Is it worth the extra £?

**magicman** · 05-02-2006, 02:18 PM

I've only just recently bought my K8N Neo2 Platinum, but my 6800 that's sitting in it is damaged, almost certainly by a faulty motherboard I had to send back. Games only run at about 10fps, dual-monitor display's colour balance fluctuates wildly, and ATITool can't run more than a minute before the temperature shoots up to 80+ degrees (even with a Zalman VF-700CU and Arctic Silver 5) and artifacts start appearing. So basically I need to replace the card.

Now, the question is, do you feel it is worth me forking out an extra £80 for a PCI-E compatible mobo, as well as upgrading to a PCI-E card, or is the speed increase not worth the extra dough in your opinion, and it'd be better just getting a high-spec AGP one, like the 7800GS?

Dr Studly · 05-02-2006, 02:29 PM

no, i would get a new mobo and card...

05-02-2006, 02:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
magicman Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 3,063	Is it worth the extra £? I've only just recently bought my K8N Neo2 Platinum, but my 6800 that's sitting in it is damaged, almost certainly by a faulty motherboard I had to send back. Games only run at about 10fps, dual-monitor display's colour balance fluctuates wildly, and ATITool can't run more than a minute before the temperature shoots up to 80+ degrees (even with a Zalman VF-700CU and Arctic Silver 5) and artifacts start appearing. So basically I need to replace the card. Now, the question is, do you feel it is worth me forking out an extra £80 for a PCI-E compatible mobo, as well as upgrading to a PCI-E card, or is the speed increase not worth the extra dough in your opinion, and it'd be better just getting a high-spec AGP one, like the 7800GS? __________________ FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

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05-02-2006, 02:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dr Studly banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hales Corners Wisconson Age: 17 Posts: 2,435	no, i would get a new mobo and card...