7800gt vs. 7900gt

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Phate321

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is it worth it to spend the extra cash and go for a 7900 instead of a 7800? lets just say for in the future of gaming?
 
well, actually, i did buy an evga 7800 gt co se edition, and when i play call of duty 2 it shows A LOT of fragments, and i havnt changed any settings. plus, it still drops down to 28-30 frames in some areas, and i want a card that will handle a little better so in the future i dont have to upgrade it as soon. this is the card i was debating on getting. when i rma the 7800 that i got from newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130281
 
7900gt is vastly superior to a 7800gt. the 7900 is comparable, if not better than, a 7800gtx, and it is as cheap as a 7800gt, which is becoming harder and harder to find because nvidia has ceased production because it makes no sense to keep the 7800gt.
 
Skizzor said:
Why not get the 7800 and overclock it??
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Because you can get the 7900GT and overclock it further. The 7900GT performs slightly better than the 7800GTX, runs cooler, uses less power, and uses a single-slot cooling design.

It's much better than the 7800GT, and well worth the extra money.
 
Phate321 said:
well, actually, i did buy an evga 7800 gt co se edition, and when i play call of duty 2 it shows A LOT of fragments, and i havnt changed any settings. plus, it still drops down to 28-30 frames in some areas, and i want a card that will handle a little better so in the future i dont have to upgrade it as soon. this is the card i was debating on getting. when i rma the 7800 that i got from newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130281
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i actually noticed this too on mine, but only if it was clocked too fast. i can push it to it's optimal frequencies (485/1130) and get pretty good frames (30-45fps) on CoD2 at max settings and eyecandy. if you push it too far, you lose performance a little. it's weird that you didnt change any settings and it still did it. if you keep the 7800, try to get a refund.

i'd go 7900GT though. From what I've seen, they are barely more expensive than the 7800gt, even close to the same price. it's a no brainer.
 
heres a question to throw in the mix.

Current you can see the rig im using down at the bottom in my sig. If anything I think the GFX card is holding it back when running things such as Oblivion.

My question is would I get the potential out of a 7800/7900. I know its gonna be a huge improvement but would the rest of the system hold back the ultimate performance of the 7800/7900.

Would i be just as good going for a better card but not quite as high to get just as good effect if you see what i mean.

I know some might suggest I jsut go for the top end anyway cos then its there for an upgrade but once I get round to upgrading this system its gonna go PCI-E so not a lot of point
 
the 7900gt has 4 more texture units, 1 more vertex pipelines, 4 more pixel pipelines, and it's clocked faster than the 7800gt. Definetly go with the 7900gt.
 
jimmymac said:
heres a question to throw in the mix.

Current you can see the rig im using down at the bottom in my sig. If anything I think the GFX card is holding it back when running things such as Oblivion.

My question is would I get the potential out of a 7800/7900. I know its gonna be a huge improvement but would the rest of the system hold back the ultimate performance of the 7800/7900.

Would i be just as good going for a better card but not quite as high to get just as good effect if you see what i mean.

I know some might suggest I jsut go for the top end anyway cos then its there for an upgrade but once I get round to upgrading this system its gonna go PCI-E so not a lot of point
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Your board is AGP only so you couldn't use either the 7800GT or 7900GT. The best card you could get would be a 7800GS, unless you're willing to upgrade your motherboard as well. But yes, your video card is the component holding back your gaming.
 
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