e i reckon - i'm maxed nowwith socket 754 - but tbh its bloody fast - rendering vst music is fucking lightning - if i had 2 gig ram even bf2 would be respectable (its smooth once all the bs disc swapping has finished each map)

Post by **DiscoDave** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:18 pm

Im considering getting a 6800GT but concerned with my XP 3200+ bottlnecking the beast

Post by **R00k** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:20 pm

I'm running an XP3200+ and I know it's going to be the bottleneck. But you're always going to have a bottleneck somewhere - that just directs you what area to upgrade next.

Post by **DRuM** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:22 pm

DiscoDave wrote:Im considering getting a 6800GT but concerned with my XP 3200+ bottlnecking the beast

Same here. I've got a 9800pro and an XP2000+. No point in me getting a 6800GT until I've upgraded the cpu to a 64 bit system and a new mobo. Plus other bits like new case, cooling, and a bit more ram.

Post by **seremtan** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 9:59 pm

YourGrandpa wrote:A buddy of mine just built a AMD 64 4200+ with Dual 7800GTX in SLI, 1.4TB of H/B and 4 gigs of RAM.

christ what a beast

Post by **tnf** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 9:59 pm

Rook -

Go to http://www.gottadeal.com

Get a 7800 GT for 331 from Dell after rebates...

nevermind...that's a pci card.

yea, get teh 6800 gt. I'd go with BFG's 6800 GT OC.

I love it.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 10:11 pm

I've got a Socket 939 64 4000+
BFG PCIE 6800 Ultra 256
2 gigs of RAM

The system rocks.

3dMark05 Score was 7000+ with empty H/D's and one monitor.

My buddy's dual 7800 rig scores in the 12,000 range. :icon28:

Post by **R00k** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 10:17 pm

tnf wrote:Rook -

Go to http://www.gottadeal.com

Get a 7800 GT for 331 from Dell after rebates...

nevermind...that's a pci card.

yea, get teh 6800 gt. I'd go with BFG's 6800 GT OC.

I love it.

riddla wrote:tnf, same card I bought. Lifetime warranty sealed the deal.

So they've got a lifetime warranty on these?

When I was first looking, I really wanted to get one of these, but the fact that they were overclocked, and thus possibly shortening the lifespan of the GPU and causing anomalies, really worried me.

So if anything goes wrong with it I'm taken care of?

Post by **tnf** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 10:19 pm

Yea, lifetime warranty. And mine has been rock-solid stable. Never a glitch.

Post by **R00k** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 10:28 pm

Nice, I think I will go for the BFG card then. :icon14:

Post by **Psyche911** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 11:09 pm

eVGA just started offering a lifetime warranty too, keep that in mind.

You do realize, if you get a 6800GT now you can't keep it when you go "64-bit," right? AGP now, PCI-E then. Still a good card, but I'm holding out for a CPU upgrade at the same time. I notice a huge difference in taking my 2.4GHz P4 up a few hundred MHz. I can't imagine how much better an Athlon 64 at the same speeds would be.

Post by **DRuM** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 11:17 pm

YourGrandpa wrote:A buddy of mine just built a AMD 64 4200+ with Dual 7800GTX in SLI, 1.4TB of H/B and 4 gigs of RAM.

That'll run space invaders just fine then.

Post by **R00k** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 11:25 pm

Psyche911 wrote:eVGA just started offering a lifetime warranty too, keep that in mind.

You do realize, if you get a 6800GT now you can't keep it when you go "64-bit," right? AGP now, PCI-E then. Still a good card, but I'm holding out for a CPU upgrade at the same time. I notice a huge difference in taking my 2.4GHz P4 up a few hundred MHz. I can't imagine how much better an Athlon 64 at the same speeds would be.

What? No, I thought the 64-bit chipsets fully supported 8x AGP.

It's always something isn't it?

Post by **-SKID-** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 11:59 pm

riddla wrote:I got a 6800GT about a week ago. Now I'm actually taking time to finish Doom3 as a result. Much more fun to play at high settings than it was to play on lowest of low with the old Ti4600.

Exactly, I bought my 6800gt right after HL2 came out. I put away finishing D3, HL2, and Farcry cause my 5900 just couldnt run them how I wanted. So I bought my 6800gt, and finally wanted to finish D3, HL2, and almost Far Cry

.

But now FEAR is starting to make my puter work again

.

AMD64 3400+
1 Gig Corsair(might grab another gig for good measure)
MSI 6800GT 256

Post by **tnf** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:47 am

F.E.A.R. was a bit jumpy on my machine too...but thus far all other games have played fantanstic.

AMD64 3500+
1 Gig Corsair XMS ram
BFG 6800 GT OC.
and my new Sony XBRITE LCD.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:02 am

tnf wrote:F.E.A.R. was a bit jumpy on my machine too...but thus far all other games have played fantanstic.

AMD64 3500+
1 Gig Corsair XMS ram
BFG 6800 GT OC.
and my new Sony XBRITE LCD.

Really?
P4 2.8C
1Gig PC3200 Mushkin
XfX 6800gt

and its not jumpy at all in "max" detail in 1280.. Weird

Post by **Pooinyourmouth** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:06 am

I have a 6800 GT OC from BFG also. F.E.A.R. ran like a dream on my machine. I just turned off the AA was all, and ran it in 1280x1024. I never use AA at that high a rez or higher because it's not enough for me to notice the jaggy's above that rez. My card sits in a ADM 64 3200 with 1.5 gigs of DDR400.

Post by **Psyche911** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:39 am

R00k wrote:
Psyche911 wrote:eVGA just started offering a lifetime warranty too, keep that in mind.

You do realize, if you get a 6800GT now you can't keep it when you go "64-bit," right? AGP now, PCI-E then. Still a good card, but I'm holding out for a CPU upgrade at the same time. I notice a huge difference in taking my 2.4GHz P4 up a few hundred MHz. I can't imagine how much better an Athlon 64 at the same speeds would be.
What? No, I thought the 64-bit chipsets fully supported 8x AGP.

It's always something isn't it?

Well, nForce 3, yes. But I've heard of sketchy support for the latest processors (Venice/San Diego core, or dual-core) on a lot of nForce 3 boards.

I'm just gonna hold out awhile myself. Too many changes, ATM.

Post by **-SKID-** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:44 am

Psyche911 wrote:
R00k wrote:
Psyche911 wrote:eVGA just started offering a lifetime warranty too, keep that in mind.

You do realize, if you get a 6800GT now you can't keep it when you go "64-bit," right? AGP now, PCI-E then. Still a good card, but I'm holding out for a CPU upgrade at the same time. I notice a huge difference in taking my 2.4GHz P4 up a few hundred MHz. I can't imagine how much better an Athlon 64 at the same speeds would be.
What? No, I thought the 64-bit chipsets fully supported 8x AGP.

It's always something isn't it?
Well, nForce 3, yes. But I've heard of sketchy support for the latest processors (Venice/San Diego core, or dual-core) on a lot of nForce 3 boards.

I'm just gonna hold out awhile myself. Too many changes, ATM.

STAY AWAY FROM 6800GT'S and NFORCE 3 MOTHERBOARDS!

Seriously though, there is a major problem with them combined, and new drivers. Newer then the 66's I think. Youre games will freeze at random, and studder for 10 seconds or more at a time, and continue to do it forever!!!!! So yeah, anyone wanna by and Nforce 3 mobo?

POOINYOURMOUTH, how did you get FEAR to run @ 1280X1024? Its not in my config settings, and I dont see a config to manually set it. Could you tell me how to set it to that res? My monitor doesnt look good running @ 1280X960

Post by **-SKID-** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:01 am

nvm, found out how to change the resolution.

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Monolith Productions\FEARSPDemo\settings.cfg

Post by **Don Carlos** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:24 am

YourGrandpa wrote:I've got a Socket 939 64 4000+
BFG PCIE 6800 Ultra 256
2 gigs of RAM

The system rocks.

3dMark05 Score was 7000+ with empty H/D's and one monitor.

My buddy's dual 7800 rig scores in the 12,000 range. :icon28:

Jesus...

Post by **Grudge** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:44 am

YourGrandpa wrote:Littlte did he know XP only utilize 2.5gigs of RAM... :lol:

wrong