Q: Hi. I am looking for my video card upgrade. My bro needs a new card for his rig and want mine. What do you think I should upgrade? Im looking for the best performance for the dollar, but I want a good boost in performace to see about my 7800gt.
Here rig.
CPU my AMD Athlon 64 3700 + San Diego 1MB L2 Cache 2200MHz
Mobo: EPoX EP-9NPA + Ultra, nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939)
Memory: 2GB OCZ PC3200 @ 2-3-2-5 1T
Video of Card: eVGA 7800GT 256MB w / copper heatsink (# N516) OCed @ 470MHz/1100MHz Nvidia GeForce
Hard Disk: 160.0 GB Seagate @ 7200 RPMS (IDE)
Monitor: 22-inch widescreen LCD Westinghouse 1680×1050
Any suggestions? I was thinking about this: 977 503 eVGA 512-P2-N637-AR GeForce 7950GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 KO Superclocked Video Card
http: / / www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130066
Is this my best bet? I cannot spend more than $ 300
How performace much benefit can I get?
Best Answer: Boy, that's faster and more ram than the PC I bought 2 months ago.
Generally, it is not economical to keep upgrading PCs, they only last 3-4 years anyway before they fail (usually the hard drive, power supply or CPU fan).
Due to the age of your unit, I would suggest simply replacing the computer is a better option.
With a new CPU, you may need to replace the motherboard and hence the ram, the new motherboard may not support your hard drive and may need a new power supply.
Re:No , if you have a 7800GT then don't upgrade… unless you want to pay $450 for 8800GTS. ATI and Nvidia are getting ready to release new cards in mid jan. 7800GT to 7950GT is stupid move. Either get 8800GTS + or wait.
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_radeon_x1950_pro/
Battlefield 2 1600×1200x32 4xAA 8xAF
$250 X1900XT 256MB : 80.1
$250 7900GTO : 77.3
$200 X1950PRO : 64.2
$250 7900GT : 59.7
Halflife 2 Lost Coast 1600×1200x32 4xAA 8xAF
$250 X1900XT 256MB : 57.2
$250 7900GTO : 51.9
$200 X1950PRO : 43.5
$250 7900GT : 40.9
Fear 1600×1200 0xAA 8xAF
$250 X1900XT 256MB : 47
$250 7900GTO : 41
$200 X1950PRO : 35
$250 7900GT : 34
Quake 4 1600×1200x32 4xAA 8xAF
$250 X1900XT 256MB : 55.1
$250 7900GTO : 55.5
$200 X1950PRO : 40.1
$250 7900GT : 45.4
Call of Duty 2 1600×1200 4xAA 8xAF
$250 X1900XT 256MB : 40.5
$250 7900GTO : 34.9
$200 X1950PRO : 32
$250 7900GT : 30.7
Farcry HDR 1600×1200 0xAA 8xAF
$250 X1900XT 256MB : 54.1
$250 7900GTO : 50
$200 X1950PRO : 44.1
$250 7900GT : 39.5
Oblivion HDR Mountain Area 1600×1200 0xAA 8xAF
$250 X1900XT 256MB : 39.1
$250 7900GTO : 32.5
$200 X1950PRO : 31.3
$250 7900GT : 24.1
Oblivion HDR Foliage Area 1600×1200 0xAA 8xAF
$250 X1900XT 256MB : 26.8
$250 7900GTO : 16.9
$200 X1950PRO : 21.3
$250 7900GT : 12
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http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/nvidia_geforce_8800_preview/
Half life 2 Lost Coast HDR 1920×1200x32 4xAA 16xAF
$650 8800GTX : 98.7
$450 8800GTS : 76.1
$400 X1950XTX : 53.7
$300 X1900XT : 49.5
Dark Messiah HDR 1920×1200x32 4xAA 16xAF
$650 8800GTX : 101
$450 8800GTS : 72
$400 X1950XTX : 49.4
$300 X1900XT : 45.6
BF2142 1920×1200x32 4xAA 16xAF
$650 8800GTX : 77
$450 8800GTS : 51.1
$400 X1950XTX : 46.3
$300 X1900XT : 41.4
Quake 4 Ultra Quality 1920×1200x32 4xAA 16xAF
$650 8800GTX : 83.6
$450 8800GTS : 63.7
$400 X1950XTX : 48.7
$300 X1900XT : 43.2
Lock On: Mordern Air Combat 1920×1200x32 4xAA 16xAF
$650 8800GTX : 83.3
$450 8800GTS : 68.7
$400 X1950XTX : 48.7
$300 X1900XT : 42.9
Pacific Fighter 1920×1200x32 4xAA 16xAF
$650 8800GTX : 55.6
$450 8800GTS : 51.9
$400 X1950XTX : 42.8
$300 X1900XT : 39.5
FEAR 1920×1200x32 4xAA 16xAF
$650 8800GTX : 69
$450 8800GTS : 50
$400 X1950XTX : 49
$300 X1900XT : 44
Oblivion Mountains HDR 1920×1200x32 0xAA 8xAF
$650 8800GTX : 101
$450 8800GTS : 79.8
$400 X1950XTX : 45.4
$300 X1900XT : 42.1
Oblivion Foliage Area HDR 1920×1200x32 0xAA 8xAF
$650 8800GTX : 52.7
$450 8800GTS : 38.6
$400 X1950XTX : 26.7
$300 X1900XT : 24.5
Oblivion HDR Mountain Area 1920×1200x32 4xAA 8xAF
$650 8800GTX : 70.5
$450 8800GTS : 46.5
$400 X1950XTX : 34
$300 X1900XT : 29.8
Oblivion HDR Foliage Area HDR 1920×1200x32 4xAA 8xAF
$650 8800GTX : 38.3
$450 8800GTS : 26.5
$400 X1950XTX : 23
$300 X1900XT : 20.6
Call of duty 2 1920×1200x32 4xAA 16xAF
$650 8800GTX : 55.6
$450 8800GTS : 41.3
$400 X1950XTX : 41.1
$300 X1900XT : 35.3
Farcry HDR 1920×1200x32 4xAA 16xAF
$650 8800GTX : 88.1
$450 8800GTS : 63
$400 X1950XTX : 48.7
$300 X1900XT : 43.1
Company of Heroes 1920×1200x32 4xAA 16xAF
$650 8800GTX : 70.8
$450 8800GTS : 57
$400 X1950XTX : 36.4
$300 X1900XT : 33.3
Re:Im will be sticking to my pc'ed 7800gt for a while, at least till the r600 comes out, it runs all the games I play perfectly. But if you reeeaalllyy need to upgrade, and want a massive performance boost at the same time, get one of the 8800 cards. If you cant spend more than 300 (just saw that), Get the x1950xt 256mb. But I wouldnt spend money on dx9 cards when dx10 cards are already appearing, and a lot of them are right around the corner (q1&2 of 07)
Re:I agree. But even if i can get $200 for this card?
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Wait till summer.Honestly your card can handle the newest games still.Even on high.
Yep! Still has some life in it!
Re:Wait till summer.Honestly your card can handle the newest games still.Even on high.
Re:Honestly, I'd wait.
Re:But doesnt the 7950GT preform even better compared to a 7900gt?
Re:i while back i went from a 7800gt to a 7900gt co sc from evga…i noticed a boost but it wasnt that much. I would say wait a bit, or else a real performance boost would be from a GTX or greater.
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