Graphics Gainward GeForce 7800GS+ 512MB DDR3 AGP Dual DVI TV Out

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  1. Minglemouse

    Minglemouse What's a Dremel?

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    Gainward GeForce 7800GS+ 512MB DDR3 AGP Dual DVI TV Out

    does anyone have this card? if ya do would you recommend it?
    thinking of getting it but just need to make sure i would be making the right choice befor spending so much money. :confused:
     
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    no point spending sooo much money on a cripple card on a dead platform....

    EDIT: P.S.....Welcome to Bit-tech.
     
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    Agree, if you spent that money on a PCI-E card you would get a lot more performance.

    I would hold off until you can upgrade to a PCI-E platform.
     
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    Minglemouse What's a Dremel?

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    What would you recommend for best gaming performance?
     
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    Minglemouse What's a Dremel?

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    i see. one big error when i built my computer last year. i know it and regret it now. thought that would be the answer anyway. :wallbash:
     
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    atanum141 I fapped to your post!

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    Personally the best bet is to go and get a secondhand 6800Gt based card....its fast enough for current games and also clocks past Ultra speeds.

    Or u can wait for the AGP version of the 7600 series...but it maybe a while.

    Personally i have a Gainward 6800GT @ Ultra..and it does the job brilliantly. usually can be had for £100.
     
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    Minglemouse What's a Dremel?

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    cheeres. i'll look into it abit more see what i can come up with.

    I currently have the sapphire technology ati radeon 9800 pro atlantis 128MB but i find it lags on many top end games so i have to resort to lowering graphics levels which i hate to do. rater play the games at their full potential.
     
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    i had that before i upgraded, its a HUGE difference and worth the money.Everythig is on high and with all eye candy switched on....espically with the newer games.
     
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    Minglemouse what is the rest of your system like? If you have 512MB or less of RAM then an upgrading that might help a bit. Also you need to consider if your PSU could take a video card upgrade or if you would need to upgrade that aswell.
     
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    Minglemouse What's a Dremel?

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    I have
    Gigabyte K8NS Ultra-939 Motherboard
    AMD Athlon 3500+ Processor
    160GB Hard drive
    2GB Memory
    Thermaltake 450W PSU
    ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Atlantis
     
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    Minglemouse What's a Dremel?

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    all in a Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Case
     
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    Matey just a tip u can use the EDIT buttion to EDIT ur posts if u need to add anything.

    Well what i was gonna say is that if you were thinking of spending that much on the 7800GS u might aswell upgrade to PCI-e system, u have the mem,cpu avail...why not?

    Decent mobo's are avail at minimal cost and a good new gfx card are esay to find for a PCI-e syatem, it prob works out cheaper and also u have the added ability to upgrade down the line.
     
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    you can spend £40 for a pretty god Biostar mATX mobo with some OCing...

    then with the money left over from not buying the Leadtec, you can get a 7900 GT, which will make everything fly...

    or spend more on the modo and get a 7600GT...

    its that simple..


    AJ.

    PS- welcome to the forums..
     
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    Mr.ME Minimodder

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    there out
    http://www.hkepc.com/hwdb/gf7600gsagp-1.htm
    specs @ the bottom and benchmarks on next page

    the only question is when wil they be available in stores.
     
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    Minglemouse What's a Dremel?

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    well thatnks for the tips guys. i will most probably go for the whole change to pci-e. might as well do it now rather than get a new graphics card for the agp system then go and change like next year.
     
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    Minglemouse What's a Dremel?

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    As I am now looking for a new motherboard. Does anyone have any recommendations for good performance atx boards had a look at Gigabyte S939 nForce4 2XPCI-E ATX goes not seem bad but if anyone has any different boards in mind, i would be more than welcome to know. cheers
     
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