Thinking of a new card...

[skidude]

Yeah, the X700 is starting to slow down and I am looking at buying a new one. I found one I like, a Radeon X800XL 512mb. card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102579) Does anyone know of this card?? Is it worth the money???

 

[Tha Killa]

That has a pretty cool gpu cooler and comes with ram heatsinks

I think the performance of the card should be like the 6800GT, but this has more ram.

 

[i.Angel]

Pretty good card. You should be able to game fine now.

I wouldn't expect top-notch performance however.

 

[Geoff]

For that price you'd be better off spending an extra $40 and getting the 7800GT...

 

[skidude]

How much better would the 7800GT be??? I mean, I just want to be able to run Quake 4 and COD2 and Doom 3 on ultra with decent framerates.

 

[Geoff]

The 7800GT would be much better than that card, but if you dont want to spend much then i would get the x800GTO or x800XL. I have the x800GTO and i can play CoD2 maxed out and i get around 20FPS, i play CSS and DoDS maxed out and get around 30FPS-80FPS. Personally, i dont think that getting that series card with 512MB of memory will make any difference over that card with 256MB memory.

I've heard that the 7800GT gets around 7K in 3DMark05.

 

[skidude]

And in reviews the X800XL got like 6k.... I'll look at the 7800GT's right now and see if they are worth it.

EDIT- Okay, hows this one look? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127190

 

[skidude]

I've found another I'm interested in, its a Radeon X850XT.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102483

My question though- Will I see a significant difference in games with either the X850XT or X800XL over the X700 I have now?

 

[Praetor]

That has a pretty cool gpu cooler and comes with ram heatsinks

Id argue most high end cards have some form of at least passive memory cooling.


In any case, the retail model is $10 cheaper after rebate

My question though- Will I see a significant difference in games with either the X850XT or X800XL over the X700 I have now?

Yes

 

[skidude]

Yes

How much we talkin here you think?? Like 5FPS or so in Quake 4, or somethin bigger like 15. Also, if I get one of those cards, would that make my CPU a bottleneck?

 

[Modoman]

i recommend for the moment
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150124
lots of good reviews, and ive heard xfx makes some of the better/best

otherwise i would recommend evga, but i think all the deals are out of stock on newegg right now
cod2 maxed 1280x1024 = 40-70 fps

 

[fade2green514]

For that price you'd be better off spending an extra $40 and getting the 7800GT...

definitely. i bought a 7800gt myself, you dont need 512mb of ram on the card! not yet at least, although games are getting better graphics... of course my corsair XMS is more than enough to make up for any slack...

 

[Xycron]

Any by the time games will utilize 512mb of ram you'll want a new video card becuse you'll want one faster and with new technology's anyways.

 

[dkny_stylez]

I've heard that the 7800GT gets around 7K in 3DMark05.

yep, see my sig

 

[skidude]

Then I think I will consider the XFX 7800GT, but it might be a little while before I buy it, I need some more $$$ before I can afford it. But, will that card make my CPU the bottleneck?? If so how bad?

 

[Geoff]

Then I think I will consider the XFX 7800GT, but it might be a little while before I buy it, I need some more $$$ before I can afford it. But, will that card make my CPU the bottleneck?? If so how bad?

Well theres no cpu that wouldnt bottleneck a 7800 series card. It shouldnt be that bad, but i would try to overclock it a bit higher.

 

[skidude]

Like what, 2.2GHz, you think stock cooling would keep it cool enough?