Has anyone done a review yet about WHY to upgrade?

i was jus trying to get ur attention
I agree with the original question to a certain extent, especially with pci express coming out soon. Nv45 for me(hope its works with agp8x)
did u really think i was that shallow
although nvidia has better af quality

 

In reply to the post on the first page asking about far cry framerates, go to console (~) and type "\r_displayinfo 1". I might have the slash the wrong way.

 

Well, regardless, let's try not to get into another filtering discussion (aka Holy War).

 

anyone care to guess what kind of difference I'll see going from a GF3 to an X800 pro?

Also, I always hear "the IQ is so much better" with the newer cards. What exactly does that mean, anyway? Is the image better quality, or are they talking about AF/AA? Thx

 

lmao thanks for that great reply. Seems as if I've got something to look forward to now

I've also got the visiontek GF3. It's on its 2nd heatsink/fan combo and this one is now dying too. I'm building a new system around Xmas time, but I don't want to spend $20 for a HSF for my GF3, not worth it. But I've never had any problems with the IQ or speed on here. In fact, outside of far cry (wishful thinking purchase), the only problem I have is that 2+ smoke grens in CS tend to lag out my graphics. But with HL2 and D3 on the horizon, I knew that my GF3 would have to go.

I'd love to see a review/article come out that shows how far we've come. It may be hard to settle on a certain resolution/settings combo since older cards don't support much, but we could do it a'la [H] style (max. playable settings). Wouldn't you love to see a 6800u vs. 5800 vs. GF4 ti4600 vs. GF3 vs. GF2 vs. GF vs. TNT vs. Riva128 battle?

 

If you have a GeForce 3 I suspect the rest of your system is so old that upgrading to an X800 is not worth it as other elements of the system will bottleneck your performance.

 

I see where you'd think that, but I usually keep my graphics cards a little longer than most people. The only problem with my system now is that I have a single channel DDR mobo, but otherwise, my 2.4 ghz p4 @ 3.0 ghz should be fine, I would think

Plus, I'll be building a new system this winter, and an x800 will be a nice fit.

 

I upgraded from a GF3 to a 9600 on black friday (yay BB $75 deal) and was floored by the IQ/performance bump. I knew "what to expect" but I really wasn't prepared for the jump in 2D more than 3D. amazing.

Now, going from the 9600 to the 9800XT (won in a contest, w00t) was much less of a jump, but I have to say that it was still very, very noticable in UT2k4, BG&E, and other games 'cause I could turn on AA etc w/o hurting performance.

It's pretty.


I don't really see the possibility of me upgrading again (barring another "lucky" break) until PCI-E is well-established (read: bugs are squashed), which puts me at 8-12 months, probably.

 

Quick question, I have a 9800 pro and I play nothing over 1280 x 1024 and my fsaa is 4x and af at 8x in d3d and 16x in opengl. Farcry runs fine, all games run completely fine. Is there a reason to shell out $400 on a 6800GT or x800 pro? Will I just be completely cpu bottlenecked at the resolutions I play, or will i notice a large difference?

 

i dont know whether to get a 6800u or X800XT... =\

 

That, and ATI means red PCB. Red makes it go faster, just ask a friendly Space Ork.