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g4m3rof1337

g4m3rof1337

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ok iam just going to throw a video card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102052
and a PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817182022

to my already good gateway
now i need a headset ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16826106931 )
if thats good ...and a nice mouse so... problee not a keyobard but eh only if its with the mouse but uh heres a list of the games please tell me what id like to buy and if i can handle the graphics

Command and Conqeur Generals
Counter Strike Source
Prey
FEAR
Company of Hereos
Battlefield 2
StarCraft
Call of Duty 2
Doom 3
Quake 4
Americas Army
Unreal Tournament 2004
and more etc...

i have my eye on cs: source
 
I would make sure you actually have PCI-e for the video card. Depending on how old your gateway is, a lot of prebuilt PC's that are a little older, dont have PCI-e, but have AGP.
 
The X850XT PE is a great card, easily competes with the 7800GT, at a lower price point.
 
Do you have a SoundBlaster Audigy 2 sound card. The games you have are awesome with this card. I couldn't believe the difference in spatial environments. Able to zero in on enemies purely by sound. Snipers in BF2 for instance.
 
Jet said:
The X850XT PE is a great card, easily competes with the 7800GT, at a lower price point.
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The 7800GT is significantly better than the X850XT PE, which, TBH, is closer to a 7600GT.

For the price, it's great value, and will play all those games well.
 
ceewi1 said:
The 7800GT is significantly better than the X850XT PE, which, TBH, is closer to a 7600GT.

For the price, it's great value, and will play all those games well.
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Then why does the X850XT PE beat the 7800GT in all of the calculations done by GPUreview?

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=56&card2=313

Explain this as well, comparing the straight X850XT to the 7800GT:

http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html?modelx=33&model1=527&model2=565&chart=211
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html?modelx=33&model1=527&model2=565&chart=203
 
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ceewi1 said:
The 7800GT is significantly better than the X850XT PE, which, TBH, is closer to a 7600GT.

For the price, it's great value, and will play all those games well.
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Jet said:
Then why does the X850XT PE beat the 7800GT in all of the calculations done by GPUreview?

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=56&card2=313
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The x850XT PE does have better specs then the 7800GT. The only reason why the 7800GT outperforms in most games is because it's newer, has SM3, and has newer/more advanced technology.

I agree that the 7800GT/GS is the main competitor with the x850XT PE, not the 7600GT.
 
Jet said:
Then why does the X850XT PE beat the 7800GT in all of the calculations done by GPUreview?

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=56&card2=313
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Are you implying that fill rate is the only (or even the most important) consideration when comparing video cards?

Explain this as well, comparing the straight X850XT to the 7800GT:

http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html?modelx=33&model1=527&model2=565&chart=211
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html?modelx=33&model1=527&model2=565&chart=203
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We all know that Oblivion heavily favours ATI cards, to the extent that an X1800XT can often easily outperform a 7900GTX: http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/oblivion_high-end_performance/page5.asp

Here are some comparisons between an X850XT and a 7600GT:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/03/21/bfg_7600_gt_oc_ati_x1800gto/8.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/08/25/sub_200_pci_express_graphics_card_showdown/page13.html
http://www.pcmech.com/buyguide/video.php

And a few X850XT vs 7800GT:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/242/12/
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/202/10

The X850XT PE was originally designed to compete with the 6800Ultra, which provides similar performance to the 7600GT. The 7800GT is considerably better.
 
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