New graphic card

FooFighters · 08-03-07, 01:39 AM

Hi there fellow captains

I want to upgrade my graphic card. Game was running smooth on 29 fps.
Now I use TM1.4 (which include Leo ocean mod).. This for me is a must have.
But my fps dropped to ca. 23 with some light stuttering.

My rig now consist of..
AMD 64 3200+ on Asus K8N socket 754
2 GB ram DDR (400mhz)
XFX 7600 GT 256mb
Windows XP (1280x1024)

I think the vid. card is the (small) problem here.
I have already looked around. The new 8600 series looks crap so far..
I want a card which has good results with AA & AF !

So it's gonna be a 7900 GS (256mb), 7950GT (512mb) or maybe a 8800GT
(still pretty expensive)

The 8800GT is also available in 320mb and 640mb versions.
Is there a lot of difference between those 2 (640 is also 100 euro more expensive)

What would you buy ? or should I upgrade something else ?

Thanks,

Foo
p.s. I want to stay with nvidia !

Misfit138 · 08-03-07, 01:46 AM

Personally, I would recommend getting NVIDIA 8800 320Mb if you're not using very high resolution. Definately skip the 8600 series. Expensive and relative useless IMO

EDIT: Althought in this case, your CPU would be kind of a major bottleneck

FooFighters · 08-03-07, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Misfit138

Personally, I would recommend getting NVIDIA 8800 320Mb if you're not using very high resolution. Definately skip the 8600 series. Expensive and relative useless IMO

EDIT: Althought in this case, your CPU would be kind of a major bottleneck

Here's also something that is pretty important..

7900GS euro 109,00
7950GT euro 159,00
8800GTX (320) euro 299,00

All made by XFX..

I thought my cpu was pretty oke for now :p

Misfit138 · 08-03-07, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by FooFighters

I thought my cpu was pretty oke for now :p

Heh, nevermind about me then. I just have a tendency to think that if it's not a dual core, it's a bottleneck :p

FooFighters · 08-03-07, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Misfit138

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Originally Posted by FooFighters

I thought my cpu was pretty oke for now :p

Heh, nevermind about me then. I just have a tendency to think that if it's not a dual core, it's a bottleneck :p

I do agree with you that the 8800 serie maybe is a size to big for the rest of my rig.
The 7950 also seems to be a very good card for half the price of an 8800..

:hmm:

Misfit138 · 08-03-07, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by FooFighters

I do agree with you that the 8800 serie maybe is a size to big for the rest of my rig.
The 7950 also seems to be a very good card for half the price of an 8800..

:hmm:

But you'll do better with 8800. Besides, it makes upgrading your pc easier. Only need to get a new mobo, ram and cpu. I think you'll do just fine with 8800 with the DirectX10 games too

Wish I had bought that 8800 320Mb but didn't had the money so I had to buy this ATI 1950XT which is pretty ok for me. Hell, I play mainly two games only. The Silent Hunter 4 and Red Orchestra

FooFighters · 08-03-07, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Misfit138

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Originally Posted by FooFighters

I do agree with you that the 8800 serie maybe is a size to big for the rest of my rig.
The 7950 also seems to be a very good card for half the price of an 8800..

:hmm:

But you'll do better with 8800. Besides, it makes upgrading your pc easier. Only need to get a new mobo, ram and cpu. I think you'll do just fine with 8800 with the DirectX10 games too

Wish I had bought that 8800 320Mb but didn't had the money so I had to buy this ATI 1950XT which is pretty ok for me. Hell, I play mainly two games only. The Silent Hunter 4 and Red Orchestra

as far as I know, the 1950 XT is similar to the 7950GT
What is your fps and your rig ?

Misfit138 · 08-03-07, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by FooFighters

as far as I know, the 1950 XT is similar to the 7950GT
What is your fps and your rig ?

CPU Intel E6300@2,2Ghz
Mobo ASUS P5B Deluxe Wifi
RAM DDR2 G.Skill 2GBNQ CL5@ 4-4-4-14 733Mhz
MSI X1950XT 256Mb@Core 682Mhz, Mem 981Mhz

Everything maxed and on except volumetric fog. AA x4, AF x4, Resolution 1280x1024

When running the Navigation tutorial in RFB 1.31 I get about 33 FPS on bridge

My tweaks aren't excatly perfect at the moment. Used to get about 40-50 FPS on open sea in normal weather when there wasn't other ships around but now it's more like 35-43 but I'm not complaining, yet

Oh, and this is when running mods like Living Breathing Ocean and Hi-Res Skins

switch.dota · 08-03-07, 05:19 AM

I'd rather have a 7950 over the 8800 or 7900, for the simple reason that DX 10 is useless right now and under DX 9 the 7950 is comparable to the 8800. By the time DX 10 will become needed, we'll have geforce 9 series.

TDK1044 · 08-03-07, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by FooFighters

Hi there fellow captains

I want to upgrade my graphic card. Game was running smooth on 29 fps.
Now I use TM1.4 (which include Leo ocean mod).. This for me is a must have.
But my fps dropped to ca. 23 with some light stuttering.

My rig now consist of..
AMD 64 3200+ on Asus K8N socket 754
2 GB ram DDR (400mhz)
XFX 7600 GT 256mb
Windows XP (1280x1024)

I think the vid. card is the (small) problem here.
I have already looked around. The new 8600 series looks crap so far..
I want a card which has good results with AA & AF !

So it's gonna be a 7900 GS (256mb), 7950GT (512mb) or maybe a 8800GT
(still pretty expensive)

The 8800GT is also available in 320mb and 640mb versions.
Is there a lot of difference between those 2 (640 is also 100 euro more expensive)

What would you buy ? or should I upgrade something else ?

Thanks,

Foo
p.s. I want to stay with nvidia !

My rig is almost identical with the same video card, and TM 1.4 had no effect on my fps at all?

FooFighters · 08-03-07, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by TDK1044

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Originally Posted by FooFighters

Hi there fellow captains

I want to upgrade my graphic card. Game was running smooth on 29 fps.
Now I use TM1.4 (which include Leo ocean mod).. This for me is a must have.
But my fps dropped to ca. 23 with some light stuttering.

My rig now consist of..
AMD 64 3200+ on Asus K8N socket 754
2 GB ram DDR (400mhz)
XFX 7600 GT 256mb
Windows XP (1280x1024)

I think the vid. card is the (small) problem here.
I have already looked around. The new 8600 series looks crap so far..
I want a card which has good results with AA & AF !

So it's gonna be a 7900 GS (256mb), 7950GT (512mb) or maybe a 8800GT
(still pretty expensive)

The 8800GT is also available in 320mb and 640mb versions.
Is there a lot of difference between those 2 (640 is also 100 euro more expensive)

What would you buy ? or should I upgrade something else ?

Thanks,

Foo
p.s. I want to stay with nvidia !

My rig is almost identical with the same video card, and TM 1.4 had no effect on my fps at all?

Hmm strange.. :hmm:

But still I want to go to a mininum steady 40fps, preferably more :p
At this moment I am still leaning towards the 7950GT..

I am reading some articles, and lots of guys say that the 8800GTS is just slightly
better then a 7950GT on XP !
Next to that I don't know how this 8800 GTS will work with my AMD 64 3200+cpu. :hmm:

I hope it doesn't blow it up

Gunner · 08-03-07, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by FooFighters

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Originally Posted by TDK1044

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Originally Posted by FooFighters

Hi there fellow captains

I want to upgrade my graphic card. Game was running smooth on 29 fps.
Now I use TM1.4 (which include Leo ocean mod).. This for me is a must have.
But my fps dropped to ca. 23 with some light stuttering.

My rig now consist of..
AMD 64 3200+ on Asus K8N socket 754
2 GB ram DDR (400mhz)
XFX 7600 GT 256mb
Windows XP (1280x1024)

I think the vid. card is the (small) problem here.
I have already looked around. The new 8600 series looks crap so far..
I want a card which has good results with AA & AF !

So it's gonna be a 7900 GS (256mb), 7950GT (512mb) or maybe a 8800GT
(still pretty expensive)

The 8800GT is also available in 320mb and 640mb versions.
Is there a lot of difference between those 2 (640 is also 100 euro more expensive)

What would you buy ? or should I upgrade something else ?

Thanks,

Foo
p.s. I want to stay with nvidia !

My rig is almost identical with the same video card, and TM 1.4 had no effect on my fps at all?

Hmm strange.. :hmm:

But still I want to go to a mininum steady 40fps, preferably more :p
At this moment I am still leaning towards the 7950GT..

I am reading some articles, and lots of guys say that the 8800GTS is just slightly
better then a 7950GT on XP !
Next to that I don't know how this 8800 GTS will work with my AMD 64 3200+cpu. :hmm:

I hope it doesn't blow it up

I have a 8800GTS and get a solid 72 FPS inside and outside sub.at 1280 x 1024 All ingame settings maxed Had to upgrade my power supply to 500w. You should have at least 26A on the 12v rail.

E6600 dual core
Asus P5LD2
Ram 667 2GB
8800 GTS 320 MB
win XP

CaptRari · 08-03-07, 09:22 AM

Hi Foofighters, i just recently upgraded my video card from a Nvidia 6800 (256 mb) to a BFG 7950 GT OC (512 mb) made a hugh difference on my fps,from 30 fps to over 90 fps (1024x768)Perhaps not as good as the 8800 gts, but very close and less expensive with out having to upgrade your power supply as well IMHO. My Rig: P4 3.2 HT,2 gigs of ram(533)Windows XP Pro,and above mentioned card.Since there is no current DX 10 games out save you $ on 2ndGen. DX 10 cards when they come out in the near future

FooFighters · 08-03-07, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Gunner

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Originally Posted by FooFighters

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Originally Posted by TDK1044

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Originally Posted by FooFighters

Hi there fellow captains

I want to upgrade my graphic card. Game was running smooth on 29 fps.
Now I use TM1.4 (which include Leo ocean mod).. This for me is a must have.
But my fps dropped to ca. 23 with some light stuttering.

My rig now consist of..
AMD 64 3200+ on Asus K8N socket 754
2 GB ram DDR (400mhz)
XFX 7600 GT 256mb
Windows XP (1280x1024)

I think the vid. card is the (small) problem here.
I have already looked around. The new 8600 series looks crap so far..
I want a card which has good results with AA & AF !

So it's gonna be a 7900 GS (256mb), 7950GT (512mb) or maybe a 8800GT
(still pretty expensive)

The 8800GT is also available in 320mb and 640mb versions.
Is there a lot of difference between those 2 (640 is also 100 euro more expensive)

What would you buy ? or should I upgrade something else ?

Thanks,

Foo
p.s. I want to stay with nvidia !

My rig is almost identical with the same video card, and TM 1.4 had no effect on my fps at all?

Hmm strange.. :hmm:

But still I want to go to a mininum steady 40fps, preferably more :p
At this moment I am still leaning towards the 7950GT..

I am reading some articles, and lots of guys say that the 8800GTS is just slightly
better then a 7950GT on XP !
Next to that I don't know how this 8800 GTS will work with my AMD 64 3200+cpu. :hmm:

I hope it doesn't blow it up

I have a 8800GTS and get a solid 72 FPS inside and outside sub.at 1280 x 1024 All ingame settings maxed Had to upgrade my power supply to 500w. You should have at least 26A on the 12v rail.

E6600 dual core
Asus P5LD2
Ram 667 2GB
8800 GTS 320 MB
win XP

Power supply is no problem.. I bought a new Trust PW-5500 570W power supply a few months ago.
I am worried about the combo cpu (older AMD 64 3200+) and 8800 GTS.

@ captRari.. wow. Thats an impressive improvement.
More and more I think the 7950GT is a better upgrade for me

Misfit138 · 08-03-07, 10:19 AM

Did some checking on prices here in Finland and you can get the GF8800 320Mb about 280 euros. GeForce 7950 GT 256Mb costs around 220 euros and the one with 512Mb has the same price as GF8800 320Mb

I guess if you're playing games with relative low resolution then the GF7950 GT 256Mb is pretty good choice. Personally, I'd still choose the GF8800 but that's just me

08-03-07, 01:39 AM	#1
FooFighters Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 813 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	New graphic card Hi there fellow captains I want to upgrade my graphic card. Game was running smooth on 29 fps. Now I use TM1.4 (which include Leo ocean mod).. This for me is a must have. But my fps dropped to ca. 23 with some light stuttering. My rig now consist of.. AMD 64 3200+ on Asus K8N socket 754 2 GB ram DDR (400mhz) XFX 7600 GT 256mb Windows XP (1280x1024) I think the vid. card is the (small) problem here. I have already looked around. The new 8600 series looks crap so far.. I want a card which has good results with AA & AF ! So it's gonna be a 7900 GS (256mb), 7950GT (512mb) or maybe a 8800GT (still pretty expensive) The 8800GT is also available in 320mb and 640mb versions. Is there a lot of difference between those 2 (640 is also 100 euro more expensive) What would you buy ? or should I upgrade something else ? Thanks, Foo p.s. I want to stay with nvidia ! __________________ This forum is not the same without you Dave.. we'll miss you buddy

08-03-07, 01:46 AM	#2
Misfit138 Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 267 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	Personally, I would recommend getting NVIDIA 8800 320Mb if you're not using very high resolution. Definately skip the 8600 series. Expensive and relative useless IMO EDIT: Althought in this case, your CPU would be kind of a major bottleneck

08-03-07, 05:19 AM	#9
switch.dota Captain Join Date: May 2007 Location: Romania Posts: 492 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'd rather have a 7950 over the 8800 or 7900, for the simple reason that DX 10 is useless right now and under DX 9 the 7950 is comparable to the 8800. By the time DX 10 will become needed, we'll have geforce 9 series.

08-03-07, 09:22 AM	#13
CaptRari Swabbie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 11 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hi Foofighters, i just recently upgraded my video card from a Nvidia 6800 (256 mb) to a BFG 7950 GT OC (512 mb) made a hugh difference on my fps,from 30 fps to over 90 fps (1024x768)Perhaps not as good as the 8800 gts, but very close and less expensive with out having to upgrade your power supply as well IMHO. My Rig: P4 3.2 HT,2 gigs of ram(533)Windows XP Pro,and above mentioned card.Since there is no current DX 10 games out save you $ on 2ndGen. DX 10 cards when they come out in the near future

08-03-07, 10:19 AM	#15
Misfit138 Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 267 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	Did some checking on prices here in Finland and you can get the GF8800 320Mb about 280 euros. GeForce 7950 GT 256Mb costs around 220 euros and the one with 512Mb has the same price as GF8800 320Mb I guess if you're playing games with relative low resolution then the GF7950 GT 256Mb is pretty good choice. Personally, I'd still choose the GF8800 but that's just me