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Trustworthy Joe
Minmatar |
Posted - 2009.08.26 10:43:00 - [ 1]
from an old (but reliable) nvidia 6800 to a brand spanking new nvidia GTS 250.
WOW.
this is leaps and bounds beyond what i had before, and i love it. anyone else ever had an upgrade where you KNOW it turned out to be a good idea? |
Daelorn |
Posted - 2009.08.26 10:58:00 - [ 2]
 Originally by: Trustworthy Joe
from an old (but reliable) nvidia 6800 to a brand spanking new nvidia GTS 250.
WOW.
this is leaps and bounds beyond what i had before, and i love it. anyone else ever had an upgrade where you KNOW it turned out to be a good idea?
When I had to use a temporary HP laptop with integrated intel graphics for a WHOLE MONTH(!) before I built my desktop. |
Kayosoni
Caldari
Destructive Influence
IT Alliance |
Posted - 2009.08.26 11:29:00 - [ 3]
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2009.08.26 16:43:00 - [ 4]
Edited by: Akita T on 26/08/2009 16:48:43 Originally by: Trustworthy Joe
from an old (but reliable) nvidia 6800 to a brand spanking new nvidia GTS 250.
Pretty much the same performance upgrade (almost one order of magnitude) like switching from a GeForce2 MX (early 2001) to a GeForce 6800 (late 2004), out of that switch from a 6800 to a 250 (early 2009)... so no big surprise there  |
Blane Xero
Amarr
The Firestorm Cartel
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Posted - 2009.08.26 20:19:00 - [ 5]
Originally by: Kayosoni
Originally by: Trustworthy Joe
brand spanking new nvidia GTS 250.
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Oh jeeesus i freakin lol'ed When i upgraded my old ATI 9600 radeon AGP (Whew) to a 7600GS Geforce AGP (gawd) it was nice. But when i upgraded the 7600 AGP to an 8600GT PCI-E, i was like "HOLY CRAP I HAZ EFF PEEE ESSS IN EVE!". Then i upgraded to a 4850HD ATI Card and was like "*Blown away*" Now i'm thinking about getting an ATI 4890HD (1gig GDDR5 plz) and a new Mobo that supports two cards. My main question would be, could i feasibly run one monitor (Say, a 1600*1200 res LCD) on the 4850 whilst the big boy 4890 runs a 1980*1080 or close main monitor? Or would this crash and burn epic phaiL? |
RogueWing
Tools Of The Trade
Southern Connection |
Posted - 2009.08.26 22:22:00 - [ 6]
You could, but the 4890 will run 2 monitors with no problem at all.
2 cards would be a waste of money in my opinion. |
Blane Xero
Amarr
The Firestorm Cartel
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Posted - 2009.08.26 22:26:00 - [ 7]
Originally by: RogueWing
You could, but the 4890 will run 2 monitors with no problem at all.
2 cards would be a waste of money in my opinion.
True, but I feel it would be better putting it to use running my second eve client and what not instead of sitting either not being used or running a "Family computer" which does no more than flash games  |
KingsGambit
Caldari Provisions |
Posted - 2009.08.27 02:46:00 - [ 8]
I usually save a little longer and buy the top of the line GFX card of the generation when I buy. Had the GF4600, years later got the 7800 GTX and when it came out a few months ago, bought the GTX295 OC-X from BFG. Whilst I won't spend the extra for the top-of-the-line CPU (it's hard to justify the jump in price for an extra couple hundred megahertz, between the etop unit and the one or two below it), I think it's worth it for the GFX card. After the shock of the size of the damned 295 and much rearranging of internals and power connectors just to accomodate it, I was quite chuffed with it. Knowing I spent over £300 on the 7800 in its day meant I was quite disappointed the first time I had to run a game at medium settings. That's been the case for most of the latest releases, I figured it's time to make the leap passed XP/DX9 so got the 295, a velociraptor, 22" HD monitor and Windows 7  Didn't they release a 275 chipset recently? Was there a major price difference between the two? Still, you jumped about 4 generations (arguably 3) so you're bound to notice a difference. I highly recommend finding that game from 2 years ago you wanted to play on high, but couldn't, and give it a go now. Enjoy. |
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